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Podcast: TheContentWrangler on Web 2.0 at STC International Conference

Tuesday, May 22, 2007

TechWriterVoices has published a podcast interview with Scott Abel of TheContentWrangler.com. The interview focuses on several of the topics Abel discussed in his extremely popular conference presentation, Web 2.0 101: Understanding Web 2.0 and Its Impact on Technical ...

Filed under: Blogs & Blogging : Structured Blogging : RSS : Web 2.0

Incredibooks: Kids Creating Structured Content With Blogs

Sunday, September 10, 2006

Structured blogging is a mystery to many technical writers and other content creators. But it needn’t be. Creating structured content for reuse with the help of a blog is easy. So easy, in fact, children are doing it (and making a profit). Check out Incredibooks for a ...

Filed under: Blogs & Blogging : Structured Blogging : Web 2.0 : Examples

The Progress and the Promise of Microformats

Tuesday, July 25, 2006

In The Progress and the Promise of Microformats, Tantek Çelik and Rohit Khare explore the hot topic of microformats—what they are, why they’re important, and who is using them today. The article does a good job of explaining how microformats can—and are—impacting the ...

Filed under: Blogs & Blogging : Structured Blogging : Microformats : Web 2.0

Getting Started With hCalendar

Wednesday, July 05, 2006

hCalendar, one of several microformat standards, is a simple, open, distributed calendaring and events format, based on the iCalendar standard (RFC2445). According to microformats.org, microformats are data format standards that a diverse community of individuals and ...

Filed under: Blogs & Blogging : Structured Blogging : Microformats : Technical Writing : Structured Authoring

Structured Blogging: Real World Example in Movable Type

Wednesday, June 07, 2006

Technology blogger Rod Boothby (one of our favorites) explores structured blogging templates for use with the popular blogging tool Movable Type. If you’re a blogger, this article will help you understand how structured blogging plugins will impact the way you author ...

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Structured Blogging Releases German Site

Monday, May 01, 2006

A German version of the Structured Blogging website is now available. Organizers are seeking additional translation/localization assistance to help spread the structured blogging gospel around the globe. If you’d like to take a shot at localizing the site in another ...

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Structured Blogging Plus DITA - Authoring Online Help Without A HAT

Monday, April 10, 2006

I’ve been thinking about the many ways that Structured Blogging might be employed to help technical writers and other content creators do what they do better, faster, and cheaper. Structured Blogging is a new concept in the technical communication and content ...

Filed under: Blogs & Blogging : Structured Blogging : DITA : Help Authoring

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