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# 2008 archives
- [Quick Reference Guide Formats -- Tips for Finding Attractive Layouts](/2008/12/31/quick-reference-guide-formats-tips-for-finding-attractive-layouts/) | Dec 31, 2008

 - [Generational tech guilt?](/2008/12/30/generational-tech-guilt/) | Dec 30, 2008

 - [WordPress Tip: Integrate WordPress into an Existing Website](/2008/12/28/integrating-wordpress-into-an-existing-website/) | Dec 28, 2008

 - [A Tech Writer's World: A Killer Manual](/2008/12/26/a-tech-writers-world-a-killer-manual/) | Dec 26, 2008

 - [Podcast: Technical Writing in Agile Environments -- Interview with Alyssa Fox](/2008/12/23/podcast-technical-writing-in-agile-environments-interview-with-alyssa-fox/) | Dec 23, 2008

 - [Documentation Honesty and Poor User Interfaces -- An Ethical Dilemma?](/2008/12/21/documentation-honesty-and-poor-user-interfaces-an-ethical-dilemma/) | Dec 21, 2008

 - [What I See -- James Hall's Essays and Florida](/2008/12/21/what-i-see-james-halls-essays-and-florida/) | Dec 21, 2008

 - [The Podfading Roller Coaster](/2008/12/15/the-roller-coaster-of-podfading/) | Dec 15, 2008

 - [Podcast: What Is the Technical Writer's Role in Interface Design? Interview with Bogo Vatovec](/2008/12/14/bogo-vatovec-technical-writers-role-with-design-podcast/) | Dec 14, 2008

 - [WordPress 2.7 Released - XML-RPC and AtomPub Changes || Joseph Scott](/2008/12/12/wordpress-27-released-xml-rpc-and-atompub-changes-joseph-scott/) | Dec 12, 2008

 - [When Trust Becomes a Characteristic Flaw in a Project](/2008/12/11/when-trust-becomes-a-characteristic-flaw-in-a-project/) | Dec 11, 2008

 - [Twitter Hashtags and Virtual Gatherings](/2008/12/10/twitter-hashtags-and-virtual-gatherings/) | Dec 10, 2008

 - [Generations Change, But Help Formats Remain the Same?](/2008/12/09/generations-change-but-help-formats-remain-the-same/) | Dec 9, 2008

 - [Helpful Little Tips for Life](/2008/12/07/helpful-little-tips-for-life/) | Dec 7, 2008

 - [Writers See Stories Where Others Don't](/2008/12/07/writers-can-see-stories-where-others-dont/) | Dec 7, 2008

 - [Twitter Part II –- One Step Deeper](/2008/12/05/twitter-part-ii-going-deeper/) | Dec 5, 2008

 - [The Name of Your Department Does Matter](/2008/12/04/the-name-of-your-department-does-matter/) | Dec 4, 2008

 - [EServer TC Library: The Most Popular Technical Communication Website in the World](/2008/12/02/tceserverorg-the-most-popular-technical-communication-website-in-the-world/) | Dec 2, 2008

 - [Does Twitter Fit into Your Branding Strategy?](/2008/12/01/does-twitter-fit-into-your-documentation-strategy/) | Dec 1, 2008

 - [Top 10 Gag Christmas Gifts for Technical Writers](/2008/11/30/top-10-christmas-gifts-for-technical-writers/) | Nov 30, 2008

 - [Guy Kawasaki's Alltop Site Now Includes Technical Writing](/2008/11/29/guy-kawasakis-alltop-site-now-includes-technical-writing/) | Nov 29, 2008

 - [Snippets Toward a Philosophy of Life](/2008/11/28/snippets-toward-a-philosophy-of-life/) | Nov 28, 2008

 - [The Problem with Speaking Conversationally in Video Tutorials](/2008/11/27/the-problem-with-speaking-conversationally/) | Nov 27, 2008

 - [What Constitutes "Intelligent Content"? Interview with Ann Rockley](/2008/11/24/what-constitutes-intelligent-content-interview-with-ann-rockley/) | Nov 24, 2008

 - [Transitioning from Literary Studies to Technical Communication](/2008/11/20/transitioning-from-literary-studies-to-technical-communication/) | Nov 20, 2008

