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Targeted Learning
Emerging Skills Technology Update Design Strategies Tool Techniques Content Development Open Standards Special Interest

Emerging Skills

Writing within an Agile Development Environment Gavin Austin
Managing Agile DocumentationJohn Barrow
Best Practices for Embedded UAScott DeLoach
Customized Web-Based HelpTim Morris
Web-Based, Comment-Enabled DocumentationKate Wringe
Quick Video Presentations with Adobe Visual CommunicatorBetsy Bruce
Succeeding with RSS Feeds, Blogs, and WebCastsBrent Schlenker
Developing Help for an Eclipse EnvironmentFei Min Lorente
Using DITA and Eclipse to Create UA for Component-Based SoftwareRob Kimm
Delivering Open-Source Technical Documentation through a WikiRagan Haggard
Delivering Enterprise Software Documentation through a WikiSarah Maddox
Using Microsharing Tools Like Twitter to Build Better UACharlene Kingston
Using Forums and FAQs to Support Members of Flickr Zack Sheppard
Career Strategies for Embedded UA Scott DeLoach and Panel

Technology Update

Microsoft Help v.3 PreviewApril Reagan
Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) and AIR HelpScott Prentice
Microsoft 2.0: What to Expect in the Post-Gates EraMary Jo Foley
iPhone Design and Development OverviewChristopher Z. Garrett
Microsoft Sandcastle Documentation CompilerAnand Raman
Integration Jumpstart for Adobe Technical Communication SuiteKevin Siegel
An Insider Tour of Microsoft SurfaceDoug Bolin

Design Strategies

Magic and Mental Models: Using Illusion to Simplify DesignsJared Spool
Architecting UA Topics for ReuseMichael Hughes
User Assistance in Web FormsLuke Wroblewski
User-Centered Design of Context-Sensitive HelpMatthew Ellison
Contextual Awareness: Responding to User Actions and BehaviorBogo Vatovec
Techniques for Reviewing a User InterfaceRhonda Bracey
Docs to Wiki: Redesigning and Restructuring ContentPaul Mueller
Conducting Usability Tests "in the Wild"Dana Chisnell
Lessons Learned from Research on "Help"David Novick
Personalizing and Customizing the User Assistance ExperienceDoug Bolin
Developing More Successful PersonasTamara Adlin
User Assistance as an Element of eServiceBogo Vatovec
Supplemental Seminar: Five Ways to Test User Assistance UsabilityMary Deaton

Tool Techniques

Hands-on Double Session: Production Tips and Tricks for CaptivateKevin Siegel
Hands-on Double Session: Generating Quality Print Output from Flare or BlazeMatthew Ellison
Pixel Perfect: Photoshop Production TipsMichael Ninness
Tweaking CSS to Optimize FrameMaker Files for RoboHelpMary Ann Howell
Migrating Unstructured FrameMaker Docs into DITA-compliant XMLJoe Sarnelle
Ten Tips toward Improvement and Success with Your eLearningJoe Ganci
Hands-on Double Session: Content Development with DITA and XMetalBernard Aschwanden
Automating Acrobat with JavaScriptThom Parker
Supplemental Seminar: Introduction to CaptivateMatthew Ellison

Content Development

The Google Chrome Comic & Visual CommunicationScott McCloud
A Painless Introduction to Structured AuthoringDave Gash
Topic-Based AuthoringChar James-Tanny
Using a Wiki with Modular and Conditionally Publishable ContentRahul Mahrotra
Using Simple Pictures to Communicate Complex IdeasDonna Safko
What If the Reader Can't Read?Tony Self
Better Knowledge-Base Articles for Complex TroubleshootingDave Farkas
Lessons Learned in Corporate BloggingLindsey Robbins
Using Content Models to Increase the Effectiveness of Your ContentRichard Carey
Assessing the Value of Editing and Its Effect on Your Company's Bottom LineCraig Liebendorfer

Open Standards

Creating Help with DITATony Self
An ISO/IEC Standard for User AssistanceWitold Suryn
Real-World XML Design and DevelopmentJoe Marini
Breaking Help Loose: From Frames and Tables to CSSDavid Locke
Introducing the DITA Open ToolkitPam Noreault and Tony Self
Creating "Auto-Magic" TOCs With XSLTDave Gash
Exploring Open Source and Alternative ToolsMike McCallister and Paul Mueller
Supplemental Seminar: Introduction to DITATony Self

Special Interest

Making Computers Accessible with Everyday Input DevicesJacob O. Wobbrock
Welcome to the World of User AssistanceJoe Welinske
Managing UA Projects with SpreadsheetsMichael Hughes

 

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