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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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Book Review: Global Content Strategy: A Primer by Val Swisher
Anyone who has read this blog for a while knows how much I love Val Swisher of Content Rules. Why? Well, first of all, she’s a lovely person and great friend all around. But that’s beside the point. As a … Continue reading
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Tagged Content management, Content Rules, Content Rules Inc., content strategy, digital literacy, education, global content, global content management systems, global content strategy, global delivery, global ready content, global terminology management systems, globalization, Learning, localisation, localization, localization and translation workflow, localized content, machine translation, managing terminology, Methods and Theories, mobile, single sourcing, singular experience, structured authoring, structured content, tech comm, TechCommGeekMom, Technical communication, technical communications, technical writing, terminology, terminology management, terminology management systems, The Content Wrangler, transcreation, translated content, translation, translation and localization workflow, Translation memory, Val Swisher, XML Press
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So, what’s ahead in Tech Comm for 2013?
Shortly after the obligatory reviews of 2012 come the obligatory predictions about 2013. Sometimes such predictions are on target, and sometimes the predictions are rather ludicrous. One has to admit, though, some of the ludicrous ones do become true, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Adobe, Adobe Day, Adobe Day 2012, Adobe FrameMaker, Adobe RoboHelp, Adobe Systems, Adobe Technical Communications Suite, advocacy, content, content management tools, content strategy, digital literacy, Distance Learning, e-learning, e-learning specialist, Electronic publishing, Facebook, Framemaker, goals, instructional design, iPad, IPhone, Lavacon, Lavacon 2012, m-learning, m-learning tools, mlearning, mobile, Mobile device, mobile learning, RoboHelp, single sourcing, singular experience, smartphones, STC, STC Summit, STC Summit 2013, STC Summit Atlanta, structured content, tech comm, tech comm software, tech comm tools, TechCommGeekMom, Technical communication, technical communication software, technical communication tools, technical communications, technical writing, video, writing
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Adobe Day at LavaCon 2012 Roundup!
This post is just a quick summary of the Adobe Day at LavaCon 2012 series from this past week. As you see, there was so much information that it took six posts to try to summarize the event! Being in … Continue reading
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Tagged Adobe, Adobe Day, Adobe Day presentations, Adobe FrameMaker, Adobe RoboHelp, Adobe Systems, adobe technical communications, Adobe Technical Communications Suite, Android, Ankur Jain, Apple, authoring for different devices, Business, business value, CMS, content, Content management, content management tools, Content Rules, Content Rules Inc., content strategy, Content Wrangler, CSS 3, Darwin Information Typing Architecture, digital literacy, DITA, DITA metrics 101, Ecuador, English language, Facebook, Framemaker, global content, global ready content, Google, Guy Kawasaki, HTML/CSS, HTML5, HTML5/CSS3, iPad, IPhone, Joe, Joe Welinske, Lavacon, Lavacon 2012, localization, m-learning tools, marcom, marcomm, Mark Lewis, marketing communications, marketing documentation, Maxwell Hoffmann, measurement, Methods and Theories, metrics, mobile, mobile communications, multiscreen authoring, Oregon, page hits, Portland, Portland Oregon, professional conference, Quark, QuarkXMLAuthor, query, reusable content, reuse, reuse content, RoboHelp, ROI, ROI on technical communication, Saibal Bhattacharjee, sales documentation, Sarah O'Keefe, Scott, Scott Abel, SEO, single source, Single source publishing, single sourcing, singular experience, social media, social media community, Spanish language, structured content, structured writing, Style Guides, tech comm, tech comm software, tech comm tools, tech support documentation, tech writer, tech writing, TechCommGeekMom, Technical communication, technical communication software, technical communications, technical communications tools, technical communicator, Technical writer, technical writing, Thomas Aldous, training, training and development, translation, Translation memory, translation software, translation tools, Twitter, Val Swisher, video, Welinske.com, Writers UA, writing for different devices, writing for mobile content, XML, XML-based, XML/DITA
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Adobe Day Presentations: Part II – Sarah O’Keefe and Content Strategy
After an energetic first presentation by Scott Abel, second presenter Sarah O’Keefe, author of Content Strategy 101 and founder of Scriptorium Publishing, talked about “Developing a Technical Communication Content Strategy.” Sarah started by telling us that many companies don’t understand … Continue reading
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Tagged Adobe, Adobe FrameMaker, Adobe RoboHelp, CMS, Content management, content management tools, Framemaker, Google, localization, marcom, marcomm, marketing communications, marketing documentation, Portland Oregon, reusable content, RoboHelp, sales documentation, SEO, Single source publishing, single sourcing, singular experience, structured content, tech comm, tech comm software, tech comm tools, tech support documentation, Technical communication, technical communications, technical communications tools, technical writing, training, training and development, translation
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Adobe Day Presentations: Part I – Scott Abel and Structured Content
As I had mentioned in my first post about Adobe Day, there were several well-known tech comm authorities presenting, and Scott Abel was the first presenter. Scott is the founder and CEO of The Content Wrangler, Inc., and he has … Continue reading
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Tagged Adobe, Adobe Day, Adobe FrameMaker, Adobe RoboHelp, content strategy, Content Wrangler, Framemaker, Guy Kawasaki, Methods and Theories, reuse content, ROI on technical communication, Scott, Scott Abel, single source, single sourcing, singular experience, structured content, tech comm, tech writer, tech writing, Technical communication, technical writing, Twitter
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Missed Adobe Day at LavaCon2012? Here’s the scoop…
As I write this, I am still recovering from quite the whirlwind of a weekend! I flew out to the West Coast on Friday night, and returned to the East Coast on Sunday. I met SO many people who are … Continue reading
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Tagged Adobe, Adobe Day, Adobe FrameMaker, Adobe RoboHelp, adobe technical communications, Adobe Technical Communications Suite, digital literacy, Facebook, Framemaker, iPad, Lavacon, mobile, professional conference, RoboHelp, single sourcing, singular experience, social media, social media community, structured content, structured writing, tech comm, tech comm software, TechCommGeekMom, Technical communication, technical writing, translation, Twitter, video
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Adobe Day Presentations: Part III – Joe Welinske and Multi-Screen Help Authoring
Joe Welinske of Writers UA followed Sarah O’Keefe’s presentation on Adobe Day. I was especially interested in hearing what he had to say, because the topic of his presentation was about “Multi-screen Help Authoring–How to Deal With the Explosion in Device Sizes.” … Continue reading
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Tagged Adobe, Adobe Day, Adobe Day presentations, Adobe FrameMaker, Adobe RoboHelp, Adobe Systems, Android, Apple, authoring for different devices, CSS 3, Framemaker, HTML/CSS, HTML5, HTML5/CSS3, iPad, IPhone, Joe, Joe Welinske, Lavacon, Lavacon 2012, mobile, mobile communications, multiscreen authoring, query, RoboHelp, single sourcing, singular experience, structured content, tech comm, Technical communication, Twitter, Welinske.com, Writers UA, writing for different devices, writing for mobile content
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