Yet again, a post by Garr Reynolds has made me wonder about how his advice about presenting crosses over into the world of technical authoring. Garr’s latest post is about Dr. John Medina’s book “Brain Rules“, which has 12 principles for surviving and thriving at work, home and school. He’s also created a slideshow about… Read more »
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The eee pc and the right to remix documentation dilemma
Last week we purchased and received an Asus eee pc 900. Its popularity illustrates the dilemma manufacturers will face in the future, with regard to their user documentation/user assistance. Background The eee pc is a ultra portable laptop, which costs roughly a fifth of the price of an Apple Airbook or a Sony Vaio. It… Read more »
How will the Semantic Web affect user documentation?
Tim Berners-Lee said, in 1999: I have a dream for the Web [in which computers] become capable of analyzing all the data on the Web – the content, links, and transactions between people and computers. A ‘Semantic Web’, which should make this possible, has yet to emerge, but when it does, the day-to-day mechanisms of… Read more »