When content strategy fails, RoadRunner edition
Our home Internet connection is usually reliable, but today I come home to what I think must be an outage. No Internet on any of our Wifi networks.
Our home Internet connection is usually reliable, but today I come home to what I think must be an outage. No Internet on any of our Wifi networks.
One of the axioms of technical communication is to keep things simple. But sometimes, complex communication is the better alternative.
After a number of years using PowerPoint and OpenOffice/LibreOffice Impress to create slide decks, I’ve grown frustrated with the enforced separation of information in PowerPoint-like products.
Some patterns are beginning to emerge as we apply content strategy to technical information.
When it comes to a line of text, how long is too long? And do the rules for text column width change when content is rendered on different devices?
Some thoughts on technical communication, content strategy, and the state of the industry at tekom/tcworld 2012.
A few weeks ago, I described some of the issues we faced in producing a PDF of Content Strategy 101 from DITA sources. Time and space didn’t permit me to finish the list of changes out. Now I can.
In which we uncover some unpleasant realities about distributing ebook editions.
In which we jump through flaming hoops for EPUB and Kindle.