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Maxwell Hoffman has joined the Adobe Technical Communications Group as Product Evangelist for Adobe Tech Comm Business, reporting to Tom Aldous, Director. In this role, Hoffman will work with Adobe’s engineering, sales and marketing groups to represent customers and partners and expand Adobe’s presence in the technical communications market. Hoffman comes to the Adobe team from Globalization [...] Read more of this technical writing article »
Dr. JoAnn Hackos, president of Comtech Services, will present a free three-part webinar series on DITA (Darwin Information Typing Architecture) entitled "Crossing the Chasm", beginning Thursday, January 19, 2012, and hosted by Data Conversion Laboratory (DCL), and Comtech Services, Inc. Read more of this technical writing article »
As we take a look at the "basics" of technical communications, we find ourselves asking whether traditional technical communications deliverables--user manuals, administrator guides, release notes, etc.--are going the way of the dodo bird, buggy whips, and the butter churn. Take the poll and add your thoughts to the discussion Read more of this technical writing article »
Lattice Technology® Inc. released version 10.1b of its XVL Studio for digital mock-up, process planning, and the creation of 3D and 2D technical documentation in the manufacturing sector. Built on standards-based XVL (eXtensible Virtual world description Language) technology, the latest version of XVL studio includes enhancements to support export to HTML5, as well as new sample tool models [...] Read more of this technical writing article »
Syncro Soft SRL announced the immediate release of version 13.2 of its Oxygen XML Editor, featuring a new Syntax Highlight mechanism and several improvements to authoring support. The Syntax Highlight handles mixed content types, improves both JSON editing support and bidirectional documents rendering, and extends the XML-native database support with find/replace capabilities. Read more of this technical writing article »
Every week, TechWhirl reviews and collects eye-catching posts, industry news and anything that we like from technical communications (and beyond). This week includes a few more predictions and trends to watch, tips and techniques, wide-ranging commentary on content curation, and a couple of thoughts on the business of writing. Read more of this technical writing article »
MadCap Software has announced the dates and locations for its 2012 Madcap Roadshow for technical communicators. The one-day, five-session event covers techniques and best practices for content authoring , content reuse, and technical communications publishing to multiple channels using Flare and other products in the MadPak suite. Read more of this technical writing article »
Site9, Inc. has released ProtoShare 6, the latest version of its collaborative prototyping software, with a significantly enhanced collaboration engine. Technical communicators with roles in the design process or project communications may be interested in ProtoShare 6, a web-based, collaborative wireframing and prototyping tool that uses HTML, CSS, and Javascript. The enhancements to collaboration include new workflows, assignment, and decision tracking features. Read more of this technical writing article »
Thursday, MindTouch released their Top Influencers list for 2011. Expanding their lists from 2010, this year they provided a more robust list including Top Listeners, Most Influential, Most Emergent, Most Followed, Oldest and Most Frequent Tweeters. Read more of this technical writing article »