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title: "Recording and slides from “Jekyll vs. DITA: Bridging the Gap Between Tech Comm and the Web” presentation"
date: 2015-05-14
description: "Jekyll versus DITA 1.0 Check out Ed Marsh's podcast, and also My New series: Jekyll versus DITA ..."
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# Recording and slides from “Jekyll vs. DITA: Bridging the Gap Between Tech Comm and the Web” presentation

1. [1.0 Check out Ed Marsh's podcast, and also My New series: Jekyll versus DITA](https://idratherbewriting.com/2015/03/23/new-series-jekyll-versus-dita/)
2. [1.1 Authoring with Markdown in Jekyll versus Authoring with DITA in OxygenXML](https://idratherbewriting.com/2015/03/26/misconception-markdown-is-more-limiting-than-dita-jekyll-versus-dita/)
3. [1.2 Variables and conditional processing in Jekyll versus DITA](https://idratherbewriting.com/2015/03/26/variables-and-conditional-processing-jekyll-versus-dita/)
4. [1.3 Creating re-usable chunks (conref) in Jekyll versus DITA](https://idratherbewriting.com/2015/04/01/creating-re-usable-chunks-conref-in-jekyll-versus-dita/)
5. [1.4 Building a table of contents with DITA versus Jekyll](https://idratherbewriting.com/2015/04/02/building-a-table-of-contents-with-dita-versus-jekyll/)
6. [1.5 Reviewing content in DITA versus Jekyll](https://idratherbewriting.com/2015/04/13/reviewing-markdown-content/)
7. [1.6 Producing PDFs in DITA versus Jekyll](https://idratherbewriting.com/2015/04/14/producing-pdfs-in-dita-versus-jekyll/)
8. [1.7 Creating links in DITA versus Jekyll](https://idratherbewriting.com/2015/04/06/creating-links-in-dita-versus-jekyll/)
9. [1.8 Final analysis between DITA and Jekyll](https://idratherbewriting.com/2015/04/15/final-analysis-between-dita-and-jekyll/)
10. 1.9 → Recording and slides from "Jekyll vs. DITA: Bridging the Gap Between Tech Comm and the Web" presentation

Yesterday I gave a presentation to STC Berkeley about ways to bridge the gap between tech comm tools and web development tools. After talking about innovation patterns, I focused on static site generators, specifically Jekyll. I also explained how DITA compares to Jekyll.

## Slides

Here are the slides:

[![Jekyll vs DITA presentation](https://s3.us-west-1.wasabisys.com/idbwmedia.com/images/jekyllvsditathumb.png)](http://tomjoht.github.io/jekyllvsdita/#/)

## Audio recording

Here's the MP3 audio file:

**Listen here:**

[Audio](https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?https://s3.us-west-1.wasabisys.com/idbwmedia.com/podcasts/berkeleystc_jekyll.mp3)

[![](https://s3.us-west-1.wasabisys.com/idbwmedia.com/images/apple_podcasts.png)](https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id-rather-be-writing-podcast/id277365275) [![](https://s3.us-west-1.wasabisys.com/idbwmedia.com/images/watchonyoutubeblack.png)](https://www.youtube.com/@idratherbewriting) [![](https://s3.us-west-1.wasabisys.com/idbwmedia.com/images/spotify.png)](https://open.spotify.com/show/4HeOZfPGMMfViOhVS40QBD)

(Sorry, my attempts to record the screen using Camtasia failed -- Camtasia crashed. I think my MacBook Pro Retina display didn't jive with the old projector I was hooked into.)

## Links to more information

Note that this presentation is similar to the [keynote I gave at tcworld India](https://idratherbewriting.com/2015/03/18/recording-of-innovation-in-technical-communication-keynote-at-tcworld-india-2015/). Personally, I felt the India presentation went better. If I were giving this presentation again, I would probably drop the DITA comparison, shorten the exploration of innovation, and just show static site generators in depth.

Also see the [Jekyll Versus DITA](https://idratherbewriting.com/2015/03/23/new-series-jekyll-versus-dita/) series for more detail about the tool comparisons.