TechWhirl: Technical Communication Recap for October 10, 2014

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

I love the change of seasons, except maybe for the allergies. Itâs
invigorating, and that helps, because weâre into the busiest time of the
year for TechWhirl and need all the energy we can get. Upcoming
conferences, TechWhirl Fast 5 chats, our annual Halloween fiction (or not
so fictional) festival, plus the usual assortment of stimulating features
and hearty debates. So before we finish packing and head off to Portland,
hereâs a brief reminder of all the cool stuff on TechWhirl this week.



If you missed this weekâs TechWhirl Fast 5:Hitchhikers Guide to XML
Authoring
<http://techwhirl.com/event/techwhirl-fast-5-hitchhikers-guide-xml-authoring/>,
you can catch up with the YouTube recording and live session notes. If
youâre looking for answers to some of the more obscure features (?) of
Word, time to check out  the email discussion list
<http://www.techwr-l.com/frequently-asked-questions.html#subscribe> and
community forum
<http://community.techwhirl.com/entry/register?Target=categories>. Weâve
got several threads on Word weirdness plus some other worthwhile
conversations to take part in. And the October poll question is now
published for your voting and debating pleasure.



Remember, the Adobe 2014 Tech Comm survey is open
http://survey.douwriteright.com/ Take a few minutes to answer the questions
and influence the direction of the TCS suite.



One final reminder, next Friday (October 17) is the deadline for
submissions to the 2014 Tech Comm Halloween Horror Festival.





Have a great weekend!

-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/>*
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   - Tech Writer This Week for October 9, 2014 | http://sfy.co/gvmy
   - Leveraging New Discplines in Tech Comm and CXM (poll) |
   http://bit.ly/1oQKeBO
   - iDW 2014: Connecting a World of Content & Customer Experience, by
   Stacey Plowright | http://bit.ly/1uwC8Uo
   - Tech Comm Halloween Horror Festival 2014 | http://bit.ly/1qvFVyt

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


   - Expert System and WAND to Partner on Enterprise Information Management
   | http://ow.ly/2ONEcz
   - SDL Introduces Subscription-based Machine Translation |
   http://ow.ly/2OMxZO

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   - Adobe Systems: Take Adobe Tech Comm Survey 2014 (free prizes)
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   - EasyDITA: A Better Way to Manage Critical Information in the Life
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   - MadCap: Single Sourcing Explained: The Power of MadCap Flare
   <http://www.madcapsoftware.com/blog/2014/09/15/single-sourcing-explained-the-power-of-madcap-flare/>

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We want to send a very special âthank youâ to our sponsors for their
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*Gold: *ComponentOne Software <http://bit.ly/doc-to-help>, Madcap Software
<http://www.madcapsoftware.com/products/flare/overview.aspx#whatsnew>

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