 - [User Assistance: Will Write for Metamucil](/2008/11/19/user-assistance-will-write-for-metamucil/) | Nov 19, 2008

 - [My Tip for Productivity: Tear Up the To-Do List](/2008/11/18/my-tip-for-productivity-tear-up-the-to-do-list/) | Nov 18, 2008

 - [Usability Newsletter Interview – I'd Rather Be Writing – The Man Behind the Words](/2008/11/17/usability-newsletter-interview-id-rather-be-writing-the-man-behind-the-words/) | Nov 17, 2008

 - [Does Design Matter in Comparison to Content?](/2008/11/16/does-design-matter-in-comparison-to-content/) | Nov 16, 2008

 - [Finding a Conversational Voice in Video Tutorials](/2008/11/14/finding-a-conversational-voice-in-video-tutorials/) | Nov 14, 2008

 - [Details About the STC Summit Recording -- Interview with Lloyd Tucker](/2008/11/13/details-about-the-stc-summit-recording-interview-with-lloyd-tucker/) | Nov 13, 2008

 - [Dawn or Dusk -- Considering the Advantages of Early Morning](/2008/11/12/dawn-or-dusk-considering-the-advantages-of-early-morning/) | Nov 12, 2008

 - [You Can Now Advertise on My Blog](/2008/11/10/you-can-now-advertise-on-my-blog/) | Nov 10, 2008

 - [Author-it Launches a Blog -- An Interview About the Who, Why, and How](/2008/11/09/author-it-launches-a-blog/) | Nov 9, 2008

 - ['Lost the Fire – How to Rekindle It' – A Second Response](/2008/11/07/lost-the-fire-how-to-rekindle-it-a-second-response/) | Nov 7, 2008

 - [My Recommended Training for Corporate Bloggers: Live with a Mommy Blogger](/2008/11/05/the-best-training-for-corporate-bloggers-live-with-a-mommy-blogger/) | Nov 5, 2008

 - [Guest Post: Tech Writing Careers -- The Raw, Unvarnished Truth](/2008/11/04/guest-post-the-dark-side-of-technical-writing/) | Nov 4, 2008

 - [Podcast: Debunking the Boredom Myth of Technical Writing](/2008/11/03/podcast-debunking-the-boredom-myth-of-technical-writing/) | Nov 3, 2008

 - [Guest Post: Real Writers in Virtual Worlds](/2008/10/30/guest-post-real-writers-in-virtual-worlds/) | Oct 30, 2008

 - [Podcast: Personalities of Technical Communicators -- Interview with Deborah (Shapiro) Hemstreet](/2008/10/29/podcast-personalities-of-technical-communicators-interview-with-deborah-shapiro/) | Oct 29, 2008

 - [Two-Minute Video to Convince Others of the Value of Technical Documentation](/2008/10/29/two-minute-video-to-convince-others-of-value-of-technical-documentation/) | Oct 29, 2008

 - [Interview with Scott Abel, Conference Organizer Extraordinaire](/2008/10/27/interview-with-scott-abel-conference-organizer-extraordinaire/) | Oct 27, 2008

 - [10/23 Intermountain STC Meeting: An Informal Discussion of Any Tech Comm Challenges You're Facing](/2008/10/23/1023-intermountain-stc-meeting-an-informal-discussion-any-tech-comm-challenges-youre-facing/) | Oct 23, 2008

 - [Seamlessly Integrating a Blog into Your Non-Blog Website](/2008/10/23/seamlessly-integrating-a-blog-into-your-non-blog-website/) | Oct 23, 2008

 - [Caught in the Current of Writer River: Building and Participating in Community-Driven Websites](/2008/10/21/caught-in-the-current-of-writer-river-building-and-participating-in-community-driven-websites/) | Oct 21, 2008

 - [10 Ways to Gather Feedback from Users](/2008/10/17/10-ways-to-gather-feedback-from-users/) | Oct 17, 2008

 - [What We Learn from Help Authoring Tool Surveys](/2008/10/15/what-we-learn-from-help-authoring-tool-surveys/) | Oct 15, 2008

