That’s Intelligent (use of) Content!

Posted on July 20, 2010 by Charles Cooper
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The Pillars of the Earth - US Edition book coverPenguin books have taken another step to broaden their reach from paper books to, well, everything. In addition to their line of children’s books/apps for the iPad, they have just announced an eBook with a tie-in to an upcoming TV mini-series. Read more

Jill Nagle interview with Ann Rockley

Posted on July 13, 2010 by Charles Cooper
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On July 12th, Jill Nagle of ZENGAGE had a short discussion with Ann about content strategy and customer service.

Jill’s been implementing content strategies for clients for a few years, and when she first started out, Ann was one of the people she looked to for guidance. Read more

Prediction comes true, SDL buys authoring tool (Xopus)

Posted on July 7, 2010 by Ann Rockley
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In 2008 after SDL had purchased Idiom, and bought a stake in Trisoft I asked the questions “could an XML-based authoring tool be in the offing for SDL as well?” Little did I know that that was in fact early days, as they fully acquired Trisoft and a year later they acquired XyEnterprise and all their tools. Now they have bought an XML-based authoring tool, truly giving them end-to-end functionality in XML and structured content. Read more

In the Land of Ebook Readers, how low can you go?

Posted on June 21, 2010 by Charles Cooper
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It’s an interesting time for those looking to purchase a device, any device, on which to read books. Read more

Webinar audio available – Exactly What NOT to Do When Making the Move from Print Publishing to New Media

Posted on June 21, 2010 by Charles Cooper
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If you’d like to hear the webinar “Exactly What NOT to Do When Making the Move from Print Publishing to New Media” with Ann Rockley and Brett Freedman again, or if you were unable to listen in at the scheduled time, it’s now available online.

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Webinar: Exactly What NOT to Do When Making the Move from Print Publishing to New Media

Posted on June 7, 2010 by Charles Cooper
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Are you considering converting your printed documentation to some form of an eBook? There are pitfalls and problems along the way, but it doesn’t have to be as hard or frightening as some make it out to be.

Join Ann Rockley and Brett Freeman as they explain what NOT to do when making the move from print publishing to new media. Read more

Praise for the Post Office

Posted on May 14, 2010 by Charles Cooper
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It’s not something you hear too often, but I’m really impressed with the postal service.

I received a parcel at the office. It was from the US and of course, we’re here in Canada. OK, not that impressive, you’re thinking. I get parcels at the office all the time – even international ones. Read more

Yes, you do need a Controlled Vocabulary

Posted on May 10, 2010 by Charles Cooper
Filed Under Best Practices, Information Architecture, Taxonomy | 1 Comment

About a month ago I blogged about the question “ Do you need a Controlled Vocabulary?”

The post was a response to a statement from a client who doubted that people in his section of his company needed a controlled vocabulary, because he was sure that everyone used terms and names consistently. Read more

STC 2010 Book Draw Results

Posted on May 6, 2010 by Ann Rockley
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We’re back from STC 2010 in Dallas. It was a very busy week, with two days of pre-conference workshops and then a session on the final day. We met lots of new people, and got a chance to reconnect with old friends.

And of course, we’d like to announce the winners of our draw for the new 101 Series books.
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New Books from The Rockley Group

Posted on May 2, 2010 by Charles Cooper
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As part of our 101 Series, we’d like to announce three new books.

Following on the heels of the successful DITA 101: Fundamentals of DITA for Authors and Managers, we’re working on three new titles.
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