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		<title>Any doc, any place?</title>
		<link>http://www.alanbrandon.com/2011/10/05/any-doc-any-place/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 14:39:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the combination of responsive web design, modern content tools such as Madcap Flare, and the proliferation of mobile internet devices for viewing content, it has become so much easier for technical communicators to design and create documentation that meets the need of their audience when — and where — they users need it. While [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Product documentation as a Marketing asset</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Aug 2011 12:13:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;ve got to love an article that starts: It’s important to understand what clever technology developers and open source leaders have known for years: Great product documentation isn’t loathsome — it’s marketing, and darn good marketing at that. Mike Puterbaugh, VP of marketing at MindTouch, has a great read at Mashable titled 5 Reasons Your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can Twitter be used for technical documentation? (Hint: No.)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 22:37:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interesting post on Anne Gentle&#8217;s blog, Just Write Click, in which a technical communications student from the University of Minnesota asks: Can Twitter really be used for documentation&#8230;? The answer, of course, is no. Or is it? It depends on how you want to describe &#8220;documentation&#8221;. Your customer is not going to look up CLI [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Financial writer&#8217;s stylebook</title>
		<link>http://www.alanbrandon.com/2010/10/23/financial-writers-stylebook/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Oct 2010 17:13:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I was starting out in technical writing it was common to define terms such as CPU, MHz, and RAM, whether in-line or in a glossary. As such high technology became more mainstream, it was no longer necessary for most audiences. MHz and RAM seem to be understood by most of the general public. Indeed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hand-drawn maps are like good technical documentation</title>
		<link>http://www.alanbrandon.com/2010/04/28/hand-drawn-maps-are-like-good-technical-documentation/</link>
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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>
		<link>http://www.alanbrandon.com/2010/02/18/is-augmented-reality-the-future-of-technical-documentation/</link>
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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>
		<link>http://www.alanbrandon.com/2009/12/28/the-myth-of-single-source-documentation/</link>
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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 [...]]]></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 [...]]]></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. [...]]]></description>
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