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Next Stop Liverpool: The Content Wrangler on the Future of Technical Communication

Monday, October 01, 2007

Scott Abel, The Content Wrangler, is heading to Liverpool, England to address the Institute for Science and Technical Communicators at their annual conference. The theme of this year’s event, held at the beautiful Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool October 2-4, is “Technical ...

Filed under: Technical Writing

Adobe Announces Technical Communication Suite: Four Tools That Work As One

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Following the success of its Creative Suite, Adobe Systems has announced an innovative new software product offering. It’s called the Adobe Technical Communication Suite, a tightly integrated collection of software tools designed for authoring, managing, and ...

Filed under: Rich Media : Technical Writing : Authoring Tools

TC World: Improved Content Quality Through More Effective Content Management

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

The September/October 2007 issue of TCWorld, the magazine for international information management, includes a thought-provoking article by Scott Abel and Diane Wieland of TheContentWrangler.com entitled “Improved Content Quality Through More Effective Content ...

Filed under: Content Quality Management : Technical Writing

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

DITA Test Drive Challenge: A Great Deal If You Ask Us

Thursday, August 30, 2007

Sometimes the sheer volume of information on the internet is overwhelming. Even with the help of Google Alerts and RSS feeds, it’s easy to miss interesting news. That’s likely the reason we failed to notice this especially interesting offer from the folks at Data ...

Filed under: DITA : Legacy Content Conversion : Technical Writing : Structured Authoring

The Rockley Blog: A Handy Online Reference for Content Creators and Managers

Friday, August 24, 2007

Add another blog to your daily reading list (and by all means subscribe to the the RSS feed). The content management gurus at The Rockley Group have published their first blog, aptly named, The Rockley Blog. Of interest to folks looking for a standard XML schema is the ...

Filed under: Content Management : Content Reuse : DITA : Technical Writing

Behind the Scenes: 10 Best Support Websites

Thursday, August 16, 2007

In this exclusive interview with Jeffrey Tarter, executive director of the Association of Support Professionals (ASP), you’ll discover what it means to be one of the “10 Best Support Websites” and learn how the Association of Support Professionals can provide you with ...

Filed under: Content Management : Technical Writing

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