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Monthly Archives: January 2010
Links of Note: Top Trends and Predictions for 2010
It’s Jan. 31st already, and that new year feeling is fading fast, which reminds me of my favorite line from Shelley: If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind? But while we are still in the season of resolutions … Continue reading
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Social Media Marketing: Free Toolkit from MarketingProfs
Disclosure: Since last May, I have been contributing to MarketingProfs newsletters on search engine marketing. In addition to coming up on a year blogging, I am also celebrating my first year anniversary, as a MarketingProfs member. As a Pro member, I’ve benefited from … Continue reading
Social Instructional Design with Beth Kanter
I recently found Beth Kanter‘s Engage365 presentation on social instructional design very helpful, especially in light of a recent national survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation, which found that “the amount of time young people spend with entertainment media has risen dramatically, especially among minority youth.” … Continue reading
Getting to Know You: A Quick Poll
“Getting to Know You/ Getting to Know All About You/ Getting to Like You/ Getting to Hope You Like Me…” Richard Rodgers, “The King and I” In the spirit of Darren Rowse’s How to Be a More Relational Blogger … Continue reading
Oprah as One of Us
In Trust Agents: Using the Web to Build Influence, Improve Reputation, and Earn Trust, co-authors Chris Brogan and Julien Smith describe trust agents as “people who humanize the Web” (p. 20). They go on to organize their book around six overarching but … Continue reading
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Tagged and Being One of Us, and Earn Trust, Archimedes Effect and Trust Agent, Archimedes Effect on the Social Web, Being One of Us and Trust Agent, Black Eyed Peas, Chris Brogan, Improve Reputation, Julien Smith, Making Your Own Game and Trust Agent, Oprah, Oprah Winfrey as trust agent, The Black Eyed Peas, trust agent principles, Trust Agents: Using the Web to Build Influence
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2010: A DITA Odyssey (free webcasts, sponsored by Scriptorium Publishing)
Yesterday (1/19), I attended an excellent free webcast, Dita Features in Madcap Flare, sponsored by Scriptorium Publishing, on how MadCap Flare supports DITA constructs. Scriptorium’s Overall Assessement of DITA Support in Flare, Version 5 Flare, Version 5 provides a way to create web-based help … Continue reading
Content Reuse: Help Authoring Tools' Impact on DITA Adoption
After recently reading DITA 101 by Anne Rockley, Steve Manning, and Charles Cooper, I’ve been wondering how DITA fits with other approaches to creating structured information, what roadblocks there are to its adoption, and how well the tools I’m already familiar with support it. Awhile ago, I tucked aside Neil … Continue reading
Posted in Tech Com: XML and DITA
Tagged and Charles Cooper, content reuse, DITA, DITA 101 by Anne Rockley, help authoring tools and content reuse, help authoring tools and DITA, Hyper/Word Services, Neil Perlin, obstacles to DITA adoption, Steve Manning, structured FrameMaker, structured information
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Haiti Earthquake Victims: How To Help
For me, the most moving part of Katie Couric’s CBS Evening News coverage was her report of children singing a Haitian song, praising God, amidst such devastation and desperate need of help. That joyfulness and optimism, she observes, is part of the Haitian … Continue reading
Society of Technical Communication Helps Pay Dues for up to 400 Members (Deadline Extended to January 19th)
According to the STC web site, “for the 2010 membership year, the Marion Norby Fund is enabling STC to offer a new program to help up to 400 members affected by the economic recession.” “STC will award up to 100 … Continue reading
Posted in Tech Com: Society of Technical Communication
Tagged 2010 membership dues, Marion Norby Fund, Society of Technical Communication, Society of Technical Communication and economic recession, STC Full Recovery Package for 2010 Membership Dues, STC Subsidy Recovery Packages for 2010 Membership Dues
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Book Review: Trust Agents by Chris Brogan and Julien Smith
I’ve been catching up on reading over the holidays and finally finished Trust Agents: Using the Web to Build Influence, Improve Reputation, and Earn Trust, by Chris Brogan and Julien Smith. I’ve been reading the book off and on since fall, and I’m glad that I’ve … Continue reading