Clever Hamster tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-195264 2010-06-23T12:21:52-05:00 On the trail of clarity, beauty, efficiency, and universal design in technical communication. TypePad <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.cleverhamster.com/clever_hamster/2010/06/blogengine-dotnetblogenginenet-is-an-open-source-blogging-platform-based-on-aspnet-at-quick-glance-i-dont-see-plugins-f.html" /> <link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.cleverhamster.com/clever_hamster/2010/06/blogengine-dotnetblogenginenet-is-an-open-source-blogging-platform-based-on-aspnet-at-quick-glance-i-dont-see-plugins-f.html" thr:count="0" /> <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8342085d553ef0133f1a6e1bc970b</id> <published>2010-06-23T12:21:52-05:00</published> <updated>2010-06-23T12:21:52-05:00</updated> <summary>BlogEngine (dotnetblogengine.net) is an open source blogging platform based on ASP.NET; at quick glance, I don't see plugins for organizing/publishing printable outputs, but worth a look for .NET shops. Thanks to Tom Johnson for surfacing it: http://idratherbewriting.com/2010/06/23/can-blogs-work-as-a-web-platform-for-help-organizing-content-16</summary> <author> <name>Mary Connor</name> </author> </entry> <entry> <title /> <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.cleverhamster.com/clever_hamster/2010/06/keys-to-short-term-memory-such-as-reinforcing-with-20-secs-httptheelearningcoachcomlearning20-facts-about-working-mem.html" /> <link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.cleverhamster.com/clever_hamster/2010/06/keys-to-short-term-memory-such-as-reinforcing-with-20-secs-httptheelearningcoachcomlearning20-facts-about-working-mem.html" thr:count="0" /> <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8342085d553ef013482cbb291970c</id> <published>2010-06-02T10:58:56-05:00</published> <updated>2010-06-02T10:58:56-05:00</updated> <summary>Keys to short-term memory, such as reinforcing with 20 secs: http://theelearningcoach.com/learning/20-facts-about-working-memory/</summary> <author> <name>Mary Connor</name> </author> </entry> <entry> <title /> <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.cleverhamster.com/clever_hamster/2010/06/must-know-information-about-intrinsic-motivation-summary-of-daniel-pinks-book-drive.html" /> <link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.cleverhamster.com/clever_hamster/2010/06/must-know-information-about-intrinsic-motivation-summary-of-daniel-pinks-book-drive.html" thr:count="0" /> <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8342085d553ef0133ef604e15970b</id> <published>2010-06-01T10:02:17-05:00</published> <updated>2010-06-01T10:02:17-05:00</updated> <summary>Must-know information about intrinsic motivation (summary of Daniel Pink's book Drive):</summary> <author> <name>Mary Connor</name> </author> </entry> <entry> <title /> <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.cleverhamster.com/clever_hamster/2010/05/kiplinger-ranks-austin-1-httpwwwkiplingercommagazinearchives10-best-cities-2010-for-the-next-decadehtml.html" /> <link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.cleverhamster.com/clever_hamster/2010/05/kiplinger-ranks-austin-1-httpwwwkiplingercommagazinearchives10-best-cities-2010-for-the-next-decadehtml.html" thr:count="0" /> <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8342085d553ef0133eee69c7c970b</id> <published>2010-05-27T09:10:23-05:00</published> <updated>2010-05-27T09:10:23-05:00</updated> <summary>Kiplinger ranks Austin #1: http://www.kiplinger.com/magazine/archives/10-best-cities-2010-for-the-next-decade.html</summary> <author> <name>Mary Connor</name> </author> </entry> <entry> <title>Better API documentation tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8342085d553ef0133ee7f23ac970b 2010-05-25T15:10:09-05:00 2010-05-25T15:45:52-05:00 Dr. Dobbs Journal hosted Jim Dempsey's blog The Lost Art of Writing Good Documentation, where he points out the shortcomings of generated API documentation. Good function documentation, he argues, includes everything the reader needs to know: #include file list as... Mary Connor Blogs by tech writers doing Agile tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8342085d553ef0120a9428185970b 2010-03-16T10:57:26-05:00 2010-03-16T11:49:47-05:00 Last week STC Austin hosted a panel presentation on documentation in agile shops, which I presented with Marilyn Rogers and Melissa Burpo. Following up on a request from the audience, Melissa compiled this list of blogs in which technical writers... Mary Connor What is technical communication? tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8342085d553ef0120a8941f2d970b 2010-02-12T15:36:12-06:00 2010-02-12T15:36:12-06:00 I agreed to be interviewed by a student in a technical communication course, and here are my answers to her: What is technical communication, in your own words? It's the job of transferring knowledge, offering instruction, and building understanding of... Mary Connor LEGO League: Winning research on accessibility tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8342085d553ef01287796a7ee970c 2010-02-12T15:19:29-06:00 2010-02-12T15:19:29-06:00 This Saturday, my 4th grade daughter competed in the qualifying competition for her region's FIRST LEGO League, the LEGO robotics organization that blends science, programming, and technology into a compelling team sport. I felt sad that she'd put in all... Mary Connor Energizing organizational Facebook pages tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8342085d553ef0120a6610858970b 2009-11-07T18:14:50-06:00 2009-11-07T18:15:06-06:00 Here is a summary of the advice from the interview, Pimping out your Facebook Page, in which Building43 gets help from Caitlin O’Farrell, the program manager for consumer marketing at Facebook. Tips: Optimize the profile image: 200 wide x 600... Mary Connor Tools to check web accessibility tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8342085d553ef0120a698891c970c 2009-10-30T22:43:53-05:00 2009-10-31T22:29:01-05:00 Testing and correcting accessibility problems throughout the development process is all about tools. Here are tips I've collected: Support the fewest back versions of JAWS you can: just as with browsers, supporting earlier versions makes development infinitely harder. Current version... Mary Connor