What I Would Do if I Have a Magic Wand
What would I do with technical documentation if I had a magic wand? Actually, I would do 2 things, one for myself and one for clients: 1. I would make documentation easy to write (for myself) 2. I...
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I second Paula’s post and say the 3rd Annual Techshoret conference went extremely well. Thank you to everyone who participated. The presentation of how we’ve implemented DITA at RADVISION, jointly...
View Article5 Things Some Technical Writers Don’t Like about DITA
In one of my previous posts, I explained what’s so cool about DITA when it comes to formatting. You are probably familiar enough with the topic and concept to know about the tremendous advantage DITA...
View ArticleFive Things that Decision Makers Will Like about DITA
Not long ago, a friend who works as a technical writer told me that his boss said the company doesn’t really care what efforts are required to create product documentation. After all, technical writers...
View ArticleWhat Decision Makers Will Like about DITA: DITA reduces the costs of creating...
Most technical writing projects involve either an update to an existing manual, or a modification of some existing documentation to make it cover a new product. This is obvious to most of us. A company...
View ArticleWhat Decision Makers Will Like about DITA: Preparing Deliverables Takes...
In the global economy, to reach and penetrate more markets, companies sell products not only directly to their customers, but also to OEM partners that rebrand and resell these products to their own...
View ArticleWhat Decision Makers Will Like about DITA: Translation Costs can be Reduced...
One of the most expensive elements of any documentation release (new or updated), is the localization involved with making sure you can release your product globally. Conversely, one of the most...
View ArticleWhat Decision Makers Will Like about DITA: DITA Enforces Writers to Focus on...
There are many things that we as human beings do mechanically, automatically. Breathing, walking. How many times do you think about how you walk, where exactly you put your leg? Do you think about how...
View ArticleIs DITA Just for Technical Writers?
When I bought my first cellular phone back in the early 90′s, it was the buy. Having a cellular phone was cool. It was prestigious. It made you look rich. It was an indicator of your social status....
View ArticleWhat Non-Technical Writers Can Do with DITA
In the “Pirates of Silicon Valley” movie, there’s a scene when Steve Jobs is presenting Lisa, a personal computer developed by Apple, to a businessman. At the end of the presentation, the businessman...
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