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Janet Swisher on FLOSS Manuals, Open Source, and Book Sprints

November 12th, 2009 · View Comments · Productivity, Social Media, Technical Writing

Want to know how to run an open source ‘book sprint’? Janet Swisher does.

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How Technical Writers can use XML in Adobe’s Technical Communication Suite

November 8th, 2009 · Comments Off · Technical Writing

Manish on the Adobe Tech Comms site uploaded this video on how to get more information on the XML power in the Technical Communication Suite. He presented this video at the summer XML conference and talked about topic based documentation using TCS2 in XML way.

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What are Your Favorite 10 Technical Writing Tools?

November 4th, 2009 · View Comments · Technical Writing

I’ve used the same technical writing tools for the last 5 years. A few products have come across my desk but nothing that really blown me away.
Here’s a run-down of what I use to write my technical documents. No order of preference. Which should I keep? Which should I replace?

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Adobe FrameMaker 9.0.3 Released & Features that SHOULD Work

October 14th, 2009 · Comments Off · Technical Writing

You can now download the FrameMaker 9.0.3 patch.
Mahesh (http://blogs.adobe.com/techcomm over on Adobe does a great job of keeping us up to date with all things FrameMaker. This is available through Adobe Update Manager (AUM). This patch (9.0p250) must be applied on top of 9.0.2 (9.0p237) only. You can check for updates through Help->Updates Menu in [...]

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Top 50 Technical Writers on the Web

October 1st, 2009 · View Comments · Career, India

I’ve made a list of the top 50 technical writers with a web presence. Some of these you might know, such as Darren Barefoot and Tom Johnson. I have also added some other writers from India, Russia and Israel to reach out to a wider audience. I’m sure there are others that I’ve missed. Let me know and I’ll update the list.

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Process Design Tutorial #5 | What do I need to capture in my business processes?

June 26th, 2009 · Comments Off · How To

Process Design Tutorial #5 | What do I need to capture in my business processes?

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Process Design Tutorial #5 | What do I need to capture in my business processes?

June 26th, 2009 · Comments Off · Technical Writing

Process Design Tutorial #5 | What do I need to capture in my business processes?

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What kind to Technical Documents should I write for Java projects?

June 25th, 2009 · Comments Off · Technical Writing

What kind to technical documents should I write for Java project?

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Vacancy – Senior Technical Writer for Server Products

June 25th, 2009 · Comments Off · How To

Vacancy – Senior Technical Writer for Server Products

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Twitter Updates for 2009-06-23

June 23rd, 2009 · Comments Off · Technical Writing

Review of Groundswell – Social Media Technologies Forrester Research http://bit.ly/Lsol9 #
RT @StanChu Facebook Developer Garage Shanghai June 27 http://bit.ly/B3rzD #
YAK Wordpress open source shopping cart. Developed by SourceForge http://ping.fm/w502b #
Stunning Twitter Timeline – Evolution of Twitter in the last 3 years http://bit.ly/rxe2r #
Google Insights. Web Search Volume for Social Media http://ping.fm/YRPDB #

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Snagit Tip – How to create a Mirror edge at the bottom of your screenshots

June 23rd, 2009 · View Comments · Technical Writing

Snagit Tip – How to create a Mirror edge at the bottom of your screenshots

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DITA specialization in Adobe FrameMaker 9

June 22nd, 2009 · Comments Off · Technical Writing

DITA Specialization lets you define new information classifications that can be structural or a new domain specification. Structural specialization in DITA lets you define new topic or map structures derived from base topics and maps, such as concept, task, or reference whereas domain specialization in DITA lets you define markup for a specific information domain or subject area, such as programming or hardware.

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Process Design – How many swim lanes should I add to the flowchart diagrams?

June 16th, 2009 · View Comments · Technical Writing

How many swim lanes should I add to the process design diagrams?Another part of the process design package is the flowchart diagrams. One area where I’m getting a little stuck is deciding how many swim lanes to add to the Visio diagrams. To get things rolling I have created three Visio diagrams with 2, 3 and 4 swim lanes. Take a look here.The question is: which one will be business analysts use the most?Regards,IvanTwitter @ivanwalsh
Another part of the process design package is the flowchart diagrams. One area where I’m getting a little stuck is deciding how many swim lanes to add to the Visio diagrams. To get things rolling I have created three Visio diagrams with 2, 3 and 4 swim lanes. Take a look here.

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Speedlinking – FAQs about the Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) Part 2

June 16th, 2009 · Comments Off · How To

Speedlinking – FAQs about the Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) Part 2

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Speedlinking – Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA)

June 12th, 2009 · Comments Off · How To

10 Sites about Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA)

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