 - [Like Father, Like Daughter](/2008/10/13/like-father-like-daughter/) | Oct 13, 2008

 - [Becoming a Writer -- Reflections on a Trip to Idaho](/2008/10/13/becoming-a-writer-reflections-on-a-trip-to-idaho/) | Oct 13, 2008

 - [Results for My 10 Technical Writing Stereotypes Survey](/2008/10/08/results-for-my-10-technical-writing-stereo-types-survey/) | Oct 8, 2008

 - [Answering Reader's Questions: 'My Desire to Write Burns in My Heart Daily'](/2008/10/07/answering-readers-questions-my-desire-to-write-burns-in-my-heart-daily/) | Oct 7, 2008

 - [HelpScribe: Why software is the best technical writing field](/2008/10/06/helpscribe-why-software-is-the-best-technical-writing-field/) | Oct 6, 2008

 - [Ingenious Technique for Helping Your Child Learn to Ride a Bike](/2008/10/03/ingenious-technique-for-helping-your-child-learn-to-ride-a-bike/) | Oct 3, 2008

 - [Free Ticket to DITA Tech/Comm Conference in North Carolina Nov 3-6](/2008/10/02/free-ticket-to-dita-techcomm-conference-in-north-carolina-nov-3-6/) | Oct 2, 2008

 - [Ten Technical Writing Stereotypes](/2008/09/28/ten-technical-writing-stereotypes/) | Sep 28, 2008

 - [WordPress Tip: Using WordPress as a CMS -- Wordcamp Utah](/2008/09/27/using-wordpress-as-a-cms-wordcamp-utah/) | Sep 27, 2008

 - [SEO Tips for Your Blog -- Wordcamp Utah](/2008/09/27/seo-tips-for-your-blog-wordcamp-utah/) | Sep 27, 2008

 - [WordPress Tip: WordPress and Podcasting — Wordcamp Utah](/2008/09/27/wordpress-and-podcasting-wordcamp-utah/) | Sep 27, 2008

 - [WordPress Tip: WordPress 2.7 and Beyond – Keynote by Matt Mullenweg at Wordcamp Utah 2008](/2008/09/27/wordpress-27-and-beyond-keynote-by-matt-mullenweg-at-wordcamp-utah-2008/) | Sep 27, 2008

 - [Free Doc Train East Ticket](/2008/09/25/free-doc-train-east-ticket/) | Sep 25, 2008

 - [Leaning Towards Longer Topics and Shorter TOCs](/2008/09/22/leaning-towards-longer-topics-and-shorter-tocs/) | Sep 22, 2008

 - [Recommended Podcast: "The Enforcers" from This American Life](/2008/09/19/recommended-podcast-the-enforcers-from-this-american-life/) | Sep 19, 2008

 - [Podcast: Repurposing Content for Multichannel Publishing (Single Sourcing)](/2008/09/19/podcast-repurposing-content-for-multichannel-publishing-single-sourcing/) | Sep 19, 2008

 - [Users Read Help Manuals Like an Encyclopedia, Not a Novel](/2008/09/19/users-read-help-manuals-like-an-encyclopedia-not-a-novel/) | Sep 19, 2008

 - [Tip: Search Engine Optimize Your Blog Posts to Increase Your Readership](/2008/09/18/tip-search-engine-optimize-your-blog-posts-to-increase-your-readership/) | Sep 18, 2008

 - [WordPress Tip: Limau-Orange Theme with Navigation Bar from Contempt](/2008/09/18/limau-orange-theme-with-navigation-bar-from-contempt/) | Sep 18, 2008

 - [STC-Intermountain Meeting Tonight](/2008/09/17/two-events-for-utahns-stc-intermountain-meeting-and-wordcamp-utah/) | Sep 17, 2008

 - [Watch What Happens When You Copy from Word into a Blog Post](/2008/09/17/watch-what-happens-when-you-copy-from-word-into-a-blog-post/) | Sep 17, 2008

 - [Thinking About an STC Proposal to Submit](/2008/09/17/thinking-about-an-stc-proposal-to-submit/) | Sep 17, 2008

