Conversion Toolbox: Cups to Ounces
Ever need to convert cups to onces? If so, try this handy converter from Metric-Conversions.org.
CM Pros Introduces “Folksonomy”
Folksonomy is a term invented by Thomas Vander Wal to describe collaborative categorization using a community tool for developing a controlled vocabulary of metadata tags. Content Management Professionals recently intoduced the idea of using a folksonomy to help better describe their membership.
FrameMaker 2005 Chautauqua Fast Approaching
The Adobe FrameMaker 2005 Chautauqua—a conference for the FrameMaker community—will take place November 7-9, 2005 in Raleigh, NC. Presenters have been lined up. The conference schedule is set. The momentum is building. The Adobe FrameMaker 2005 Chautauqua is a big deal for folks in the FrameMaker community. The event—the first major FrameMaker event in several years—promises to be an exciting one for FrameMaker users hungry for knowledge. Presentations will be delivered to help by FrameMaker gurus, content management luminaries, and experts in a wide variety of fields. Topics include: the Read the full article…
Confessions of a Docoholic
If you’re a technical or scientific writer that has felt a little underappreciated, read Natalie Dyen’s article Confessions of a Docoholic for a little lighthearted humor guaranteed to make you smile.
CM Pros Launches Chapters Program
Professional Association for the Content Management Community to Support Local and Topical Member Groups Content Management Professionals (CM Pros), the international content management community of practice, today announced its new member-driven committee process including a framework for the formation of regional chapters. The CM Pros committee process
Conversion Toolbox: Kilometers to Miles
Ever need to convert kilometers to miles? If so, try this handy converter from Metric-Conversions.org.
Hackers Get Mac OS To Run on PCs
In an article published on Wired.com entitled, 0Mac Hacks Allow OS X to run on PCs, the author, Mark Baard, writes, “Hackers have found a way to bypass a chip designed to prevent the Mac OS from running on non-Apple PCs, which are often cheaper than Macs.” He goes on to warn that “The impact of the OSx86 hack on Apple’s hardware brand could be severe.” Read more here.
Enter The Year’s Ten Best International Web Support Sites Awards
Is your organization maintaining its support web site in more than one language? Then we invite you to have your work recognized by the Association of Support Professionals (ASP), known worldwide for its Year’s Ten Best Web Support Sites program. ASP and the Localization Industry Standards Association (LISA) are collaborating to produce the first Year’s Ten Best International Web Support Sites Awards Program. All entrants will receive a custom analysis of their sites’ international strengths and weaknesses from judges who are experts in the fields of localization and international support. Read the full article…
CM Pros Announces Scott Abel As Director of Marketing
Content Management Professionals (CM Pros), a global membership organization that fosters the sharing of content management information, practices, and strategies, announced today the appointment of Scott Abel as the organization’s Director of Marketing. A technical writing specialist and content management strategist whose strengths lie in helping organizations improve the way they author, maintain, publish and archive their information assets, Scott brings over 12 years experience to CM Pros. Scott is also owner of TheContentWrangler.com, a portal that rustles up useful content management articles, case studies, white papers, reviews and news. Read the full article…
Hewlett Packard’s “Create-Once, Use-Many” Approach to Enterprise Content
Doug Henschen interviews Mario Queiroz, Hewlett Packard’s vice president of content and product data management in the July 12, 2005 issue of Intelligent Enterprise. The interview examines HP’s three-year, multi-million dollar investment designed to “rationalize taxonomies, metadata, technologies and management approaches spanning 17 business units”. Queriroz tells Henschen that the HP project has yielded “efficiency gains of about 30 percent per year” and has “lowered the cost of developing content for new products by more than half.” Learn more about HP’s content management initiative. Read “In Focus: Up Close With Read the full article…
Conversion Toolbox: Celsius to Fahrenheit
Ever need to convert Celsius to Fahrenheit? If so, try this handy conversion tool from Metric-Conversions.Org.
CM Professionals On The Radio – Listen Live From Your Desktop
Content Management Live! airs again this Tuesday, August 9, 2005 at 1PM EST on the MyTechnologyLawyer.com radio show. This week’s segment, “CM Pros: Who Are They And What Do They Do?”, sponsored by TheContentWrangler.com will feature an interview with Laura Walker, Executive Director of Content Management Professionals (CM Pros). The radio show, part of the Draughon Technology Report, is streamed via internet radio each Tuesday at 1PM EST and allows listeners to tune-in from their desktops using Real Audio or Microsoft Media Player. The My Technology Lawyer Radio Show, now Read the full article…
Reporting Broken Stuff: ThisIsBroken.com
I recently stumbled across ThisIsBroken.com, a humorous and extremely valuable web site chocked full of visitor-supplied examples of things that don’t work well. The site has a library full of bad examples going back several years. Many listings include pictures to help illustrate the flaws identified. The site owner, Mark Hurst, says his site “exists to make businesses more aware of their customer experience problems, and how to fix them.” Check out ThisIsBroken.com and tell the world about the things that you’ve found that don’t work quite right. Maybe your Read the full article…
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