EContent Magazine has selected Content Management Professionals (CM Pros), the international content management community of practice, for inclusion in the EContent 100, the list of the 100 organizations that matter most in the digital content industry.
Lengthy URLs got you down? Visit Tiny URL for the solution. It’s easy. Enter a long URL. Click the “Make TinyURL!” button. Voila! A tiny web address appears. One that is more user friendly and less likely to cause problems when sent via email. Another benefit: The tiny URLs created by the free online service never expire.
A new survey from Harris Interactive reveals that approximately 90% of online users experience problems completing online shopping, banking, travel, and insurance business transactions. And, they don’t like it. When online transactions fail, shoppers usually leave the site never to return, buying the same items from the competition. Harris Interactive says error messages were the most common reason for dissatisfaction (40 percent), poor design a close second. Other online shopping snafus include the inability to complete transaction because of an endless loop, and difficulty logging in/registering. The results show that Read the full article…
The folks at wikiHOW have published instructions for those who use Google detailing how to personalize your Google homepage with news, RSS feeds, and other information sources. This article describes how to add an RSS feed to the popular search engine using its new personalization feature.
The findings of the industry’s first major study of white paper writers are revealed in a new report from WhitePaperSource.com. The 2005 White Paper Writer Industry Survey (free download until December 31, 2005) provides 42 pages of insight into how white papers are written, distributed, structured, and billed. The report covers: The types of white papers written The length of white papers How much time is spent producing white papers The use of special features (such as abstracts) in white papers The processes involved in writing white papers Why white Read the full article…
On the Wednesday, November 16, 2005 episode of the new Martha show, media mogel Martha Stewart proclaimed she wanted to be “the first person on television” to talk about the importance of Generation C, the content generation. “Generation C,” Stewart said, “has nothing to do with your age. It has to do with what you want to know and where you want to learn it. It’s what people do every day, look for content, for information.” While Stewart’s Generation C elevator pitch still needs some work, the fact that content Read the full article…
Constantine Hondros, a software developer who creates online and print content for a major software vendor, writes about the Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) in his XML.com blog, Going DITA. Hondros says he is currently working on a project involving DITA and plans to share his lessons learned via his blog as the project moves forward.
BlastRadius, the makers of the popular XML authoring tool XMetaL, are making a unique offer to Adobe FrameMaker users who want to move to DITA: Buy XMetaL Author DITA Edition (25% off until December 31, 2005), but use it WITH FrameMaker. Wow! That’s not the kind of offer I expected to receive from Blast Radius, but it makes good sense for many FrameMaker users. Here’s why. FrameMaker’s greatest strength is its publishing engine. XML authoring tools like XMetaL don’t have powerful publishing capabilities but they have better support for DITA. Read the full article…
Peter Moreville recently announced the concept of the Memetic Web on his weblog, Findability.org. It’s such a simple, yet powerful concept that it just may change the way we “find” information on the web. The sales pitch for memography and its anticipated byproduct, the Memetic Web is oustanding! Here’s a snippet from a recent announcement about memography to get you interested. Imagine that we had a way of simply tagging meaning in web pages. We could call the units of meaning memes to borrow Richard Dawkins’ analogy that ideas evolve Read the full article…
According to Jesse James Garrett, there’s a new approach to developing web applications that can make them more useful and responsive. It’s old enough to be in use today and if you’ve used Google Suggest or Google Maps, it’s likely you’ve seen it in action. It’s called Asynchronous JavaScript + XML—or AJAX—a technology combination that is enabling web developers to create solutions that are as rich and functional as desktop software applications.
Adobe Systems maintains two online reporting areas of interest to users of Adobe FrameMaker. To report Framemaker bugs To request new FrameMaker features
JoAnn Hackos, President of Comtech Services Inc. and Director of The Center for Information Development Management (CIDM), was recently interviewd by The Globalization Insider about the Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA). Here’s a quick peek at what Hackos had to say about DITA. Insider: “Why should every localization customer and services provider start using DITA (Darwin Information Typing Architecture) today?” Hackos: “We believe that DITA is a rapidly emerging standard that is attracting the attention of many information providers. We also believe that it is the best approach for every Read the full article…
So you consider yourself a DITA guru, eh? Or perhaps you’re just an ordinary Jane or Joe with a little DITA lessons learned under your belt? Either way, now is your time to speak up and make yourself known. This is the official call for presenters for the DITA 2006 conference—March 23-25, 2006 in Raleigh, NC—brought to you by Bright Path Solutions and sponsored by OASIS. The DITA 2006 program committee eagerly awaits your presentation topic ideas. Case studies, hands-on workshops, tools and technologies, best practices … you name it. Read the full article…
Even big content producers make careless errors. Spell check is not enough. This example from Reuters, published November 1, 2005, illuminates why we still need good proof readers.
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