Archive for February 2006

This site needs a Tampa specific pic

Feb 27th, 2006 | By Tom Johnson | Category: News

This site needs a Tampa-specific picture. I know this, but unfortunately I don’t have one. If you have a picture that looks like something you might see in Florida, send it to me. I may have to add a tint of green to it to make it fit in with the theme of this site.



Suncoast Chapter to Host Regional Conference?

Feb 26th, 2006 | By Mark Hanigan | Category: Discussion

Hi all -
This is my first blog posting. For those who were at the January meeting, you may have heard me mention that we have an opportunity to be the host chapter of a regional conference.
This conference would be cohosted by the Instructional Design and Learning SIG. Tentatively, it would take place sometime in late [...]



Finding Technical Writing as a Career

Feb 26th, 2006 | By Dan Berman | Category: Discussion

There were several very interesting posts in the January/February timeframe regarding the meandering path some of the STC-Suncoast members traversed enroute to becoming technical writers. That reminded me that several years ago one of my sisters, living on the other side of the universe from the Florida Gulf Coast area, in Portland Maine, a fishing [...]



March Meeting — Honoring FTCC Winners, Judges, & Coordinators

Feb 21st, 2006 | By Tom Johnson | Category: Meetings

At this meeting, we will honor our FTCC winners, judges, and coordinators. In addition, our FTCC winners will host tables to share their winning documents and ideas about document creation and design.
After presenting our winners with their awards, attendees will be able to circulate among the tables to share and discuss ideas about document creation [...]



Posting from Mozilla with Deepest Sender plugin

Feb 18th, 2006 | By Tom Johnson | Category: Discussion

I am sending this post from Deepest Sender, a plugin for Mozilla Firefox. This is quite an amazing tool. I can actually post content to my site and edit that content — and receive that content — without ever visiting the site! What a phenomenon.



Call for Nominations

Feb 16th, 2006 | By Tom Johnson | Category: News

The nominating committee of the Suncoast Chapter is calling for nominations for the 2006—2007 chapter officers. Nominees must be professional members of the Suncoast Chapter interested in serving the chapter for a one-year term starting in May 2006. The following list of offices descries the principle tasks for each officer position.



Blogs as content management systems

Feb 15th, 2006 | By Tom Johnson | Category: Discussion

Although many people think blogs serve as online journals only, they actually have evolved into mini-content management systems. What do I mean by this? I mean the entire site can be designed using blogging software. When I add content to the site, I simply select the category that the post should appear in. The links [...]



Register anytime — Using FrameMaker and DITA

Feb 13th, 2006 | By Tom Johnson | Category: Meetings

Online Training On demand. Any time.
This new webinar is designed to helped users understand what the Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) is and how they might use it with FrameMaker. FrameMaker 7.2 includes some DITA support, which is covered in this webinar. Some of the components of this webinar relate specifically to DITA and may [...]



Participating in STC Can Enrich Your Professional Life

Feb 10th, 2006 | By Tom Johnson | Category: News

It’s almost March and time to elect a new slate of chapter officers. Give some serious thought to volunteering for one of the officer positions or one of the many other positions that support the smooth operation of a chapter—it can enrich your professional life as well as your personal life. There are many benefits [...]



FTCC Competition Winners Announced

Feb 10th, 2006 | By Tom Johnson | Category: News

The 2005 Winners have been announced! See who won this year’s FTCC competition.



February Meeting — Neil Perlin

Feb 10th, 2006 | By Tom Johnson | Category: Meetings

Dear Suncoast members: I’m so pleased to announce our February 2nd Suncoast meeting speaker, Neil Perlin (time and directions at the end of the e-mail).



Why Podcasting Will Take Off

Feb 7th, 2006 | By Tom Johnson | Category: Discussion

Podcasts are simply audio content in MP3 formats, which are syndicated online similar to the way blogs are syndicated. Podcasts often consist of interviews, conferences, radio shows, narrations, or the latest news. One of the hottest podcasting sites is IT Conversations, a site that specializes in IT-related podcasts.
For example, one show I recently listened to [...]