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Google Blogoscopedhttp://blogoscoped.com/archive/2008-06-23-n87.html [Google Blogoscoped] The first trick was getting the HTML files out of Google Docs. For this, I wrote a simple module (GDoc.pm) that could authenticate itself to Google and request a zipped Google document, which includes the HTML file and images.

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I'd Rather Be Writing - Tom Johnsonhttp://www.idratherbewriting.com/2008/06/26/myths-myths-myths-about-technical-writing/ [I'd Rather Be Writing - Tom Johnson] Myths, Myths, Myths about Technical Writing: Many job ads say you have to know RoboHelp, Photoshop, CSS, HTML, Javascript, C Sharp, InDesign, Dreamweaver, DITA, XML, XHTML, and so on. But really, if you have strong domain knowledge about an industry, that knowledge can be a lot .

Indounderground's Webloghttp://indounderground.wordpress.com/2008/06/20/the-top-50-proprietary-programs-that-drive-you-crazy-%E2%80%94-and-their-open-source-alternatives/ [Indounderground's Weblog] The Top 50 Proprietary Programs that Drive You Crazy ”” and Their ...: Microsoft Paint to Tux Paint: While not a serious graphics program, it is widely used by many computer users, mostly children Try Tux Paint instead of Paint, as this open source product stands apart from typical graphics people edit software (such as GIMP or Photoshop) in that it was designed to be usable by children as young as 16 months of age. The user interface is meant to be intuitive, and utilizes icons, audible feedback and textual hints to help explain how the software works.

digital digshttp://alexreid.typepad.com/digital_digs/2008/05/open-source-and.html [digital digs] open source and software ecologies: E.g., I can put in my typepad account, my pbwiki account, my twitter info, etc. Then I write something in my word processor, I push a button, and up it goes.

JoeBusterhttp://www.joebuster.com/2008/05/web-links-favorites.html [JoeBuster] Web Links - Favorites: 1UP; 360surface; 360Sync; 360voice; A Tree Falling in the Forest; A9; AboutUs; ActionScript Org; Activision; Adobe - ActionScript Technology Center; Adobe - Flash Developer Center; Adobe - Forums; Adobe - Help Resource Center ...

Jon Bishop's Bloghttp://blog.bishport.com/2008/03/google-docs-for-desktop.html [Jon Bishop's Blog] Google Docs for Desktop: So while wandering around the Print OnDemand Expo in Boston I bumped into a small Google booth. So in conversation I was told that Google will be releasing a desktop version of Google Documents and Spreadsheets.

Barry Baldwin[Barry Baldwin] Six Fresh Ideas for Documentation 2.0: @page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } H1 { margin-bottom: 0.08in } H1.western { font-family: “Arial”, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt } H1.cjk { font-family: “MS Mincho”; font-size: 16pt } H1.ctl ...

Wiredomain[Wiredomain] Top 50 Programs That Drive you Crazy ”” and Their Open Source ...: Adobe GoLive CS2 to Mozilla SeaMonkey: GoLive is an integral part of the Adobe Creative Suites products, so it works with your InDesign documents and allows those documents to be converted to Web pages. But, you might want to try .

The Online Life Knowledge Experimenthttp://www.jaimeviniciusbarros.com/2008/04/features-specific-to-mac-or-pc-ask.html [The Online Life Knowledge Experiment] Features Specific to the Mac (or PC)? [Ask The Readers] - SendMeRSS: as someone else mentioned above - the OS is mattering less and less (except for games) as most apps have a couterpart on the web - meebo chat, google docs, google mail, mosy online backups, pandora and last fm for music, hulu and joost .

Dissent Manifestohttp://dissentmanifesto.wordpress.com/2008/06/24/freesoftware/ [Dissent Manifesto] Never Pay for Software: PDFCreator is an application for converting documents into Portable Document Format (PDF) format on Microsoft Windows operating system. Once installed, it allows the user to select PDFCreator as their printer, allowing almost any .

MAKE Magazinehttp://blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/06/how_we_made_google_apps_h.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890 [MAKE Magazine] How we made Google Apps Hacks: One of the tricky parts for us was getting the chapters into InDesign, the book layout program we use for our books and magazines. I know where we were coming from - Google Docs' HTML format - and where we were going to - InDesign's tagged text format.

Words on the Water | A Madison Writer's Blog[Words on the Water | A Madison Writer's Blog] How to Manage Creative People, Part Two: In Part One of this article, I covered why it was important to have different management styles for creative people, and I addressed some management tips that can help shape projects in positive ways. Here are some more tips and the .

O'Reilly XML Bloghttp://www.oreillynet.com/xml/blog/2007/12/xml_conf_2007_second_day.html [O'Reilly XML Blog] XML Conf 2007 Second Day: What’s changed is that the requirements are actually supported by products today, whereas earlier products were extremely focused on the web, had XML as a bolt-on rather than nicely integrated, and users didn’t have many choices for editors. Today we have both web CMSs and XML CMSs (Alfresco), native XML CMSs (RSuite), mature print capabilities via XSL-FO and InDesign/Framemaker integration, and a variety of editing options.

blog.known[blog.known] CAN WE GET OUR HEADS INTO THE CLOUD?: http://nett.com.au/marketing/search/google-vs-microsoft-vs-yahoo-/129.html The content of the article wasn't particularly what interested me but it was the answers given when asked about the future of the internet and what each player ...

www.frmedya.com Blog Arşivi[www.frmedya.com Blog Arşivi] 212 256×256 Vista Style Icons: (NEW-REDISIGNED) PHOTOSHOP FOLDER - (NEW-REDISIGNED) ILLUSTRATOR FOLDER - INDESIGN FOLDER - MUSIC FOLDER - SCANNED DOCUMENTS FOLDER - VISTA THEMES FOLDER - RINGTONES FOLDER - LOCKED FOLDER - FAXED DOCUMENTS FOLDER - FOLDER WITH PENCILE .

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