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 November 2009
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Greetings!
This November, we're focusing on user-generated content and social networking, and the new directions it is going in many industries: telecommunications, the Web, government, and acquisition.
We're also pleased to announce our recent webinar series "Secrets to Cheaper, Faster, and Better DITA Implementations" is now available for you to view online. And if you haven't already gotten your CIA Snapshot, follow the link at the end of this issue.
-Joan |
Books Now One of Every Five New iPhone Apps
from FierceMobileContent, article by Jason Ankeny
"Books represent one out of every five new iPhone and iPod touch applications launched in Apple's App store in October 2009 according to in-application analytics provider Flurry." Read More...
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Wikia, Site for User-Generated Topic Pages, Sees "Explosion of Growth"
from VentureBeat, article by Matt Marshall
"Wikia, a site that its founders liken to a Web version of a library - offering user-generated 'books' of content about specific issues - is seeing explosive growth after some recent software changes." Read More...
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White House Continues to Get Value from Social Networking
from FierceContentManagement, article by Ron Miller
"The most prominent issue of the moment is healthcare, and President Obama has used his arsenal of social media tools--including Facebook, Twitter and YouTube--to push his legislation." Read More...
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2.0 Takes Hold in the Acquisition Community
from Federal Computer Week, article by Matthew Weigelt
"Now comes Acquisition 2.0. It dares to suggest that the wisdom of the crowd, to use a neologism coined by 2.0 evangelists, can improve the way federal agencies buy goods and services from the private sector." Read More...
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Recorded Webinars Now Available
In September and October, Tom Voltz presented a two-part webinar series, "Secrets to Cheaper, Faster and Better DITA Implementations." If you attended one or both, we'd like to hear your feedback; please contact Tom directly if you have any comments or questions. If you were unable to attend, we are pleased to announce both recorded webinars are now available on our website.
In Part I, Tom presented some of the most important but frequently overlooked architectural aspects of DITA that you can leverage to improve and simplify your DITA adoption process.
The right DITA architectural approach will
- dramatically decrease training costs
- increase consistency and accuracy of your content
- simplify your stylesheet customization
In Part II, Tom walked through a simplified example which demonstrates how to construct a DITA architecture for a documentation set and how the right approach will simplify DITA authoring, managing, and publishing content.
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Gilbane Boston Reminder
Reminder: Joan Lasselle will participate in the Gilbane Boston 2009 Conference, coming up December 1-3.
Joan's presentation will show how focusing on user needs combined with the use of a content maturity model can help provide a basis for continuous process improvement, help prioritize and focus projects, and provide the understanding needed to address a global audience. She will also introduce LR's new CIA tool, based on the Content Maturity Model.
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Get Your CIA SnapshotSM
Content is more than words; it requires an infrastructure. Are you addressing all key components? If you haven't already, try our new CIA SnapshotSM at CIA.LR.com.
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