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Thursday, January 11, 2010
"Writing
in the Open: Using Wikis to Create
Documentation"
By Jeffrey Gardiner
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Program
Description
Covering information from Sun Microsystem's newly published
style guide of the same name, Jeffrey will discuss the advantages
and disadvantages of using a wiki for product documentation;
suggestions about document structure, organization, and navigation;
how to encourage collaboration and participation by community
members; and other topics. Join us for this exciting, cutting
edge topic.
 Listen
to a podcast of this program
on your computer, or an mp3 player such as an iPod.
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About our Presenter
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Jeffrey Gardiner has managed technical
writers, authoring and publishing tools developers,
editors, and production staff at Sun Microsystems. He
managed the development of Read Me First: A Style
Guide for the Computer Industry and a complementary
series of best practices guides, including Writing
in the Open: Using Wikis to Create Documentation.
He has co-authored an STC India (2008) paper on "Editing
in the Open" and has taught the "Introduction
to Technical Editing" course for the University
of California at Berkeley Extension program on technical
communication.
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