New Book Aims To Help Newbies Understand DITA Basics

June 23, 2009 Blog No Comments

The pace at which technological innovation occurs is amazing. The last 20 years have been jam-packed with paradigm-shifting technological advances that have altered forever the way we create, manage, and deliver information. The personal computer, the World Wide Web, desktop publishing, touch-screen mobile phones, interactive television, social networks, and wireless connectivity have transformed not only the way consumers interact with content, but these advances have also altered the way professional communicators work. Nowhere are these changes more evident that in the world of technical communication. Technical writers and editors have …

Why Businesses (Don’t) Collaborate: Meeting Management, Group Input and Wiki Usage Survey Results

June 12, 2009 Blog 1 Comment

Why Businesses (Don’t) Collaborate: Meeting Management, Group Input and Wiki Usage Survey Results Publish at Scribd or explore others: Internet & Technology Research collaboration productivity

Twitter: Who Cares What You’re Doing Right Now, Anyway?

June 11, 2009 Blog No Comments

Twitter. It’s everywhere. Newscasters mention it. Political analysts point to its influence. Marketers use it to get messages out. Journalists and bloggers use it for research. Regular folks use it to keep up with their friends, family, and co-workers. And, people of all types use it for entertainment, research, and education. But, Twitter is more than all of these things combined. It’s a revolution in content publishing and its changing forever—or at least for now—how we communicate what’s important to us to those who want to know. This slide deck …

Web Content Conference Tackles Dynamic Personalized Content

June 3, 2009 Blog No Comments

Consumers are flooded with information created and delivered using outdated tactics. Poorly-targeted pitches and mass messaging are being replaced by laser-targeted, measurable methods that promise to deliver the right information, to the right people, at the right time, in the right format and language. This requires new thinking. So, we’re bringing together nationally-recognized technology, design, content, and marketing authorities at Web Content 2009 Chicago, June 15-16, at Gleacher Executive Conference Center, to help you understand how global organizations are “Delivering Personalized Dynamic Web Content”. Hope to see you in Chicago …

Adobe Announces Acrobat.com Presentations

June 2, 2009 Blog No Comments

In keeping with the trend of creating free software that runs in a web browser, Adobe Systems has announced Acrobat.com Presentations web-based tools designed to help you create, edit, and share presentations with others online. Built on the Adobe Flash platform, Acrobat.com Presentations allows you to create beautiful professional presentations online, using built-in tools and layouts. And, if you’re someone who works well with others, you can create, revise, and collaborate on the same presentation online—at the same time—with your co-workers. No need to e-mail attachments back and forth or …