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More Reviews of Conversation and Community

By Richard Hamilton, on September 20th, 2009

Updated — 9/21/2009

More reviews have come in for Anne Gentle’s Conversation and Community: The Social Web for Documentation. Here are a few highlights:

“This is a very important book. Not reading it is like sticking your head in the sand and waiting for your career to dissipate into oblivion. Your community […]

XML Press to Publish Communicating with Everyone by Brenda Huettner

By Richard Hamilton, on September 16th, 2009

XML Press will publish Brenda Huettner’s book, Communicating with Everyone in January, 2010. […]

XML Press to Publish DITA Specialization by Zarella Rendon

By Richard Hamilton, on September 4th, 2009

In many ways, specialization is the key feature of the DITA XML standard. Specialization provides a structured mechanism, based on object-oriented programming principles, for extending the DITA schema to different areas. The DITA standard supports and encourages specialization, making it possible to fit the schema to the project, rather than bend the project to […]

Conversation and Community Reviews

By Richard Hamilton, on August 17th, 2009

Early reviews have been coming in for Anne Gentle’s Conversation and Community: The Social Web for Documentation, and the response has been positive. Here are links to the first few:

Jeff’s Open Source Resource: Book Review: Conversation and Community, by Anne Gentle from Jeff “Jefro” Osier-Mixon

Palimpsest: Let the conversation begin from Sarah O’Keefe

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DITA 101 — Book Review

By Richard Hamilton, on June 29th, 2009

About a month ago, we ran an informal survey asking people what publications about DITA would be most useful to them. An author’s guide was at the top of the list. DITA 101: Fundamentals of DITA for Authors and Managers (published through Lulu.com, $25.37 print, $9.95 download), the new book from The Rockley Group, addresses […]

DocBook: The Definitive Guide, 2nd edition

By Richard Hamilton, on June 26th, 2009

In collaboration with XML Press, O’Reilly Media will publish DocBook: The Definitive Guide, Second Edition.

It is nearly 10 years since the original edition of DocBook: The Definitive Guide was published. Since then, DocBook has grown to become the most widely used schema for technical documentation, with extensive use in both commercial […]

Technical Communication comes full circle

By Richard Hamilton, on June 8th, 2009

Over the last week, I’ve been reviewing drafts of Anne Gentle’s new book, Conversation and Community: The Social Web for Documentation. I think it is going to be an important book that will help connect the dots between Web 2.0, aka the “Social Web,” and documentation.

Reading her book brought me to a revelation that, […]

A DITA Adventure: Beyond Testing

By Richard Hamilton, on May 19th, 2009

This is the third installment in A DITA Adventure. The first two installments covered downloading and installing the DITA Open Toolkit and installing the DITA Open Toolkit on Linux. This installment is my first attempt to build content outside the demo package, and it has been a less than happy experience.

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Lee Engfer, editor and writer at Mayo Clinic

Voice and Tone Strategy: Connecting with People through Content by John Caldwell $24.95 (print), $19.95 (ebook)

“Based on real-life experience, the book is sure to resonate with [corporate communicators] and give them plenty of ideas on how to rethink and hopefully improve their current approach.”
Libor Safar, Full review at Multilingual Magazine

Front cover of Localizing Employee Communications

Localizing Employee Communications: A Handbook by Ray Walsh. $24.95

Structured Writing: Rhetoric and Process by Mark Baker. $39.95 (print) $24.95 (ebook)

“Superb book for any writer”
– Review on Amazon

Front cover of The Insider's Guide to Technical Writing

The Insider's Guide to Technical Writing, 2nd Edition by Krista VanLaan. $35.95

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