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- Job Title:
- Information Design Consultant
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- Technical Communication and Information Design
- About Me:
- I've been working in tech comms since 1994, predominantly in software development, but recently in a wider variety of industries. Currently I am a free-lance information design consultant and technical communications specialist based in London UK.
I am Co-Manager of the STC's Europe SIG and a Past President of the UK Chapter of the STC. I am also a member of the ISTC and the BCS.
I am involved in education as an Associate Lecturer on Sheffield Hallam University's MA programme in Technical Communication, and as a tutor for the ISTC's Open Learning course.
I also write The Blockhead Blog at http://www.theblockheadblog.co.uk/ ("No man but a blockhead ever wrote," said Dr. Johnson, "except for money.")
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- http://www.farbey.co.uk
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Implementing DITA with Microsoft
Is implementing DITA with Microsoft an impossible dream, a contradiction in terms, or a real possibility?
Find out a seminar presented by Microsoft and DITA Exchange at Microsoft's San Francisco office on Friday 5th September, with JoAnn Hackos as the featured speaker.
To register and find out further details, see:
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/InviteOnly.aspx?EventID=CB-B4-A0-21-C8-BC-D6-96-09-03-C1-97-34-5F-E6-7B&Culture=en-US
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Posted on August 22nd, 2008 at 8:53am —
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Dannywell Ltd. to represent DITA Exchange in the UK
I am delighted to announce that as of June 2008 my company, Dannywell Ltd., has been appointed as the first Authorised Reseller in the UK for DITA Exchange. DITA Exchange is a complete, web-based, content collaboration platform for small, medium and large companies and organizations everywhere, based on Microsoft Office SharePoint 2007 and the DITA open standard. DITA Exchange is developed by Content Technologies ApS of Denmark.
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Posted on June 12th, 2008 at 12:00pm —
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XML in the service of crime
Well not really. But read my blog at http://theblockheadblog.blogspot.com/2008/05/xml-in-service-of-crime.html
Posted on May 7th, 2008 at 3:10pm —
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Writing by numbers
Last night I wrote an article on my blog about readability formulas. It was prompted by a link to an article in the Wall Street Journal, which reminded me of a longer and more strident attack written by Martin Cutts.
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Posted on March 16th, 2008 at 7:13am —
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Glad to see that you made it safely home. Hope the trip wasn't too exhausting!
It was a pleasure meeting you at the STC Summit in Philly. Hope we'll be able to keep up our conversation over this long distance!
Cheers!
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Thank you for the invitation. I've accepted. I hope all is well for you and yours. :)
Though when work gets really hectic, of course everything else goes by the board. Last year I had to delay moving house by a week in order to get a strategically vital demo finished!
I keep looking into STC and similar organisations, and getting distracted.
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