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Profile
- Job Title:
- President
- Company Name:
- Hyper/Word Services
- About Me:
- Now in my 29th year in tech comm, and my 23rd in hypertext, online help, online documentation, and related technologies like single sourcing and structured authoring.
- Website:
- http://www.hyperword.com
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How does this affect my consulting work?
From one perspective, not at all. You're still doing the same kind of work and generating the same kinds of output using the same kinds of features - variables, snippets, conditionality, etc.
But from another perspective, it has affected the consulting and training that I offer in two ways. I have to explain what it is so that if you later wind up in front of a client who's asking for multi-channel publishing, you'll know what that client is talking about and can respond coherently. I also have to be sure that you can watch this new development in case it eventually does diverge from traditional single sourcing and develop its own tools and methodologies.
I'm relieved to find that we are keeping up with the latest approaches (if not the latest names for them).
Tell me about how this relates to your consulting work. Are you helping clients to set up single-sourcing/multi-channel publishing solutions?
No doubt! It is interesting, but it's sometimes hard to know where to focus my energy and attention. It seems like there's always so much more to learn than I can keep up with. That is the best boredom prevention though. And I know I'm not alone.
Now excuse me, I have to go find out what multi-channel publishing is. ;)
Laura
Maud
Most recently I appreciated your Accounting 101 article in the last Intercom and I am looking forward to the follow-up in the next issue. That is an area of business that I understand very little about. And I always read your "bleeding edge" articles. Good stuff! :)
P.S. I'll try to get a picture up soon.
I certainly remember you. And it was a very enjoyable conference. What are you doing now?
Neil
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