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		<title>Yahoo releases a &#8220;style guide for the web&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.alanbrandon.com/2010/06/29/yahoo-release-a-style-guide-for-the-web/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:34:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love style guides almost as much as I love disagreeing with them. That&#8217;s why I&#8217;m excited to get my hands on Yahoo&#8217;s new house style book, The Yahoo! Style Guide. The style guide is available in hard copy (starting July 6) but much of the content is available on Yahoo&#8217;s style site at styleguide.yahoo.com.

I&#8217;m [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AllSky horizon-to-horizon camera</title>
		<link>http://www.alanbrandon.com/2009/12/11/all-sky-horizon-to-horizon-camera/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:47:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last month I wrote an article for Gizmag.com about the Santa Barbara Instrument Group&#8217;s AllSky horizon-to-horizon camera. The AllSky&#8217;s main gig is extended, unattended sky watching. Point it up, switch it on, and you&#8217;re good to go.

The AllSky is meant for tracking clouds, meteors, UFOs, and whatnot. It features a high-gain CCD sensor in a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The seven harsh realities of technical writing</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:47:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With props and apologies to Sonia Simone over at Copyblogger, from whom I totally stole the idea and foundation for this article, here is my list of the top seven harsh realities of technical communications.
Sonia&#8217;s article, The 7 Harsh Realities of Social Media Marketing, looks at the &#8220;not-so-kumbaya&#8221; aspects of marketing using social media. As [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10 things every business person should know about content strategy</title>
		<link>http://www.alanbrandon.com/2009/09/18/10-things-every-business-person-should-know-about-content-strategy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:31:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just viewed a great presentation by Melissa Rach called &#8220;10 things every business person should know about content strategy&#8221;. Whether you&#8217;re in the content creation biz or not, this is an excellent introduction to how you should be thinking about your content (if you&#8217;re not already).

10 things every business person should know about content [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wikipedia to add video tools</title>
		<link>http://www.alanbrandon.com/2009/06/23/wikipedia-to-add-video-tools/</link>
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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>Lightweight wind turbine for home use</title>
		<link>http://www.alanbrandon.com/2009/06/17/lightweight-wind-turbine-for-home-use/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:36:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Honeywell Windgate wind turbine is compact, lightweight wind-powered generator suitable for home use. I wrote an article about it for Gizmag&#8217;s ecoGizmo section. Click the picture to read the whole story.

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		<title>DigiLife DDV-JF1 pocket HD video cam/pojector combo</title>
		<link>http://www.alanbrandon.com/2009/06/09/digilife-ddv-jf1-pocket-hd-video-campojector-combo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:20:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wrote a short article on a neat gadget called the DidgiLife DDV-JF1. It&#8217;s a pocket-size HD video camera and video projector in one unit. Click the image to read the article.

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		<title>More Gizmag articles</title>
		<link>http://www.alanbrandon.com/2009/05/28/more-gizmag-articles/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 19:46:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have two more articles up on Gizmag.com this week. The first is a piece about Energizer&#8217;s new tactical flashlight, and the second article covers Honeywell&#8217;s Prestige programmable thermostat.


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		<title>Context-sensitive help?</title>
		<link>http://www.alanbrandon.com/2009/05/11/context-sensitive-help/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 14:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a cool picture from the IEEE&#8217;s 125th anniversary photo stream on Flickr.

What are those people doing? It looks like they&#8217;re reading. What are they reading&#8230; wait are those manuals? Printed manuals! How old is this picture anyway?
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		<title>Happy Birthday IEEE!</title>
		<link>http://www.alanbrandon.com/2009/05/08/happy-birthday-ieee/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 13:58:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The  Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) turns 125 years old this month, and I want to give a shout out to the organization that has been a big part of my career as a tech writer.

The IEEE sets the standard for, well, standards. According to the IEEE they publish about 30 percent of [...]]]></description>
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