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Wikis and the Holy Grail of Content Independence
Monday, November 2nd, 2009 Posted in Wikis | 9 Comments »
If you work in a large corporate environment, you’re familiar with restrictions about accessing production servers to make updates or additions to your help content. To touch anything on a ... Read more..Podcast with Anne Gentle about her Conversation and Community book
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009 Posted in Podcasts, Web 2.0 | 4 Comments »
[amazon-product align="right"]0982219113[/amazon-product][audio:http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://idratherbewriting.com/podcasts/conversationandcommunity.mp3] Download MP3 Length: 40 min. As a follow-up to my review of Anne Gentle's book, [amazon-product type="text" text="Conversation and Community: The Social Web for Documentation"]0982219113[/amazon-product], I also interviewed her for ... Read more..Review of Conversation and Community: The Social Web for Documentation
Monday, August 24th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »
[amazon-product align="right"]0982219113[/amazon-product] One of the perks about being a blogger is that authors occasionally send me their books to review. Recently Anne Gentle sent me her new book, [amazon-product type="text" text="Conversation ... Read more..Exporting Documentation to Wikis
Monday, August 10th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Mary Connor talks about the latest tools for exporting documentation to wikis. She seems to prefer Webworks ePublisher for its ability to export to Confluence, a wiki that supports authoring ... Read more..Is This Meeting Really Necessary?
Wednesday, July 15th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 13 Comments »
After a recent conference call I had for an STC chapter meeting, we needed an online mechanism to keep the discussion going. Doc Guy set up a Google Groups discussion ... Read more..Implementing a Department Wiki? A Writer Shares Some Dos and Don’ts (Guest Post)
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009 Posted in Wikis | 11 Comments »
This is a guest post by Cathy Wildhaber about her experience implementing a wiki in her department. Cathy is a technical writer in Kansas City. For the past 4 years, ... Read more..Anne Gentle on her Forthcoming Book, Conversation and Community: The Social Web for Documentation
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009 Posted in Podcasts | No Comments »
[audio:http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://idratherbewriting.com/podcasts/gentlesbook.mp3] Download MP3 Length: 9 min. In this podcast, I talk with Anne Gentle about her forthcoming book, Conversation and Community: The Social Web for Documentation. Anne explains how we’ve transitioned from the ... Read more..Alan Porter’s Weblog » WIKI Publishing White Paper – now available in eBook format.
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Alan Porter’s Weblog » WIKI Publishing White Paper - now available in eBook format.. Read more..Twitter Part II –- One Step Deeper
Friday, December 5th, 2008 Posted in Web 2.0 | 5 Comments »
[caption id="attachment_2406" align="alignright" width="400" caption="Webworks and Twitter -- Innovative uses of Twitter with documentation"][/caption] Earlier this week I asked how others are using Twitter in their documentation and branding strategies. Alan ... Read more..Communications from DMN » Talking shop with Anne Gentle
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
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