Upcoming events
The Scriptorium team plans to attend two events in person this October and November. Both events have virtual tracks, and we hope you’ll join us—online or in person—to explore the latest on content strategy, content ops, and more.
News
So pleased to be here!
I’m pleased to introduce myself as the newest Scriptorium team member. I’m so excited to work in such a productive environment and join the efforts to help clients get the most out of their content.
That’s a wrap on LearningDITA Live 2019!
Thank you to all of those who attended and participated in LearningDITA Live 2019! Because of you, the conference was a success. If you missed any of the sessions, watch the recordings in this playlist on our YouTube channel!
New LearningDITA course: The Learning and Training specialization
We are rolling out the newest LearningDITA course: The Learning and Training specialization. The specialization is for creators of instructional material, and this course explains how to use it.
Scriptorium now publishing sponsored white papers
Today, we are publishing a new white paper, The Age of Accountability: Unifying marketing and technical content with Adobe Experience Manager, which was commissioned by Adobe Systems, Inc.
This document is the first of its kind, so an explanation seems appropriate.
New LearningDITA course: Publishing output from DITA sources
We are excited to announce our newest LearningDITA course: Publishing output from DITA sources. Our other courses show you how to create and reuse DITA content; this one shows you how to publish it to PDF and HTML.
Still valid after all of these years…
This post is part of Scriptorium’s 20th anniversary celebration.
In addition to Scriptorium’s twentieth anniversary, 2017 marks the twelfth year for this blog, which started in April 2005 with a grudging And another one bites the dust… post.
Scriptorium 20th anniversary
This post is part of Scriptorium’s 20th anniversary celebration.
I’m finding it surprisingly difficult to write a recap of Scriptorium from 1997 to today. It feels as though the company has been around forever, but also as though 20 years went by in a flash.
The best of 2016
As the new year begins, the Scriptorium team is looking back at our blog posts for 2016.
We wish you the best in 2017—and watch for merriment during the year as we celebrate our 20th anniversary.
20th anniversary and web site updates
Our web site was starting to look a little haggard, so we finally decided to have some work done. Of course, our own content assets and content strategy always take a backseat to client work, so it took roughly forever to make this a priority.
New LearningDITA course: Advanced reuse
We have just published a new LearningDITA course: Advanced reuse in DITA. Earlier this year, we published Introduction to reuse in DITA, which focuses on the basic reuse principles and conventions in DITA.
Tech comm, content strategy, and coaching
Earlier in the year, I was chatting with Sharon Burton. As an aside to our knitting-focused discussion, I asked her what new services we should offer.
New LearningDITA course: Introduction to reuse
We’ve introduced DITA and covered the basics of authoring topics and building maps on LearningDITA.com. (Many thanks to our 1,400 subscribers and counting!) Now we’re kicking off a new series of more advanced courses with Introduction to reuse in DITA.
LearningDITA.com: Bringing collaboration and e-learning together
Need to learn DITA but don’t know where to start? Trying to decide whether DITA is the right solution for your company? Looking for an opportunity to build on your basic knowledge of DITA? LearningDITA.com is the perfect resource for you!
LearningDITA and Oxygen XML Web Author
Since Scriptorium first announced the availability of LearningDITA.com, we have had more than 1,100 subscribers to our free online DITA courses. To complete the exercises in LearningDITA, we have recommended that students install an XML editor. This has presented a difficulty to some because they cannot or do not want to download and install an editor.
We’re happy to say this limitation now gone.
tcworld China recap
The tcworld China event took place in Shanghai April 18 and 19. I was there to present on content strategy and advanced DITA (yes, I hear your gasp of surprise), but for me, the most interesting part of the trip was getting a chance to connect with the technical communication community in China.
New LearningDITA course: Using maps and bookmaps
More than 900 people have signed up for our free DITA courses on LearningDITA.com—thank you! You’ve had a basic introduction to DITA and learned how to write concept, task, reference, and glossary topics. Now you can learn how to collect those topics and establish relationships among them with our newest course: Using maps and bookmaps.
The best of 2015
Let’s wrap up 2015 with a look back at popular posts from the year.
Scriptorium wishes you the best for 2016!
New LearningDITA course: reference and glossaries
Thank you all for your great response to our free DITA courses at LearningDITA.com (over 500 registrants and counting)! Now that you’ve got your feet wet with the Introduction, concept topic type, and task topic type courses, are you ready for the next challenge?
Dave Young – originally posted to Flickr as surfer chicks
More free DITA training: the concept topic
Thanks to everyone who has signed up for LearningDITA.com and taken the free Introduction to DITA course. The introductory course offers a high-level overview of DITA.
Want a deeper dive into the DITA information types (concept, topic, reference, and glossary)? Today, we are releasing our second course on the DITA concept topic. The course and supporting videos were created by a Scriptorium team led by Gretyl Kinsey (with help from Simon Bate, Jake Campbell, and me).
Announcing LearningDITA.com: free DITA training
Our new DITA learning site, LearningDITA.com is now live with its first course, Introduction to DITA.
2012 resolution: Explore the frontiers of tech comm with Scriptorium
Our 2012 event schedule is starting to come together. Our guest speaker lineup includes Char James-Tanny, Peter Lubbers, and Sarah Maddox, with more to be announced.
This year, we are changing our conference schedule somewhat. I am looking forward to participating in Intelligent Content for the first time, and Simon is going around the world for tcworld India.
Webcast: Discussion forum: STC vice president candidates
Alan Houser and Vici Koster-Lenhardt are running for the office of Vice President of the Society for Technical Communication. If you missed the live webcast, watch this recording to get to know the candidates.
Contemplating the tablet in tech comm
Ebooks and tablets are helping people read more than they did before: in a recent survey, 66 percent of portable device owners said they were reading more.
That statistic should prompt all technical communicators to think about if—and how—ebooks and other tablet-compatible formats (including apps) fit into their content delivery.