 - [What's Convenient Gets Used -- a General Principle That Applies to Nearly Everything](/2008/09/17/whats-convenient-gets-used-a-general-principle-that-applies-to-nearly-everything/) | Sep 17, 2008

 - [Wordcamp Utah -- Sept 27 in Provo, Utah](/2008/09/17/wordcamp-utah-sept-27-in-provo-utah/) | Sep 17, 2008

 - [How I Create Video Tutorials](/2008/09/11/how-i-create-video-tutorials/) | Sep 11, 2008

 - [Prove My Help Authoring Tools Survey Wrong](/2008/09/10/prove-my-help-authoring-tools-survey-wrong/) | Sep 10, 2008

 - [Help Authoring Tool Survey: Who, What, and How](/2008/09/10/help-authoring-tool-survey-who-what-and-how/) | Sep 10, 2008

 - [How Much Should You Document? Everything? Strategies for an Agile Environment](/2008/09/09/how-much-should-you-document-strategies-for-an-agile-environment/) | Sep 9, 2008

 - [Podcast: Flare 4 -- Ten New Features, Interview with Sharon Burton](/2008/09/08/flare-4-interview-with-sharon-burton/) | Sep 8, 2008

 - [FLOSSmanuals.net: A New Wiki Help Authoring/Publishing Tool Hybrid](/2008/09/05/flossmanualsnet-a-new-wiki-help-authoringpublishing-tool-hybrid/) | Sep 5, 2008

 - [Podcast: What's New in the Field of Technical Communication?](/2008/09/05/podcast-whats-new-in-the-field-of-technical-communication/) | Sep 5, 2008

 - [Why I Hate Camping -- And Then an Epiphany](/2008/09/04/an-epiphany-about-why-i-hate-camping/) | Sep 4, 2008

 - [Flare 4 Giveway — Enter to Win a Free Copy by Commenting on This Post | I'd Rather Be Writing - Tom Johnson](/2008/09/03/flare-4-giveway-enter-to-win-a-free-copy-by-commenting-on-this-post-id-rather-be-writing-tom-johnson/) | Sep 3, 2008

 - [Explain what you feel is an important feature for a help authoring tool and why (Flare Giveaway)](/2008/09/03/flare-4-giveway-enter-to-win-a-free-copy-by-commenting-on-this-post/) | Sep 3, 2008

 - [Everything That Happened Today, or, The Busy Lives We Lead](/2008/09/03/everything-that-happened-today-or-the-busy-lives-we-lead/) | Sep 3, 2008

 - [Utah Technical Writers Group -- Finding the Technical Writing Community in Utah](/2008/09/01/utah-technical-writers-group-finding-the-technical-writing-community-in-utah/) | Sep 1, 2008

 - [Resources for Single Sourcing Projects](/2008/09/01/resources-for-single-sourcing-projects/) | Sep 1, 2008

 - [Comprehensive Podcast Index -- A List of All My Podcasts](/2008/09/01/comprehensive-podcast-index-a-list-of-all-my-podcasts/) | Sep 1, 2008

 - [On Podcasts -- Reasons for the Break and Plans for the Future](/2008/09/01/on-podcasts-reasons-for-the-break-and-plans-for-the-future/) | Sep 1, 2008

 - [WordPress Tip: WordPress as a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Application](/2008/08/30/wordpress-as-a-dr-jekyll-and-mr-hyde-application/) | Aug 30, 2008

 - [Corporate Migration to the Blogosphere](/2008/08/27/corporate-migration-to-the-blogosphere/) | Aug 27, 2008

 - [Another Collaborative Site: Read Scriptures Together](/2008/08/27/another-collaborative-site-read-scriptures-together/) | Aug 27, 2008

 - [How to Listen to Podcasts](/2008/08/21/how-to-listen-to-podcasts/) | Aug 21, 2008

 - [Too Connected – Utopias and Dystopias of Communication](/2008/08/18/too-connected-utopias-and-dystopias/) | Aug 18, 2008

 - [With All This Fuss About Tools, Three Best Practice Attitudes](/2008/08/13/with-all-this-fuss-about-tools-three-best-practice-attitudes/) | Aug 13, 2008

