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	<title>Alan Brandon &#187; Tech Writing</title>
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		<title>Hand-drawn maps are like good technical documentation</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 19:57:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I loved this excellent article by Julia Turner on Slate about hand-drawn maps &#8212; the kind of maps you draw so your cousin can find your house, or your buddy can find the boat launch. In these days of Map Quest, Google Maps, and turn-by-turn GPS directions, a hand-drawn map can seem like an anachronism. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is augmented reality the future of technical &#8220;documentation&#8221;?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:07:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is cool. Researchers at Columbia University have developed an augmented reality device that can provide live, hands-on guidance for maintenance and repair tasks on military or other equipment. The ARMAR system combines sensors and a head-mounted display to guide technicians through repair and maintenance procedures while they perform the procedure. This eliminates the need [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The myth of single-source documentation</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:41:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the last couple of months there has been some great discussion inspired by Michael Hiatt&#8217;s blog post about the &#8220;myth of single-source authoring&#8221;.  I love Michael&#8217;s summation of the nearly 20-year history of single sourcing:
Single-source publishing is a zombie idea that revives itself periodically and refuses to stay dead. Its zombie supporters chant its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DITA 101 book review</title>
		<link>http://www.alanbrandon.com/2009/07/06/dita-101-book-review/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:40:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I got a lot out of Scott Abel&#8217;s book review of DITA 101: Fundamentals of DITA for Authors and Managers on The Content Wrangler — and I haven&#8217;t even read the book! I think Scott really nailed the progression of structured writing over the last decade or two.
&#8230; The personal computer, the World Wide Web, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Write your next manual in PowerPoint</title>
		<link>http://www.alanbrandon.com/2009/05/14/write-your-next-manual-in-powerpoint/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 19:56:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a great post on the DMN Communications blog about a new book from O&#8217;Reilly Media called The Twitter Book. The book, by Tim O’Reilly and Sarah Milstein, was written entirely using PowerPoint.

As Scott at DMN puts it:
So what does this have to do with tech comm? A lot, believe it or not. Each page [...]]]></description>
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