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Quark Announces Dynamic Publishing Solution: Fills Much Needed Gaps in End-to-End Publishing Void

Thursday, March 06, 2008

We could have predicted it. In fact, we did. But, we were asked to keep it a secret until after Quark, widely known for its desktop publishing tools, announced a major change of direction for the firm and its products. It’s a most exciting announcement, the first ...

Filed under: Content Management : Dynamic Content : Marketing Communication : Publishing : Technical Writing : Authoring Tools : Xpress Author for Word : Technological Innovation : XML

Variable Data Printing - Delivering Personalized Marketing Campaigns That Work

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

By Scott Abel, The Content Wrangler

It’s no mystery. Most marketing campaigns suck. They use old-school methods with new technologies and don’t deliver the results they should. Most often, campaigns fail to perform as well as they should because most marketing folks ...

Filed under: About The Content Wrangler : Marketing Communication : Publishing : Technological Innovation

iPaper: Simply The Best Document Viewing Experience On The Web

Monday, February 25, 2008

It’s been called “the best document viewing experience on the web” and so far, it is...by a long shot. It’s iPaper, a new web display mechanism from Scribd for documents that was not, despite the “i” prefix, created by Apple. Like a YouTube video, iPaper documents are ...

Filed under: Document Engineering : Publishing : Technological Innovation : Web 2.0

Documentation and Training Slide Decks Now Available

Thursday, November 08, 2007

The slide decks from Documentation and Training East 2007 are now available. A few speakers have yet to share their slides, but the bulk of the presentations are available for view within a web browser, and without the need to download additional software. This service ...

Filed under: 3D : Content Quality Management : Content Reuse : DITA : Document Engineering : Dynamic Content : Experience Design : Information Architecture : Localization : Mobile Content : Presentations : Publishing : Rich Media : S1000D : Search : Simplified Technical English : Software as a Service : Technical Writing : Translation : Usability : User-Generated Content : Video Documentation : Web 2.0 : XML : XQuery : Web Content Management

Anne Gentle vs JoAnn Hackos: Is There a Documentation Wiki In Your Future?

Friday, August 31, 2007

By Anne Gentle, special to TheContentWrangler.com

JoAnn Hackos’ recent article titled Is a Documentation Wiki in your Future? struck a chord with me because of my upcoming article about wikis for technical documentation in the September/October issue of STC’s

Filed under: Publishing : Technical Writing : Productivity Tools : Wikis

Helvetica: The Movie

Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Just when you’ve gotten used to the idea of separating content from format (and realized you won’t be in charge of selecting fonts any more) comes Helvetica, a feature-length independent film about typography, graphic design and global visual culture. According to ...

Filed under: Experience Design : Publishing

The Content Wrangler On The Malcontents Podcast

Thursday, February 22, 2007

Rahel Bailie of Intentional Design and Scott Abel of TheContentWrangler.com were recently featured guests on the Malcontents podcast series, hosted by Content Management Professionals members Seth Gottlieb and Bryant Shea. The topic of discussion: XML Publishing.