 - [User Assistance: Why I Hate PDFs](/2008/08/13/user-assistance-why-i-hate-pdfs/) | Aug 13, 2008

 - [WordCamp Utah Registration Is Now Open - Joseph Scott's Blog](/2008/08/10/wordcamp-utah-registration-is-now-open-joseph-scotts-blog/) | Aug 10, 2008

 - [Word Macro for Resizing Images that Have a Specific Style](/2008/08/09/macro-for-resizing-images-in-word-that-have-a-specific-style/) | Aug 9, 2008

 - [Tapping your creative juices
Interesting ...](/2008/08/08/tapping-your-creative-juicesinterestin/) | Aug 8, 2008

 - [An Article That Changed My Approach to Help](/2008/08/07/an-article-that-changed-my-approach-to-help/) | Aug 7, 2008

 - [Instructional Text in the User Interface: Some Counterintuitive Implications of User Behaviors :: UXmatters](/2008/08/07/instructional-text-in-the-user-interface-some-counterintuitive-implications-of-user-behaviors-uxmatters/) | Aug 7, 2008

 - [Trends in Technical Communication: a review [TechScribe software documentation]](/2008/08/06/trends-in-technical-communication-a-review-techscribe-software-documentation/) | Aug 6, 2008

 - [Free PDF Alternatives -- Save Yourself $700 and a Headache](/2008/08/05/free-pdf-alternatives-save-yourself-700-and-a-headache/) | Aug 5, 2008

 - [A History of Tech Comm Tools. This is a ...](/2008/08/05/a-history-of-tech-comm-tools-this-is-a/) | Aug 5, 2008

 - [Echoes from the past: DITA, Help, Single-Sourcing tools -- Looking from the 60s to today](/2008/08/04/echoes-from-the-past-dita-help-single-sourcing-tools-looking-from-the-60s-to-today/) | Aug 4, 2008

 - [Get Training in Technical Writing](/2008/08/03/reader-question-how-do-i-get-training-in-technical-writing/) | Aug 3, 2008

 - [A Career in Technical Writing: End of Part One : PoeWar.com Writer's Resource Center](/2008/08/03/a-career-in-technical-writing-end-of-part-one-poewarcom-writers-resource-center/) | Aug 3, 2008

 - [Thank You Silahsiz Kuvvetler for Showing Me the Light](/2008/08/03/thank-you-silahsiz-kuvvetler-for-showing-me-the-light/) | Aug 3, 2008

 - [Personal Essays on a Technical Writing Career -- by John Hewitt](/2008/08/01/a-series-of-personal-essays-on-technical-writing-by-john-hewitt/) | Aug 1, 2008

 - [The Myth of Simplicity and Complexity in Help Authoring](/2008/08/01/the-myth-of-simplicity-and-complexity-in-help-authoring/) | Aug 1, 2008

 - [WordPress Tip: Show the Latest Post in Full, Then Summaries of the Other Posts](/2008/07/31/wordpress-tip-show-the-latest-post-in-full-then-summaries-of-the-other-posts/) | Jul 31, 2008

 - [WordPress Tip: WordPress' Biggest Mistake](/2008/07/29/wordpress-biggest-mistake/) | Jul 29, 2008

 - [Reader Question: Creating Online Help for Touch-Screen Applications?](/2008/07/27/reader-question-creating-online-help-for-touch-screen-applications/) | Jul 27, 2008

 - [New Site Policy About How I Respond to Questions](/2008/07/27/new-site-policy-about-how-i-respond-to-questions/) | Jul 27, 2008

 - [Organizing Large Photo Collections Online -- Use the NextGen Gallery WordPress Plugin](/2008/07/27/organizing-large-photo-collections-online-use-the-nextgen-gallery-wordpress-plugin/) | Jul 27, 2008

 - [When you don't feel like blogging, is it time to blog?](/2008/07/27/when-you-dont-feel-like-blogging-is-it-time-to-blog/) | Jul 27, 2008

 - [Tips for Distributing the Workload Among Your Team -- Answering a Reader's Question](/2008/07/23/tips-for-distributing-the-workload-among-your-team-answering-a-readers-question/) | Jul 23, 2008

