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Monthly Archives: December 2009
Toys R Us Confirms: Girls Like Technology, but Boys Build It
In Gender, Technology, and Toys R Us, Lisa from Sociological Images reflects on the Toys R Us guide, which “asks the buyer to specify the gender of the child,” but then gave more or less the same “personality” and “interests” … Continue reading
Christmas Embrace: In Memory of Noah Biorkman
So, I am in between full-time assignments again. Last week, I concluded the full-time tech writing contract I’ve been on since Sept. (a good learning experience, with a great crew). To most, being let go, even under good circumstances (like the … Continue reading
Posted in Social Media for Good: The Live with Abundance Series
Tagged Live with Abundance series, Live with Abundance Series: Social Media for Good, Make-A-Wish Foundation of Michigan, Noah Biorkman, social media for good, social media for social good, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital: Thanks and Giving Campaign, Termite Pesticide Chlordane and Neuroblastoma, University of Michigan's Department of Pediatrics and Oncology
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DITA 101: Free Chapter on Content Reuse
Summary: DITA 101: Fundamentals of DITA for Authors and Managers (2009), by Ann Rockley, Steve Manning, and Charles Cooper, explains the open XML standard “that defines a common structure for content that promotes the consistent creation, sharing, and reuse of content.” According … Continue reading
Posted in Structured Authoring and Content Reuse
Tagged Ann Rockley, benefits of reusing content, Charles Cooper, Darwin Information Typing Architecture, DITA, DITA 101: Fundamentals of DITA for Authors and Managers, Scott Abel, Steve Manning, The Content Wrangler, XML standard for content reuse
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How to Bring Web 2.0 to User Assistance (and Vice-Versa)
Summary: In Conversation and Community: The Social Web for Documentation, Anne Gentle offers tips for mashing up user-generated content with user assistance, including ways to bring Web 2.0 to user assistance, and vice-versa. Provides links to related resources. Continue reading
Links of Note: Search Engine Marketing (Get to the Point Newsletters from MarketingProfs, Fall 09)
This post includes my contributions to MarketingProfs Get to the Po!nt newsletters, which ran this past Sept. through Nov, under search marketing. Get to the Po!nt newsletters provide bite-size nuggets of information, with entertaining summaries of articles from leading marketing resources, … Continue reading