How can technical authors become part of technology ecosystems?

Jonathan Mitchener has written an article in Engineering and Technology magazine on the interest of technology providers in creating “ecosystems”. This is the concept of offering not just gadgets but also a range of related products and services, which can integrate seamlessly with each other in an overall system. The poster boy for this ecosystem approach is… Read more »

Manager’s guide to single sourcing: What’s the problem, why is there a need?

I thought it might be useful to look at a simple question: Why is there a need for single sourcing technical documentation? For people who aren’t technical authors, it’s often unclear why technical authors talk so much about “single sourcing”. Isn’t that just cutting and pasting? What’s the problem? In later posts we’ll look at the… Read more »

26 March DITA Workshop – 75% of places now booked

75% of the places our special DITA workshop on the 26th March have now been taken. There are still some places available at the moment, but this training workshop is now likely to sell out.

Tony “Dr DITA” Self’s London DITA workshops this March

We’ve managed to arrange for Tony Self (“Dr DITA”), to break his journey again (this time it’s Melbourne to Seattle) and deliver his Beginners and Advanced DITA training workshops in London. This time, the advanced course will be more advanced and delegates will receive a free copy of a DITA utility that Tony has been… Read more »

DITA Workshops: Should we re run these on a second date?

We’re wondering if we should arrange for Tony Self to delay his flight home so we can re run the DITA workshops on a second day – either Tuesday 11th November or Wednesday 12th November. We need to ascertain if there would be sufficient delegates to run it. Please email us (info@cherryleaf.com) if you’d be… Read more »