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- Feedburner Add Customizable Subject Lines to Email Subscriptions Thursday, 2 July 2009, 11:56 pm
Feedburner Add Customizable Subject Lines to Email Subscriptions. Holy smokes, I’ve been waiting for Feedburner to roll out this feature forever. For all of your subscribed to email updates of my po. […] - Mind Hacks: In our wildest dreams Tuesday, 30 June 2009, 5:21 pm
Mind Hacks: In our wildest dreams. Okay, I realize this has little to do with technical communication, but it will change the way you view your dreams at night. Rather than escape, fantasy, or just pl. […] - From the Desk of David Pogue – What’s in Pogue’s Travel Bag? Literally. – NYTimes.com Tuesday, 30 June 2009, 5:19 pm
From the Desk of David Pogue – What’s in Pogue’s Travel Bag? Literally. – NYTimes.com. It’s interesting to see what kind of tech gadgets David Pogue carries when he travels. Perhaps the cult. […] - How to apply syntax highlighting to code snippets in MadCap Flare Tuesday, 30 June 2009, 3:19 am
How to apply syntax highlighting to code snippets in MadCap Flare. The anonymous blogger at kungfuwit.wordpress.com describes how to use the SHJS (Syntax Highlighting for JavaScript) resources to make. […] - Palimpsest: This is the future of technical communication Monday, 29 June 2009, 2:28 pm
Palimpsest: This is the future of technical communication. Sarah O’Keefe explores an ethical dilemma about including potentially dangerous information in documentation (even if it’s accurate). Her. […] - Secrecy versus openness in communication Sunday, 28 June 2009, 11:25 pm
Secrecy versus openness in communication. Gerry McGovern makes an interesting comparison between Apple and Microsoft when it comes to secrecy and transparency. Although many people love Apple and find. […] - Write Articles, Not Blog Postings (Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox) Sunday, 28 June 2009, 10:31 pm
Write Articles, Not Blog Postings (Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox). I saw this link from Ivan Walsh. Jakob Nielsen argues that you should write long, in-depth articles on your blog rather than short posts. […] - PDF Manuals: The Wrong Paradigm for an Online Experience Sunday, 28 June 2009, 8:34 pm
PDF Manuals: The Wrong Paradigm for an Online Experience This is definitely one of the must-read posts of the week. In it, Michael Hughes argues that the PDF manual is a relic from another format (the. […] - PDF Manuals: The Wrong Paradigm for an Online Experience :: UXmatters Sunday, 28 June 2009, 8:34 pm
PDF Manuals: The Wrong Paradigm for an Online Experience :: UXmatters. This is definitely one of the must-read posts of the week. In it, Michael Hughes argues that the PDF manual is a relic from anoth. […] - Can You Get Fit in Six Minutes a Week? – Well Blog – NYTimes.com Sunday, 28 June 2009, 1:31 pm
Can You Get Fit in Six Minutes a Week? – Well Blog – NYTimes.com. This article will blow you away. Don’t have time to work out? If you go down to the gym for 2 minutes at lunch and bike or run a. […] - 50 Free Resources That Will Improve Your Writing Skills | Developers Toolbox | Smashing Magazine Sunday, 28 June 2009, 1:27 pm
50 Free Resources That Will Improve Your Writing Skills | Developers Toolbox | Smashing Magazine. I appreciate the focus on “writing,” but I have to say that these long lists of resources never qu. […] - How To Disassemble a Toilet In Many Easy Steps Sunday, 28 June 2009, 3:55 am
How To Disassemble a Toilet In Many Easy Steps. I stumbled upon this and - as someone who has to write sober, humourless procedural steps - I found it a lot of fun. For example, step 23: Pick up one o. […] - Watch How I Spend My First 20 Minutes Online Every Morning Friday, 26 June 2009, 10:39 am
Watch How I Spend My First 20 Minutes Online Every Morning. It’s kind of interesting to see how a pro blogger keeps updated with the barrage of information that a high profile blog like his attracts. […] - Official Google Blog: Google Voice invites on their way Thursday, 25 June 2009, 2:06 pm
