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Introduction to technical writing -- slides and audio recording
May 16, 2015 • beginners, podcasts •
API Documentation presentation to East Bay STC chapter -- slides and recording
May 16, 2015 • api-doc, podcasts •
API Documentation presentation to East Bay STC chapter -- slides and recording
The other week I gave a introductory presentation on API documentation to the East Bay STC chapter in Silicon Valley. Here are the slides and recording.
How to design documentation for non-linear reading behavior
May 15, 2015 • dita, user-centered-documentation •
Recording and slides from "Jekyll vs. DITA: Bridging the Gap Between Tech Comm and the Web" presentation
May 14, 2015 • dita, jekyll, podcasts •
User-centered documentation slides
May 14, 2015 • user-centered-documentation •
Upcoming presentation: Jekyll versus DITA: Bridging the Gap between Tech Comm and the Web
May 10, 2015 • dita, jekyll •
New series: User-centered documentation
Apr 23, 2015 • user-centered-documentation •
Final analysis between DITA and Jekyll
Apr 15, 2015 • dita, jekyll •
Producing PDFs in DITA versus Jekyll
Apr 14, 2015 • dita, jekyll •
Reviewing content in DITA versus Jekyll
Apr 13, 2015 • dita, jekyll, blogging, findability, java, javascript •
Creating links in DITA versus Jekyll
Apr 6, 2015 • dita, jekyll •
Newbie to Technical Writer in 4 Easy Steps
Apr 3, 2015 • beginners •
Building a table of contents with DITA versus Jekyll
Apr 2, 2015 • dita, jekyll •
Creating re-usable chunks (conref) in Jekyll versus DITA
Apr 1, 2015 • dita, jekyll •
Variables and conditional processing in Jekyll versus DITA
Mar 26, 2015 • dita, jekyll •