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Show Me the Demo!
That's the cry of the aspiring information architect. Unfortunately, success isn't about the technology A techpubs department is a techpubs department and one is not so unlike another. At a certain level that's true, but the devil's in the details…
- Key Concepts: best practices, techcomm tools
- Filed under: Blog, Liz Asks
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Podcast Posted: Interview with Kevin Dietz, Timpani Software
This week's podcast features Kevin Dietz from Timpani Software. Timpani Software develops BuildBeat, a comprehensive automated software build management system, and MergeMagician, an automated merging server designed to work with your existing software configuration management (SCM) system. He uses DocBook…
- Key Concepts: arbortext editor, community, docbook
- Filed under: Arbortext Podcast, Blog
- Venues: Single-Sourcing Exclusive
Dynamic product information delivery systems reduce translation costs
Recently, I was privileged to talk with a customer that implemented Arbortext in 1999: Greg Johnson at Medtronic. Greg heads up what his executives have told him is “the most successful project Medtronic had ever done.” In this interview, Greg…
- Key Concepts: best practices, techcomm tools
- Filed under: Blog, Liz Asks
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Podcast posted: Interview with Chris Western, tformat
This week I interviewed Chris Western from tformat, a PTC partner focused on training and services for the Arbortext Advanced Print Publisher (APP) (formerly known as 3B2). Chris was hired at Advent, the original developers of 3B2 as a writer…
- Key Concepts: arbortext layout developer (ald) (3b2), community
- Filed under: Arbortext Podcast, Blog
- Venues: Single-Sourcing Exclusive
Podcast posted: Interview with Chris Makler, Aplia
This week's podcast features Chris Makler from Aplia. Aplia is part of Cengage Learning. Chris works on a team that has built an interesting application on top of Arbortext Editor. They're using a lot of different technology to create an…
- Key Concepts: arbortext editor, ui customization
- Filed under: Arbortext Podcast, Blog
- Venues: Single-Sourcing Exclusive
Released: Arbortext 5.4 M30
Here’s a short summary of SPRs and enhancements added to the product release. Many SPRs and enhancements are part of the release. We highly recommend you log in to the support site and read the release notes. If you have…
- Key Concepts: best practices, techcomm tools
- Filed under: Blog, Liz Asks
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Podcast posted: Interview with Todd Hicks, Wolters Kluwer
This week I interviewed Todd Hicks from Wolters Kluwer. I've been looking forward to this podcast for a long time. Todd Hicks has been an Arbortext community member for a long time. Todd has presented at Arbortext User Group and…
- Key Concepts: arbortext editor, community, ui customization
- Filed under: Arbortext Podcast, Blog
- Venues: Single-Sourcing Exclusive
Will you join us in community service?
Just before the holidays, I saw the following in Forbes:Recent research conducted by Washington, D.C.-based Corporation for National & Community Service reveals that charitable work literally makes the heart grow stronger. Individuals with coronary artery disease who participate in volunteer…
- Key Concepts: collaboration, community
- Filed under: Blog, Liz Asks
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