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Case Study from WIKI: Grow Your Own for Fun and Profit

By Richard Hamilton, on December 8th, 2010

You can view a new free sample from Alan J. Porter’s new book, WIKI: Grow Your Own for Fun and Profit. The sample is one of the five cases studies in the book, Case Study 5: XML Press.

This case study describes how the book was developed using a wiki for writing, […]

Free Chapter from WIKI: Grow Your Own For Fun and Profit

By Richard Hamilton, on October 29th, 2010

You can view a free chapter titled, 10 Questions: A Checklist, from Alan J. Porter’s new book, WIKI: Grow Your Own for Fun and Profit. This chapter outlines the 10 questions you should ask before you start to implement your wiki.

Porter’s book takes you through the full life cycle of a wiki implementation, […]

Free eBook sample chapter: Managing Writers

By Richard Hamilton, on December 20th, 2009

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 […]

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