 - [Venn Diagram of What a Blog Should Be About](/2008/07/22/sample-26-image-caption/) | Jul 22, 2008

 - [When can I say "janky" in my on-screen text?](/2008/07/18/when-can-i-say-janky-in-my-on-screen-text/) | Jul 18, 2008

 - [WordPress Training This Saturday 9 am to Noon](/2008/07/14/wordpress-training-this-saturday-9-am-to-noon/) | Jul 14, 2008

 - [WordPress Tip: WordPress Image Galleries — Give Your Photo Galleries a Lightbox/Slideshowesque Display](/2008/07/10/wordpress-image-gallery-example/) | Jul 10, 2008

 - [WordPress Tip: Woopra — Enough Live Site Stats to Write a Dissertation](/2008/07/08/woopra-enough-live-site-stats-to-write-a-dissertation/) | Jul 8, 2008

 - [Quick Reference Guides: The Poetry of Technical Writing](/2008/07/06/quick-reference-guides-the-poetry-of-technical-writing/) | Jul 6, 2008

 - [The Intersection of the Personal and Professional, or, Why My Attempts at Nonfiction Essays in Grad School Bombed](/2008/07/05/the-intersection-of-the-personal-and-professional-or-why-my-attempts-at-nonfiction-essays-in-grad-school-bombed/) | Jul 5, 2008

 - [Approaching Help as Solutions to Problems — An Interesting Format from the CSS Cookbook](/2008/07/01/approaching-help-as-solutions-to-problems-an-interesting-format-from-the-css-cookbook/) | Jul 1, 2008

 - [Interview with Me in TechCraft](/2008/07/01/interview-with-me-in-techcraft/) | Jul 1, 2008

 - ["What's Next?" -- A Nice Way to End Help Topics](/2008/06/28/whats-next-a-nice-way-to-end-help-topics/) | Jun 28, 2008

 - [14 Widespread Myths about Technical Writing](/2008/06/26/myths-myths-myths-about-technical-writing/) | Jun 26, 2008

 - [My Compromise with SharePoint -- What Works and What Doesn't](/2008/06/23/my-compromise-with-sharepoint-what-works-and-doesnt/) | Jun 23, 2008

 - [My WordPress Site Was Hacked](/2008/06/22/first-time-site-was-hacked/) | Jun 22, 2008

 - [Customizing Your SharePoint Site? Read These 10 Concepts/Gotchas First](/2008/06/21/customizing-your-sharepoint-site-read-these-10-conceptsgotchas-first/) | Jun 21, 2008

 - [Podcast: Five Books to Add to Your Technical Communication Library](/2008/06/16/podcast-five-books-to-add-to-your-technical-communication-library/) | Jun 16, 2008

 - [The Kind of Documentation Users Really Want](/2008/06/15/the-kind-of-documentation-users-really-want/) | Jun 15, 2008

 - ["How can I become a successful TECHNICAL WRITER?"](/2008/06/15/how-can-i-become-a-successful-technical-writer/) | Jun 15, 2008

 - [Systems that Get Better the More People Use Them](/2008/06/12/systems-that-get-better-the-more-people-use-them/) | Jun 12, 2008

 - [Announcing WriterRiver.com, a Digg-like Social News Site for Technical Communicators](/2008/06/10/announcing-writerrivercom-a-digg-like-social-news-site-for-technical-communicators/) | Jun 10, 2008

 - [Technical Writer as Conversation Stopper, and Other Notes from the STC Summit in Philadelphia](/2008/06/07/technical-writer-as-conversation-stopper-and-other-notes-from-the-stc-summit-in-philadelphia/) | Jun 7, 2008

 - [My First Guest Post -- And Best Writing Tip](/2008/06/05/my-own-first-guest-post-and-best-writing-tip-ever/) | Jun 5, 2008

 - [Playing with Sound -- Adding Downbeat Tempo to a Discourse on Shakespeare](/2008/06/02/playing-with-sound-adding-downbeat-tempo-to-a-discourse-on-shakespeare/) | Jun 2, 2008

 - [Follow the STC Conference Twitterers at http://twemes.com/stc2008](/2008/06/02/follow-the-stc-conference-twitterers-at-httptwemescomstc2008/) | Jun 2, 2008

