TechWhirl: Technical Communication Recap for May 16, 2014

[TechWhirl Admin <admin -at- techwhirl -dot- com>]

Spring conference season occurs at roughly the same time as university
graduation season here in the US. Which makes for some occasional conflicts
in scheduling, and an awesome opportunity to wax philosophical about
transforming the future, rising to the challenge, and other such clichÃs.
But I wonât, other than to say congratulations to the members of
TechWhirlâs extended family who enter the real world this monthâ especially
Philip, Trevor and Christianâ weâre proud to be in the same families as you
guys!  And to our many STC friends and colleagues, enjoy the Summit and
Phoenix, we know it will be grand.



Back in that real world I mentioned, TechWhirl officially launches our DITA
portal <http://techwhirl.com/darwin-information-typing-architecture/>.  And
we offer up some new perspectives on working on remote teams, how content
authoring changes when you go to DITA, and some hot ideas from very cool
communications people around the web. As always, the TechWhirl community
ponders and debates â on the future of content and tech comm, tools, best
practices, and other items that have a high geek/coolness ratio. Register
for the forum<http://community.techwhirl.com/entry/register?Target=categories>or
subscribe
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take part in the conversations. And donât forget to check
out the archives <http://www.techwr-l.com/> too.



Have a great weekend full of pomp and circumstance!

-Connie and the gang at TechWhirl
In Case You Missed it: This Week @ TechWhirl

*New features and articles on http://TechWhirl.com <http://techwhirl.com/>*
*:*


   - Tech Writer This Week May 15, 2014 | http://bit.ly/1mXCySa
   - Agile and Tech Comm: Working on Remote Teams, by Alyssa Fox |
   http://bit.ly/QIIoI9
   - How Does DITA Change Authoring? by Jacquie Samuels |
   http://bit.ly/1mOzg3A
   - Transferring Skills Between Tech Comm and CXM (poll) |
   http://bit.ly/1j2jQW7

*Technical Communication news on http://TechWhirl.com/news
<http://techwhirl.com/news>:*


   - TechWhirl Launches DITA Portal, Sponsored by easyDITA |
   http://ow.ly/2GDvTb

 Social Media and the Chance to Follow TechWhirl

   - Our Google Plus Page â whatâs happening behind the scenes |
   http://goo.gl/SO0R4
   - Will you be our Friend? Please, you know you want to click |
   http://goo.gl/tDrW7
   - Want all this TechWhirl goodness a few characters @ a time |
   http://goo.gl/itjDg
   - Updates from TechWhirl delivered to your email in box |
   http://bit.ly/tjshxU
   - Or, try our RSS feed (great on Flipboard) | http://goo.gl/msLzu

Sponsored Posts

   - Scriptorium: Ten mistakes for content strategists to
avoid<http://www.scriptorium.com/2014/04/ten-mistakes-for-content-strategists-to-avoid/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ten-mistakes-for-content-strategists-to-avoid>
   - Adobe Systems: Prepare for year 2020 with Adobe Day May 18 at
   STC/Phoenix<http://blogs.adobe.com/techcomm/2014/05/prepare-for-year-2020-with-adobe-day-may-18-at-stcphoenix.html>
   - EasyDITA: Filtering is not the key to
context<http://easydita.com/filtering-is-not-the-key-to-context/>
   - MadCap: Customer Sample Showcase:
OverDrive<http://www.madcapsoftware.com/blog/2014/04/30/customer-sample-showcase-overdrive/>

SPONSOR-Luv

We want to send a very special âthank youâ to our sponsors for their
support.



*Platinum*: Adobe Systems
Incorporated<http://www.runaware.com/clients/adobe/techsuite/>

*Gold: *ComponentOne Software <http://bit.ly/doc-to-help>, Madcap
Software<http://www.madcapsoftware.com/products/flare/overview.aspx#whatsnew>

*Silver*: Vancouver Island University <http://pr.viu.ca/techcomm/>,
easyDITA<http://easydita.com/>

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