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Entries for the 'Global Solutions' Category
By Julio Vazquez posted on May 14, 2012
4 : the usually printed instructions, comments, and information for
using a particular piece or system of computer software or hardware
(www.merriam-webster.com)
I look at this definition and it gives me chills. I think it misses the point of what we produce as technical communications. Even given that the definition may be a little dated, t...
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By Julio Vazquez posted on May 10, 2012
On May 23, I will be presenting this topic in a JustSystems Webinar. For those who are just starting to move to XML (DITA/XML is just dandy) or considering the move to XML, I invite you to join me at 2PM on that day to listen to my musing and ask any questions that may come to your mind. I'll share things you should think about when moving to XML b...
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By Julio Vazquez posted on April 26, 2012
As I approach my birthday, I've decided to do something I rarely do. Look back at my career in technical communications to see what I've learned and maybe get a lesson or two out of it.
As I've told many folks, I got into tech comm because I was frustrated by my experiences as a support programmer trying to understand information that was critical...
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By Julio Vazquez posted on April 23, 2012
This isn't meant to be a political statement but there is something interesting going on in NC right now. I'm not going to take a position one way or the other in this article but I do want to make a point that I think is of interest to some of my readers. The interesting item has to do with tolls on NC Ferries.
It turns out that the legislature...
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By Larry Kunz posted on April 11, 2012
Can it be a coincidence that one of the top tech comm voices and one of the top marketing voices are using the same word -- conversation -- to describe the two fields? Let's all of us -- technical communicators and marketers, along with content strategists -- have a conversation.
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By Larry Kunz posted on April 09, 2012
My colleague Meredith Kinder writes that technical communication is like sports in that (among other things) they both have sets of rules. When you manage a tech comm project, sometimes you'll have to trot out that most arcane of baseball rules: the infield fly rule. What? Read on.
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By Larry Kunz posted on April 05, 2012
It's the best season of the year -- a time for beginnings. This week I'm beginning a major new project, and the baseball season is beginning too. I don't know who'll win the World Series, but with a solid doc plan I'm confident that our project will be a hit.
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