 - [Marketing Yourself and Your Experience to Others in a Web 2.0 World](/2008/06/02/marketing-yourself-and-your-experience-to-others-in-a-web-20-world/) | Jun 2, 2008

 - [Podcast: Using Video in Training and Documentation, Interview with Todd O'Neill](/2008/05/31/podcast-using-video-in-training-and-documentation-interview-with-todd-oneill/) | May 31, 2008

 - [Podcast: Analyzing Your Users and Needs Before Creating the Help Deliverables; Interview with Nicky Bleiel](/2008/05/31/podcast-analyzing-your-users-and-needs-before-creating-the-help-deliverables-interview-with-nicky-bleiel/) | May 31, 2008

 - [My STC Summit Presentation and Panel -- "The Art of the Podcast" and Marketing Yourself in a Web 2.0 World](/2008/05/30/presenting-at-the-stc-summit-the-art-of-the-podcast/) | May 30, 2008

 - [Podcast: How to Create User-Centered Documentation, Interview with Joe Sokohl](/2008/05/30/podcast-how-to-create-user-centered-documentation-interview-with-joe-sokohl/) | May 30, 2008

 - [Exploring Web 2.0 Possibilities in a SharePoint-Endorsed Environment](/2008/05/28/exploring-web-20-possibilities-in-a-sharepoint-endorsed-environment/) | May 28, 2008

 - [Integrating All Library Content into One](/2008/05/27/integrating-all-library-content-into-one/) | May 27, 2008

 - [Thinking About a More Personal Style of Podcasting](/2008/05/27/thinking-about-a-more-personal-style-of-podcasting/) | May 27, 2008

 - [Podcast: Workspaces, Collaboration, and Information Sharing -- Interview with Emma Hamer](/2008/05/25/podcast-workspaces-collaboration-and-information-sharing-interview-with-emma-hamer/) | May 25, 2008

 - [Podcast: Why Content Management Projects Fail, Interview with Rahel Bailie](/2008/05/25/podcast-why-content-management-projects-fail-interview-with-rahel-bailie/) | May 25, 2008

 - [Podcast: How XML Enables Information Sharing and Reuse -- Interview with Joe Gollner](/2008/05/25/podcast-how-xml-enables-information-sharing-and-reuse-interview-with-joe-gollner/) | May 25, 2008

 - [Feedback on the Podcast From a German Listener](/2008/05/20/feedback-on-the-podcast-from-a-german-listener/) | May 20, 2008

 - [Poewar Giving Away $250 to the Guest Blogger Who Brings in the Most Traffic](/2008/05/20/poewar-giving-away-250-to-the-guest-blogger-who-brings-in-the-most-traffic/) | May 20, 2008

 - [Scott Nesbitt Interview with Stewart Mader on Wikis](/2008/05/20/scott-nesbitt-interview-with-stewart-mader-on-wikis/) | May 20, 2008

 - [Musings of a Tech Writer Podcast -- Mark in Canada Reflects on The Content Wrangler Versus the STC](/2008/05/19/musings-of-a-technical-writing-podcast-mark-reflects-on-the-content-wrangler-versus-the-stc/) | May 19, 2008

 - [Podcast: XSL, Flash, and Live Blogging -- Interview with Sarah O'Keefe](/2008/05/17/podcast-xsl-flash-and-live-blogging-interview-with-sarah-okeefe/) | May 17, 2008

 - [Podcast: Document Engineering, Interview with Robert Glushko](/2008/05/17/podcast-document-engineering-interview-with-robert-glushko/) | May 17, 2008

 - [SharePoint Wikis: Both Liberating and Frustrating](/2008/05/17/sharepoint-wikis-both-liberating-and-frustrating/) | May 17, 2008

 - [Giving a Virtual Presentation to STC-Phoenix on Tuesday, May 13](/2008/05/12/giving-a-virtual-presentation-to-stc-phoenix-on-tuesday-may-13/) | May 12, 2008

 - [Post Doc-Train Thoughts While Sitting in the Vancouver Airport](/2008/05/12/post-doc-train-thoughts-sitting-in-the-vancouver-airport/) | May 12, 2008

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