Podcast: TheContentWrangler on Web 2.0 at STC International Conference

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 Communication.

Abel discusses the importance of RSS feeds, wikis, blogs, geospatial positioning, social networking, tagging, and other Web 2.0 technologies, and their impact on technical communication.

Johnson writes: “Scott’s presentation on Web 2.0 was the most popular presentation of the entire conference.”

Resources

• Learn about the Geospatial Web
• Test drive Plazes a geospatial positioning service (still in beta; take the “tour”)
• See how Indiana STC uses RSS feeds to auto-populate it’s chapter website with fresh content 24/7
• Discover DITA Storm, the DITA-based wiki for technical documentation