Official Google Blog: Google Voice invites on their way. This is the kind of short video tutorial I want to learn to do. To get dynamic motion in videos, am I limited to Final Cut Pro, Adobe After Eff. […] - Google Voice Thursday, 25 June 2009, 2:01 pm
Google Voice. The help content for Google Voice is pretty cool — just a list of basic tasks (about 20) with short instructional video clips. I don’t know why the scripts to the video tutorials are. […] - Outsourcing vs. offshoring, and how U.S.-based technical writers can stay competitive « Your Writing Dept Blog Wednesday, 24 June 2009, 8:42 pm
Outsourcing vs. offshoring, and how U.S.-based technical writers can stay competitive « Your Writing Dept Blog. Ron Creel explains the difference between offshoring and outsourcing. Basically, offsho. […] - Iran: Just What Twitter Needed? | The Blog Herald Wednesday, 24 June 2009, 10:29 am
Iran: Just What Twitter Needed? | The Blog Herald. It’s interesting how the adoption and success of technology, such as Twitter, can be highly catalyzed by world events. It’s a matter of timing th. […] - What makes a technical writer tick Wednesday, 24 June 2009, 6:08 am
Technical writers are Jills and Jacks of all trades. But what really makes a tech writer tick? In this guest post, Sarah Maddox explores that question and comes up with some interesting answers. - Core Dump: STC Floundering? Wednesday, 24 June 2009, 12:13 am
Core Dump: STC floundering? Keith Soltys reflects on the STC issue as well. His last paragraph sums up his point: “I would hate to lose the STC. It was really important in my development as a techni. […] - Bye bye STC | one man writes Wednesday, 24 June 2009, 12:11 am
Bye bye STC | one man writes. Gordon Mclean writes on the STC issue. “Perhaps the time has come to wrapup the STC and let a new organisation grow from the ashes.” - Technically Speaking » The STC Crisis: the take of a “young” writer Wednesday, 24 June 2009, 12:10 am
Technically Speaking » The STC Crisis: the take of a “young” writer. Here’s Paul Pehrson’s take on the STC issue. Again, he argues that STC doesn’t have a strong value proposition. It seems. […] - Screencasting Resources (Part One) « Blog « WordPress.tv Tuesday, 23 June 2009, 10:43 pm
Screencasting Resources (Part One) « Blog « WordPress.tv. Trying to learn more about screencasting? Check out this list of resources from Michael Pick, the screencasting master. - Wiki Analytics / Socialtext Open Developer Community Tuesday, 23 June 2009, 9:11 pm
Wiki Analytics / Socialtext Open Developer Community to learn more about analytics on web pages that can help you determine the overall health of a community. - Identity and Authority: Why the Foundati … Tuesday, 23 June 2009, 11:43 am
Identity and Authority: Why the Foundation of Documentation is Changing - Landing Pads Tuesday, 23 June 2009, 4:24 am
Landing Pads – The concept is simple enough. You create a single topic that will be displayed to the user when they bash our old friend the F1 button. That topic is unique to the help system and, ba. […] - Generation B – Mr. Mom, Father’s Day Edition – NYTimes.com Monday, 22 June 2009, 11:00 pm
Generation B – Mr. Mom, Father’s Day Edition – NYTimes.com. I thoroughly enjoyed this post about fathers. A good barometer as to whether you’re involved in your kids’ lives is whether you pl. […] - Identity and Authority. Why the Foundation of Documentation is Changing. | The LugIron Software Blog Monday, 22 June 2009, 10:37 pm
Identity and Authority. Why the Foundation of Documentation is Changing. | The LugIron Software Blog. In this post, LugIron says documentation departments now have competition from other sources, wher. […] - 4J’s Group – THE CONTENT POOL: It’s STC not STW Monday, 22 June 2009, 10:22 pm
4J’s Group – THE CONTENT POOL: It’s STC not STW. Alan Porter comments on the STC issue and argues that we don’t focus enough on the visual communicators–the graphic designers and illustrator. […] - It’s Time to Shoot Your Blog | Copyblogger Sunday, 21 June 2009, 10:46 pm
