Archive for June, 2009

This is the future of technical communication

June 29, 2009 by Sarah O'Keefe · Comments Off
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First, read this article in the New York Times about the struggle to keep a reporter’s kidnapping quiet:For seven months, The New York Times managed to keep out of the news the fact that one (Read more...)

Enter soon: Technical Writing 101 contest ends tomorrow

June 29, 2009 by Alan Pringle · Comments Off
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We’re giving away two printed copies of Technical Writing 101 (third edition) on Wednesday. Please enter the drawing before it closes tomorrow.We’re giving away the books to celebrate the book’s wider release to online bookstores (Read more...)

Win a printed copy of Technical Writing 101 (third edition)

June 24, 2009 by Alan Pringle · Comments Off
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As of this week, the printed version of Technical Writing 101 (ISBN 9780970473363) is available at online bookstores, and you can also special order a copy from your local bookstore. To celebrate the book’s wider (Read more...)

Automated trademarking in structured documents – DITA in particular

June 22, 2009 by David J. Kelly · Comments Off
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Unabashed plug warning: The following entry gives a conceptual overview of a solution Scriptorium has implemented for managing trademarks in structured tagging. And we’re proud of it. You know the problem. According to your style (Read more...)

Whither STC?

June 19, 2009 by Sarah O'Keefe · Comments Off
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As you may have heard, STC is in a financial crisis. According to the board of directors meeting minutes from May 5, 2009 (PDF, page 2), STC must retain membership “for the next year or (Read more...)

Flare 5 DITA feature review, part 2

June 17, 2009 by Sarah O'Keefe · Comments Off
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[Alan Pringle wrote most of this review.]This post is Part 2 of our Flare 5 DITA feature review. Part 1 provides an overview and discusses localization and map files.Cross-references and other linksI imported DITA content (Read more...)

Flare 5 DITA feature review (Part 1: Overview and map files)

June 12, 2009 by Sarah O'Keefe · Comments Off
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[Disclosure: Scriptorium is a Certified Flare Instructor.][Full disclosure: We're also an Adobe Authorized Training Center, a JustSystems Services Partner, a founding member of TechComm Alliance, a North Carolina corporation, and a woman-owned business...

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