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Tag Archives: DITA
Structure and Semantics for Context – Simple A
Simple A’s Maxwell Hoffman happens to be a good friend and mentor of mine. I’m lucky and honored to have him as one of my cheerleaders. Maxwell recently wrote and excellent article about structure and semantics for context in content … Continue reading
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Tagged content model, content modelling, content strategy, customer experience, CX, DITA, intelligent content, Maxwell Hoffmann, semantics, Simple A, structure, structured content, tech comm, TechCommGeekMom, Technical communication, technical communications, technical writing, user experience, UX
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TaxoDiary – Taxonomies in Information Science
TaxoDiary – Taxonomies in Information Science — Read on taxodiary.com/2018/08/taxonomies-in-information-science/ Thanks to CJ Walker for posting this on LinkedIn. This is a big part of my job right now, and this is an excellent way to clarify the difference between … Continue reading
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Tagged CJ Walker, CMS, content, Content management, content organization, Content Rules, Content Rules Inc., content strategy, digital literacy, digital marketing, DITA, LinkedIn, Methods and Theories, single sourcing, taxonomy, tech comm, TechCommGeekMom, Technical communication, technical communications, technical writing, technology, Val Swisher, writing, XML
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TechCommGeekMom, where have you been? The Delta Quadrant?
OK, so it’s been a while. I know. While I wish I could say that I’ve been on an Intrepid-class Federation starship named the U.S.S. Voyager, sadly that is not the case. It’s a little hard to be writing blog … Continue reading
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Tagged 2017 STC Summit, Borg, Camtasia, Captain Janeway, CONDUIT, content strategy, Delta Quadrant, digital literacy, DITA, DIY education, e-learning, education, elearning, Federation, Harry Kim, independent consultant, independent consulting, independent consulting business, instructional design, Kathryn Janeway, Learning, Philadelphia, Single-Sourcing Solutions, Star Trek, STC, STC PMC, STC Summit, TC Conclave, tech comm, TechCommGeekMom, Technical communication, technical communications, TechSmith, TechSmith Camtasia, Tom Paris, Voyager, Washington DC
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How Statistics Solved a 175 Year Old Mystery About Alexander Hamilton
What do Alexander Hamilton, Harry Potter, and Bayesian Statistics Have in Common? Source: How Statistics Solved a 175 Year Old Mystery About Alexander Hamilton Oh, when I read this, I knew this would appeal to the history geek in me, … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Hamilton, Bayesian Statistics, content strategy, digital literacy, DITA, DITA/XML, Federalist Papers, Framemaker, Hamilton, Harry Potter, James Madison, Mark Lewis, single sourcing, singular experience, statistics, tech comm, tech comm software, TechCommGeekMom, Technical communication, technical communications, technical writing, XML, XML analytics, XML Metrics
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Saddle up for a FREE workshop event from Adobe at #STC2016!
While I was unable to go to the STC Summit last year, I am looking forward to going to Anaheim this year to not only being a presenter at the STC Summit, but also to learn and connect with other … Continue reading
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Tagged #STC16, #STC2016, 2016 STC Summit, Acrobat, Adobe, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Captivate, Adobe Day, Adobe FrameMaker, Adobe Presenter, Adobe RoboHelp, Adobe Technical Communications Suite, Anaheim, Bernard Aschwanden, Captivate, content strategy, digital literacy, Distance Learning, DITA, DIY education, Framemaker, John Daigle, Learning, Presenter, Rick Stone, RoboHelp, social media, STC, STC Summit, STC Summit 2016, Stefan Gentz, tech comm, tech comm software, TechCommGeekMom, Technical communication, technical communications, technical writing, Twitter
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Being paid to write–for the first time!
While I’ve spent years blogging and talking about being a technical writer, I haven’t actually been a technical writer except for doing projects in grad school–until now. In the last two months, I’ve started a position as a content/technical writer … Continue reading
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Tagged content strategy, content writer, copydecks, copywriting, digital literacy, DITA, knowledge management, Learning, single sourcing, singular experience, tech comm, TechCommGeekMom, Technical communication, technical communications, technical writing, templates, UI, UI design, UX, UX design, UX/UI design, XML authoring
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Three ways to look at the future: perspectives from a writer, reader, and marketer of content
My friend, Parth Mukherjee of Jifflenow, created an excellent SlideShare presentation that he shared at the STC India conference while still at Adobe, but shared recently on LinkedIn. While I didn’t attend the conference, he created a great conversation about … Continue reading
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Tagged Adobe, Adobe Technical Communications Suite, content, content marketing, content strategy, digital marketing, DITA, Jifflenow, Methods and Theories, mobile, Parth Mukherjee, STC, tech comm, TechCommGeekMom, Technical communication, technical communications, technical writing
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More localization and user-friendly features in the new Framemaker 2015
You might have heard by now that there have been some updates to the Adobe Technical Communications Suite (TCS) that were released today! Both Framemaker and Robohelp have been updated significantly, while the other programs (Captivate, Acrobat, and Presenter), have … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, Acrobat, Adobe, Adobe FrameMaker, Adobe Framemaker XML Author, Adobe RoboHelp, Adobe Technical Communications Suite, AEM connector, Arabic, bi-directional, bi-directional language support, Captivate, content strategy, digital literacy, DITA, dynamic content filter, Framemaker, free webinar, free webinar for Framemaker 2015, globalization, Hebrew, Kapil Verma, localization, LTR, MathML, mobile, mobile output, mobile publishing, multichannel publishing, Presenter, product launch, RoboHelp, RTL, single sourcing, singular experience, social media, tech comm, tech comm software, TechCommGeekMom, Technical communication, technical communications, technical writing, translation, webinar, XML, XML authoring
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Online Student Again: Part 2 – SEO is kicking my butt
The second module of my online course in digital marketing is about Search Marketing and how SEO (Search Engine Optimization) and SEM (Search Engine Marketing) works. The module is taught by Mike Moran, who crams a lot of information in … Continue reading
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Tagged Ann Rockley, Bing, content, content strategy, content writer, content writing., digital literacy, digital marketing, digital marketing courses, Distance Learning, DITA, DIY education, e-learning, education, edupunk, elearning, Google, higher ed, higher education, keywords, Learning, m-learning, Mark Lewis, Methods and Theories, Mike Moran, mlearning, mobile, mobile learning, Noz Urbina, online digital marketing courses, Online Teaching and Learning, organic search, organic searches, paid search, paid searches, Rahel Bailie, Rutgers, Rutgers University, Sarah O'Keefe, Scott Abel, Search Engine Marketing, Search Engine Optimisation, Search Engine Optimization, search engines, search marketing, searching, SEM, SEO, SEO Marketing, social media, tech comm, TechCommGeekMom, Technical communication, technical communications, technical writing, Val Swisher, XML, XML analytics, XML/DITA
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