It’s Time to Shoot Your Blog | Copyblogger. In this post, Jon Morrow compares a cowboy shooting a sick horse to bloggers pulling the plug on a sick and dying blog. Shooting a blog is a better analog. […] - 14 Essential Wordpress Development and Design Cheat Sheets : Speckyboy Design Magazine Thursday, 18 June 2009, 11:04 am
14 Essential Wordpress Development and Design Cheat Sheets : Speckyboy Design Magazine. Great examples of quick reference guides, which they call cheat sheets intead. - What is a Browser, etc | UI and us Thursday, 18 June 2009, 10:56 am
What is a Browser, etc | UI and us. - The perfect technical author Tuesday, 16 June 2009, 6:40 am
The perfect technical author - Planet | Writing Open Source Sunday, 14 June 2009, 12:04 pm
Planet | Writing Open Source. Aggretator for blogs related to open source documentation. - The Writer’s Rough Guide to Everything Flare Sunday, 14 June 2009, 9:47 am
A useful tip for Madcap Flare users: Why you should not use the ‘print’ medium for printed manuals and other printed deliverables - Why FAQs are the tech writer’s secret w … Tuesday, 9 June 2009, 7:18 am
Why FAQs are the tech writer’s secret weapon - Measuring content strategy: Not a piece … Saturday, 6 June 2009, 3:33 pm
Measuring content strategy: Not a piece of cake - Old Media, Technical Writers, and the Ev … Thursday, 4 June 2009, 11:07 pm
Old Media, Technical Writers, and the Evolution of Documentation - Flare Does DITA. Google Makes Waves. Thursday, 4 June 2009, 10:03 pm
Flare Does DITA. Google Makes Waves. - Reusing Content on Wikis and Blogs Thursday, 4 June 2009, 10:15 am
Reusing Content on Wikis and Blogs - Free video soft: video converter, ipod converter, mp4 converter Wednesday, 3 June 2009, 11:58 am
This may look like spam, but it’s not. If you’ve ever needed to download youtube videos or other media in an mp4 format rather than flv, this is the tool to use. Works great. (Think about those pr. […] - Search Engine Optimization for WordPress – Codex Wednesday, 3 June 2009, 7:14 am
Search Engine Optimization for WordPress – Codex. - Social Media Strategy Framework For Bands, Refined « Hit Singularity Tuesday, 2 June 2009, 2:16 pm
Social Media Strategy Framework For Bands. This is for musical groups. What is it for your business? - Managing Online Communities Tuesday, 2 June 2009, 6:24 am
Managing Online Communities: The Next Big Idea for Communications Professionals? by Rahel Anne Bailie “To be able to leverage user-generated content, an organization needs to have a community from w. […] - Presentation Zen: Think graphic design doesn’t matter? Writer River Monday, 1 June 2009, 8:11 pm
Presentation Zen: Think graphic design doesn’t matter? Writer River. - Quick Tips for Google Reader Power Users Monday, 1 June 2009, 8:54 am
Quick Tips for Google Reader Power Users. - EarnersTalk.com – Where Web Earners Talk Sunday, 31 May 2009, 5:52 pm
EarnersTalk.com – Where Web Earners Talk. - Paving the Road to a User Utopia Sunday, 31 May 2009, 1:38 pm
Paving the Road to a User Utopia - You Will Be Assimilated Saturday, 30 May 2009, 6:39 am
You Will Be Assimilated - HelpScribe: Why internal communications is the land of opportunity Saturday, 30 May 2009, 3:18 am
HelpScribe: Why internal communications is the land of opportunity. - To Wiki or not to Wiki Friday, 29 May 2009, 5:08 pm
To Wiki or not to Wiki - Get SnagIt 7.2.5 for Free Friday, 29 May 2009, 4:36 am
Get SnagIt 7.2.5 for Free - 30+ WordPress Theme Releases for May 2009 (part 2) – WPZOOM Wednesday, 27 May 2009, 3:52 pm
30+ WordPress Theme Releases for May 2009 (part 2) – WPZOOM. - Wordpress Theme Development Frameworks | Developer’s Toolbox | Smashing Magazine Wednesday, 27 May 2009, 3:52 pm
Wordpress Theme Development Frameworks | Developer’s Toolbox | Smashing Magazine. - UAX User Assistance Experience: New column and lessons from the Dobro Tuesday, 26 May 2009, 12:00 pm
UAX User Assistance Experience: New column and lessons from the Dobro. a common learning pattern [is]: This is easy. This is hard. This is easy. So how does user assistance help move a user from the n. […] - Palimpsest: Think global Tuesday, 26 May 2009, 8:25 am
Palimpsest: Think global.
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