Communications from DMN

The Yes, we’re still alive edition

• Whose job is content?
• An interesting interview Google’s #usability boss
• Scott Abel on technical communication’s greatest challenge for 2012: thinking differently about being different
• Getting good reviews from remote teams
• Keith Soltys reviews The Secret Life of Word

Another stuff by folks we like edition.

• Bill Kerschbaum on why the iPad user guide matters
• Tom Johnson discusses the move from tech writing to content marketing
• A case study in minimalism from TechScribe
• Anne Gentle on some wiki best practices from the Wikia content team
• Sarah Maddox looks at style guides

The book review edition.

• Andrea Altenburg looks at Help! For Writers
• Keith Soltys reviews Effective On Screen Editing
• Bill Kerschbaum gets enchanted by Enchantment
• Scott Nesbitt (yes, him …) delves into The Little Guide to Un-Procrastination
• Rhonda Bracey briefly surveys The Compass

• What to consider when building user assistance for mobile devices used by field workers
• Wizards vs. forms
• 4 types of content metrics that matter
• 12 most effective strategies for corporate blog curation
• Anne Gentle shares some stories from the Google Summer of Code doc summit

• What one tech writer learned from software developers
• 4 types of content metrics that matter
• Can we make an interface too usable?
• Is it time to say goodbye to track changes?
• A look at the agile upside of XML. Lessons for tech comm here

The content strategy and usability edition.

• Important traits for content strategists
• A beginner’s guide to content modeling
• Which is more important when designing a Web site: style or usability?
• Some definitions of terms related to usability
• Rethinking user research and usability testing for the social Web