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Conversation and Community Available on Kindle

Anne Gentle’s Conversation and Community: The Social Web for Documentation is now available for the Kindle at Amazon.com.

Anne also recently started a facebook page for her book at: http://facebook.com/conversationandcommunity/. You can get the latest information about the book and Anne, including information about upcoming appearances and book signings.

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Anne Gentle at SXSWi

Anne Gentle reading at SXSWi

Anne Gentle read from her book, Conversation and Community: The Social Web for Documentation, at South by Southwest Interactive (SXSWi) on Tuesday, March 16 in Austin, TX. She had an attentive crowd that asked some great questions; clearly social media folks are interested in technical communication and technical […]

Colorado HB 10-1193 and Amazon’s Response

The state of Colorado just passed a statute (House Bill 10-1193 (PDF)) that is targeted at out-of-state retailers who sell into Colorado. It is an attempt to improve collection of sales and use taxes (which residents owe on purchases, even if the retailer is from out of state and does not collect those taxes). […]

Anne Gentle to read at SXSWi

Anne Gentle, author of Conversation and Community: The Social Web for Documentation, will be reading from her book at South by Southwest Interactive (SXSWi) at 12:30 on Tuesday, March 16.

From the description at SXSWi:

This book brings together the worlds of technical communication and social media. It shows how technical communicators can effectively […]

January Newsletter

The January 28, 2010 edition of the XML Press Newsletter is now available at:

XML Press January 2010 Newsletter

Contents:

Anne Gentle and Alan Porter Nominated for Social Media Awards XML Press at WritersUA and STC Kindle Edition of Managing Writers

Print edition of the XML Editor User Manual

The <oXygen/> XML Editor has become one of the most capable and popular XML editors available. XML Press is pleased to be the publisher for the printed edition of the User Manual for the <oXygen/> XML Editor Version 11.

This publication contains the full contents of the user manual as authored by […]

December Newsletter

The December 21, 2009 edition of the XML Press Newsletter is now available at:

XML Press December 2009 Newsletter

Contents:

Managing Writers e-Book sample chapter available now <oXygen/> XML Editor Version 11 User Manual Conversation and Community Reviews

Free eBook sample chapter: Managing Writers

To celebrate the upcoming (January, 2010) eBook release of Managing Writers: A Real-World Guide to Managing Technical Documentation, we are releasing a free sample chapter in ePub, Mobi, and PDF formats.

The sample chapter, “Measurement and Metrics,” discusses the impact of measurement on employee performance, strategies for dealing with metrics, and practical suggestions for […]

Getting Started with Social Media

Seth Godin just published an excellent post titled, Is it too late to catch up? In it, he outlines a strategy for companies that have let the web and social media completely pass them by. In truth, I can’t imagine there are too many companies that are in this boat, but that doesn’t matter, […]

Wikis in the workplace: New article at ars technica

Alan J. Porter, author of the forthcoming book, WIKI: Grow Your Own for Fun and Profit, has just published an article titled, Wikis in the workplace: a practical introduction at ars technica. Here is the beginning of the article.

When times get tough and belts get tight, one of the first things […]