Society for Technical Communication (STC) Regional Conference
Session: Web 2.0 and Its Impact on Technical Communication
Description
The Semantic Web is coming. And it's bringing with it major changes to the way we create, manage, deliver, consume, and share technical information. In this session we'll examine how Web 2.0 tools and technologies are changing the technical communication landscape. Discover how Web 2.0 methods make it possible for us to deliver “content as a service” and to empower our customers to slice and dice technical content in useful and exciting new ways.
Our Closing Speaker, Scott Abel is a content management strategist and structured content evangelist, whose strengths lie in helping organizations improve the way they author, maintain, publish, and archive their information assets. Scott's website, TheContentWrangler.com, is a popular online resource for technical writers with an interest in content management. A founding member of Content Management Professionals (www.cmpros.org), Scott currently serves as Executive Director of the organization. In his free time, he runs several technical communication industry conferences, including the Documentation and Training conference series (www.doctrain.com).
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| Date: | Friday, October 12, 2007 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM |
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| Track: | Closing Keynote |
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By: John Mullinax
on Oct 12 2007 at 02:19 PM EDT
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Entertaining overview of web 2.0 concepts
Scott did a pretty good job of with what is an increasingly broad topic. He showed a lot of great examples, and I enjoyed the talk. The Viddler.com stuff he showed on video documentation was especially interesting. Nothing wrong with the other examples Scott chose, but I think in some case there are better exmplars. For example, Yahoo Pipes is interesting, but http://www.Popfly.com is much more interesting. Full disclosure: I work for Microsoft, and have blogged on Popfly here: http://blogs.msdn.com/johnmullinax/archive/2007/06/04/want-more-info-on-popfly.aspx. But it's not just me that says Popfly blows Yahoo Pipes away -- it's also TechCrunch and Chris Pirillo (http://chris.pirillo.com/2007/05/18/popfly-microsoft-gets-an-a/). If there were three key takeaways, I would say there are these: 1. Web 2.0 is about empowering users in ways that create value for them. 2. Web 2.0 is about giving up control, with all the risks and benefits that implies. 3. You are (probably!) not psychic :-) Nice job Scott! |
