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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 »
Twitter revisited
Here is graph comparing the use of words in Twitter that are commonly associated with the field of technical communication.
Our DITA XML training course – Update
Carol is in the studio today, recording the audio track for the new, updated, version of our self-teach online course on DITA XML. She has to record 140(!) audio segments, which will take some time to complete. The development team will then match (within Abobe Captivate) these segments with the visuals and slides, ready, I… Read more »