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		<title>eBook production in 2 minutes</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:33:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aptara, a publishing technology and process company, has released a nifty little video about publishing eBooks. The 2-minute video highlights the five things every publisher must do to successfully produce eBooks for readers such as the iPad, Kindle, and smart phones like the Android and iPhone.

(via The Content Wrangler)
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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>Wikipedia to add video tools</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:15:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wikipedia will soon add video to their online encyclopedia. That&#8217;s pretty cool, but what&#8217;s even more impressive is that they will eventually be adding web tools to allow Wikipedia users to edit the video online.

From an article on Technology Review:
The project also includes developing Web tools to create smooth methods for transferring and editing videos. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tech Twittering?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 03:10:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The microblogging service Twitter is experiencing monster growth. It&#8217;s great for keeping in touch with your friends and fans, but does it have any use in tech writing? Paul Pehrson discusses this in his recent blog post, &#8220;Twitter and Tech Communication&#8220;:
I’ve seen several Flare users get product support from MadCap employees using Twitter, and I [...]]]></description>
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