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Non-profits and Schools Turn to Online Resource During Economic Downturn

Friday, August 08, 2008

With gasoline prices rising and the housing market already in a slump, economic fears have led to a national drop in charitable contributions making it harder for non-profits to keep up with an increased demand in services. As more and more nonprofits begin to feel the ...

Filed under: Search : Technological Innovation

Managing Small Content: Counting Characters

Tuesday, August 05, 2008

by Anne Gentle, technical writer and blogger at JustWriteClick

I received a copy of The 4-Hour Workweek, a book by Tim Ferriss, at the holidays last year and read it with interest because I’ve heard many others in the high-tech world discuss it at length. In it, he ...

Filed under: Internet : Marketing Communication : Search : Wikis

Gian Fulgoni Takes The Gambles Out of the Numbers Game

Monday, May 19, 2008

Gian Fulgoni, Executive Chairman and Co-founder of comScore, Inc., likes to quote Henry Ford when he was asked whether he listened to customers when he created the automobile. Ford’s reply was that had he listened to customers, he would have built a fast horse; the ...

Filed under: Internet : Statistics : Search

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

Web Site Makeover: Legacy Retrieval Tools Save Time For Users

Tuesday, April 24, 2007

By Jean Graef, Founder of the Montague Institute, special to TheContentWrangler.com

In the pre-Internet days, users relied on indexes, tables of contents, databases, card catalogs, and annotated bibliographies to find information. These “legacy retrieval tools” ...

Filed under: Experience Design : Search : Web Content Management

ChaCha: People-Powered Search Aims To Be Google Alternative

Friday, March 16, 2007

When you can’t find what you need quickly using popular search services like Google, try ChaCha, an online search engine that offers—drum-roll please—free human customer support. Unlike any other search engine we know of, ChaCha will instantly connect you with a live

Filed under: Search

Findability: Jason Hunter On Mark Logic’s Use Of XQuery To Leverage The Power Of Legacy Content

Friday, January 05, 2007

TCW: Jason, thanks for agreeing to chat with us today. For our readers who don’t know who you are, please tell us a little about yourself, your past experience, and your role at Mark Logic.

JH: Thanks for having me here, Scott. Or do people call you Mr. ...

Filed under: Search : XML : XQuery

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