Comments for ffeathers -- a technical writer's blog http://ffeathers.wordpress.com A technical writer's blog on Wordpress Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:51:40 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Article about Confluence wiki for technical documentation by ffeathers http://ffeathers.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/article-about-confluence-wiki-for-technical-documentation/#comment-4320 ffeathers Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:51:40 +0000 http://ffeathers.wordpress.com/?p=1099#comment-4320 Hallo Tom That's great news! I'm quite excited on your behalf too. ;) Let me know how it goes, and please feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Cheers, Sarah Hallo Tom
That’s great news! I’m quite excited on your behalf too. ;) Let me know how it goes, and please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
Cheers, Sarah

]]> Comment on Article about Confluence wiki for technical documentation by ffeathers http://ffeathers.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/article-about-confluence-wiki-for-technical-documentation/#comment-4319 ffeathers Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:48:29 +0000 http://ffeathers.wordpress.com/?p=1099#comment-4319 Hallo Milan A while ago, I came across this article by The Synthetic Librarian: <a href="http://syntheticlibrarian.com/2009/07/27/good-wikis-are-not-just-for-collaboration-they-organize-knowledge" rel="nofollow">Good Wikis are not just for Collaboration, they Organize Knowledge</a>. I hope it fits the bill. It's not really about the usage of the wiki, but I think it's an excellent and scholarly article. It's a thorough analysis of MediaWiki by an academic who decided to install and evaluate a wiki, and chose MediaWiki as his guinea pig Cheers Sarah Hallo Milan
A while ago, I came across this article by The Synthetic Librarian: Good Wikis are not just for Collaboration, they Organize Knowledge. I hope it fits the bill. It’s not really about the usage of the wiki, but I think it’s an excellent and scholarly article. It’s a thorough analysis of MediaWiki by an academic who decided to install and evaluate a wiki, and chose MediaWiki as his guinea pig

Cheers
Sarah

]]> Comment on Article about Confluence wiki for technical documentation by Tom Johnson http://ffeathers.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/article-about-confluence-wiki-for-technical-documentation/#comment-4317 Tom Johnson Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:28:07 +0000 http://ffeathers.wordpress.com/?p=1099#comment-4317 Sarah, I really enjoyed your article. I just found out this morning that I'll be able to use Confluence for some of our documentation. I'm quite excited about it. Sarah, I really enjoyed your article. I just found out this morning that I’ll be able to use Confluence for some of our documentation. I’m quite excited about it.

]]> Comment on Article about Confluence wiki for technical documentation by Milan Davidovic http://ffeathers.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/article-about-confluence-wiki-for-technical-documentation/#comment-4314 Milan Davidovic Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:34:23 +0000 http://ffeathers.wordpress.com/?p=1099#comment-4314 Do you know where one can find scholarly accounts of what happens when technical documentation in wikis is used? Do you know where one can find scholarly accounts of what happens when technical documentation in wikis is used?

]]> Comment on About Sarah Maddox by John R Larsen http://ffeathers.wordpress.com/about/#comment-4306 John R Larsen Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:14:05 +0000 http://ffeathers.wordpress.com/about/#comment-4306 Sarah, Thanks very much. I really appreciate your thoughts and even your links. I had the pleasure of meeting Tom. Would you like to see some of the things he told me in person? Always a pleasure, John P.S.-How difficult is it to find a technical writing career in Australia? I've thought on a number of occasions that I'd love to live there. Sarah,
Thanks very much. I really appreciate your thoughts and even your links. I had the pleasure of meeting Tom. Would you like to see some of the things he told me in person?
Always a pleasure,
John

P.S.-How difficult is it to find a technical writing career in Australia? I’ve thought on a number of occasions that I’d love to live there.

]]> Comment on Technical writers do Atlassian FedEx Day by Facilitating a Successful Developer Day « CDS 43 http://ffeathers.wordpress.com/2009/08/16/technical-writers-do-atlassian-fedex-day/#comment-4305 Facilitating a Successful Developer Day « CDS 43 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:18:21 +0000 http://ffeathers.wordpress.com/?p=880#comment-4305 [...] good pictures and commentary from Atlassian fedex day, including the [...] [...] good pictures and commentary from Atlassian fedex day, including the [...]

]]> Comment on About Sarah Maddox by ffeathers http://ffeathers.wordpress.com/about/#comment-4301 ffeathers Sat, 14 Nov 2009 08:27:00 +0000 http://ffeathers.wordpress.com/about/#comment-4301 Hallo again John Heh, well, there are just a few answers ;) on this thought-provoking post on Tom Johnson's blog: <a href="http://www.idratherbewriting.com/2008/11/04/guest-post-the-dark-side-of-technical-writing/" rel="nofollow">Guest Post: Tech Writing Careers — The Raw, Unvarnished Truth</a>. Take a look at the comments on that post too. Cheers Sarah Hallo again John
Heh, well, there are just a few answers ;) on this thought-provoking post on Tom Johnson’s blog: Guest Post: Tech Writing Careers — The Raw, Unvarnished Truth. Take a look at the comments on that post too.
Cheers
Sarah

]]> Comment on About Sarah Maddox by John Larsen http://ffeathers.wordpress.com/about/#comment-4299 John Larsen Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:35:52 +0000 http://ffeathers.wordpress.com/about/#comment-4299 I apologize for taking a while to respond. Thank you for your note. I appreciate your taking time to be friendly even though you have thousands of things to do. Sarah, what are a couple major issues you find technical writers currently dealing with? Thanks and regards, John I apologize for taking a while to respond. Thank you for your note. I appreciate your taking time to be friendly even though you have thousands of things to do. Sarah, what are a couple major issues you find technical writers currently dealing with?

Thanks and regards,
John

]]> Comment on Drawing diagrams on a wiki page by ffeathers http://ffeathers.wordpress.com/2009/07/04/drawing-diagrams-on-a-wiki-page/#comment-4295 ffeathers Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:17:14 +0000 http://ffeathers.wordpress.com/?p=785#comment-4295 Hallo Richard Cool question! No, it doesn't. I didn't know the answer, but have just tested it by searching our Confluence documentation. I searched for a word that appears as text in a Gliffy diagram in the Crowd documentation. I restricted the search to the Crowd space, and to attachments only (because the Gliffy diagram's data is stored as a page attachment). The search did not pick up the relevant attachment. Cheers, Sarah Hallo Richard
Cool question! No, it doesn’t. I didn’t know the answer, but have just tested it by searching our Confluence documentation. I searched for a word that appears as text in a Gliffy diagram in the Crowd documentation. I restricted the search to the Crowd space, and to attachments only (because the Gliffy diagram’s data is stored as a page attachment). The search did not pick up the relevant attachment.
Cheers, Sarah

]]> Comment on Drawing diagrams on a wiki page by Richard S. http://ffeathers.wordpress.com/2009/07/04/drawing-diagrams-on-a-wiki-page/#comment-4291 Richard S. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:40:17 +0000 http://ffeathers.wordpress.com/?p=785#comment-4291 Does text in Gliffy drawings appear in search results? Does text in Gliffy drawings appear in search results?

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