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Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009 Posted in Technical Writing | 14 Comments »
In a recent email to me, Jake from California (not his real name or location) writes, I've spent most of today exploring the world of technical writing, and I find that ... Read more..Podcast: The Myth of Single Sourcing
Monday, December 21st, 2009 Posted in Podcasts | 6 Comments »
[audio:http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://idratherbewriting.com/podcasts/singlesourcinghiatt.mp3] Download MP3 Length: 38 min. In his controversial post, The Myth of Single Sourcing, Michael Hiatt explains: Single-source publishing is a zombie idea that revives itself periodically and refuses to stay dead. Its zombie supporters ... Read more..Why Help Authoring Tools Will Fade
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009 Posted in Technical Writing, Web 2.0 | 21 Comments »
I read a blog post the other day that I can't stop thinking about. In the Myth of Single Sourcing, Michael Hiatt writes, The main issue for me is between authoring ... Read more..Leaning Towards Longer Topics and Shorter TOCs
Monday, September 22nd, 2008 Posted in Technical Writing | 6 Comments »
Everyone knows it's a good practice to chunk your help material into discrete topics, but how granular should you chunk it? Take a look at this Microsoft Word 2007 help topic ... Read more..Podcast: Repurposing Content for Multichannel Publishing (Single Sourcing)
Friday, September 19th, 2008 Posted in Podcasts | 4 Comments »
[audio:http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://idratherbewriting.com/podcasts/fraley.mp3] Download MP3 (right-click and select Save Target As to download) Duration: 60 min. In this podcast, Liz Fraley, founder of Single Sourcing Solutions, talks to the Intermountain STC chapter about "Repurposing Content ... Read more..How Much Should You Document? Everything? Strategies for an Agile Environment
Tuesday, September 9th, 2008 Posted in Technical Writing | 21 Comments »
In a recent IT Author podcast ("Documentation and Agile Development"), Alistair Christie and Graham Campbell talk about agile development and its impact on documentation. One consequence of working in an ... Read more..Resources for Single Sourcing Projects
Monday, September 1st, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Resources for Single Sourcing Projects Read more..helpstuff blog – Whats a topic?
Tuesday, August 12th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
helpstuff blog - Whats a topic?. Read more..Word Macro for Resizing Images that Have a Specific Style
Saturday, August 9th, 2008 Posted in Technical Writing | 6 Comments »
When you single source from an online help authoring tool and generate an output to Microsoft Word, almost invariably you have some clean-up reformatting to do. For me, one of ... Read more..Madcap Flare Review: 45 Things I Love About Flare, 31 Things I Hate About It
Thursday, January 31st, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 47 Comments »
Madcap Flare is one of the most advanced, functionally robust online help tools for technical writers who want to single source their content. When you use Flare to create an ... Read more..