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		<title>Screws, nuts, and washers</title>
		<link>http://www.alanbrandon.com/2012/01/15/screws-nuts-and-washers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 19:59:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love references, and this Visual Glossary of Screws, Nuts, and Washers by Mike Senese warms my hardware-writer&#8217;s heart. Mike&#8217;s talking about BoltDepot, which looks like a great source. I remember writing user docs with an entire appendix dedicated to port pinouts and diagrams. And I always kept a copy of the Black Box catalog [...]]]></description>
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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>Overheard</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2011 14:02:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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		<title>Boston Globe gets responsive</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:13:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m impressed so far with the redesign of the Boston Globe website. The new layout is clean and easy to use, but best of all it now features responsive design so that the page display adapts to whatever device you view it on. I have only casually browsed the site so far, but I have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MadCap Roadshow (Boston)</title>
		<link>http://www.alanbrandon.com/2011/05/25/madcap-roadshow-boston/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 17:13:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Monday, May 23, I attended the Boston edition of the MadCap Software roadshow (actually, it was held in Dedham). The event is a full day of high-level training and show-and-tell about MadCap&#8217;s Flare. MadCap founder Mike Hamilton presented, along with MadCap support guy Neil Posner. Also on hand was a famous local Neil: Flare [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MadCap Flare 7</title>
		<link>http://www.alanbrandon.com/2011/04/04/madcap-flare-7/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 03:19:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Authoring tool Flare, from MadCap Software, is one of my favorite content development applications. It&#8217;s right up there with FrameMaker, and might even take the number one spot &#8212; if I ever got a chance to use it. Flare&#8217;s popularity is growing, but I haven&#8217;t had many clients or employers that have adopted it as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Real-time translator for your phone</title>
		<link>http://www.alanbrandon.com/2010/12/30/real-time-translator-for-your-phone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Dec 2010 16:42:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wrote an article in Gizmag about Quest Visual&#8217;s Word Lens app, an augmented-reality translator that uses your phone&#8217;s camera to view printed words and translate them into another language as you watch in real time. According to reviews the app is not fully baked yet, but it seems to be off to a great [...]]]></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>eBook production in 2 minutes</title>
		<link>http://www.alanbrandon.com/2010/03/17/ebook-production-in-2-minutes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:33:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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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)]]></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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