Current Practices and Trends in Technical and Professional Communication was published earlier this week in the U.K. by ISTC. Edited by Professor Stephen Crabbe, it is a book that surveys the current state of technical authoring. I was asked to contribute a chapter to the publication, which focused on DITA. My chapter is called “TheRead More
I received word over the weekend that the folks at Alan Pringle were now shipping “Content Strategy 101”. It was written by Sarah O’Keefe and Alan Pringle. Subtitled “Transform Technical Content into a Business Asset”, the book’s brief blurb is: “Technical content is often the last in line for investment and innovation, but poor contentRead More
Update: I’m being given a copy of the book to review, so look for a review here sometime in the near future. At the beginning of this week a new book on DITA came out: DITA Best Practices, by Laura Bellamy, Michelle Carey and Jenifer Schlotfeldt. It’s subtitle nicely captures what it is about: “ARead More
As DITA matures there are more books being written on the subject, aimed at technical writers looking to learn and use it effectively. There are a number of “first generation” titles already out, and I think it’s about time that we see some new entries in the marketplace. Here are some upcoming titles that IRead More
First of all, I need to say that this book is not aimed at me. I have been using DITA XML as a technical writer and manager now for over five years, so I am well past needing a “101” lesson in DITA. That said, I think I am qualified to comment on whether aRead More
Here’s a book list I’ve compiled — from the most recent to the oldest — on all of the titles I can find that talk exclusively about DITA XML: Practical DITA by Julio Vazquez (October 6, 2009) 112 pages; also available in print or as downloadable PDF from Lulu.com (note that the version from Lulu.comRead More
