[Twitter] 11 mistakes newbies should avoid http://ping.fm/IlXle

[TechComm] DITA Europe Conference http://ping.fm/fWDvL

[Social Media] If you follow me exploits here, you may like to follow me on Facebook as well http://ping.fm/6rVdX

[Information Visualization] Where's a good chart at when you need it? http://ping.fm/HwELi

[Marketing] A marketers dream: Hand Sanitizer Sales Clean Up Amid Flu Concerns http://bit.ly/2kjpA

[Social Media] Britney's Spears website http://ping.fm/qGAL4 moderates comments so only good ones appear (her new video sucks)

[Television] Internet Protocol Television: Is it the wave of the future for TV? http://iptv.tmcnet.com/

[Social Media] Flattered to be featured in an upcoming article by @JackMolisani about what he learned about social media at #lavacon.

[Internet radio] Personalized radio via the web http://stitcher.com/

[Facebook] As they say, "All your Facebook features, directly from your browser"... well, unless you're on a Mac. #fail http://bit.ly/1R4v4U

[Video Content] Ultra cool example of a user-generated video-powered website; elegant! http://ping.fm/Rmevo

[FTP] Thanks @TomJohnson for recommending free FTP software http://ping.fm/PUFhq

[Intelligent Content] Reserve your room now for Intelligent Content 2010 @ The Parker Palm Springs http://bit.ly/9iCfv

[Intelligent Content] The roster of presenters has been posted for Intelligent Content 2010 in Palm Springs, Feb 25-26 http://bit.ly/1eIZQi

[Email/Contact Management] Liking the new http://ping.fm/Z61n9 home page; now let's see what's inside

[TechComm] Just got invited to speak on The Future of Technical Communication in Orlando this January. Thanks to Twitter for another gig!

[Geek Gifts] Wouldn't it be mega nifty if you had your own robot that you could control from anywhere on the Internet? http://bit.ly/ZmO7k

[Geek Gifts] Caffeinated Brownie Mix: You may never sleep again http://ping.fm/fpsWz

[Intelligent Content] Using Technology to Help Ease Traffic http://bit.ly/1yGLuw

[Training] Ideas for Cities: Learning Rewards http://bit.ly/1fkkB7

[Localization] Multilingual international business exec w/ 25+ years biz management exp seeks position http://ping.fm/OPnfj

[Facebook] When is it appropriate to change Facebook status from 'dating' to 'in a relationship'? http://ping.fm/EIL3r

[Sports] Soccer (aka Football) fans check out http://ping.fm/zY4bj - great site!

[Cloud Computing] L.A. votes to "Go Google"; pressure shifts to Google and the cloud http://bit.ly/c7hsb

[TechComm] Why do XML and CMS vendors avoid talking about content strategy? It's likely because they don't have one themselves. LOL

[Translation] Lack of translators @ FBI: Backlog of unexamined documents/audio files relating to terrorism is growing http://bit.ly/1j6lkG

[Multilingualism] Is the U.S. market “mature” when it comes to embracing multilingualism? Not by a long shot. http://bit.ly/167qFh

[Content Management] In progress - Open Text Content World annual conference: http://ping.fm/kCxOp

[Jobs] Contract Instructional Designers (Denver, CO) Job # CO550 http://bit.ly/2AoJjB

[Jobs] Contract Technical Illustrator (Atlanta, GA) Job # GA770 http://bit.ly/2Z09YE

[Translation/TechComm] 10 Irresistible Potholes that Writers find on the Road to Globalization http://bit.ly/28Pg90

[Social Media] Wendy's builds socially-enabled site; Twitter tweets and YouTube videos featured http://ping.fm/pSPJz

[eCommerce] Chargify is an online payment service API that enables recurring billing http://ping.fm/sqYfA

[Augmented Reality] layar.com/api/ is augmented reality app that displays real-time info on top of images from your mobile phone camera

[Automated PDF] Doculicious.com is a web service for creating online web forms that output PDF files. http://ping.fm/Wxy2p

[Local News] http://outside.in claims to provide local search results; my search for Palm Springs returned only outdated info (hardy news)

[Intelligent Content] What’s All This Talk About Intelligent Content? http://bit.ly/2Slffa

[Web Content Problems] Oops! When Web Forms Disclose Personal Information http://bit.ly/1wLzLw

[Innovation] Survey: 84% view innovation as critical; only 49% have put in place any formal process to manage innovation http://bit.ly/v3MXh

[Jobs] Nokia is looking for a Visual Designer http://bit.ly/T057b (Burnaby, BC)

[Jobs] Senior User Experience Program manager (Burnaby, BC) http://bit.ly/2pOer4

[Plain Language] Bank of America attempts to repair image w/ use of clear and simple language http://bit.ly/4AiEyw

[Publishing] Do Authors Still Need Publishers? http://bit.ly/32gqcj

[TechComm] Indiana #STC Board considers dissolving chapter; Can't find value in maintaining relationship with organization (details later)

[eBook Readers] QUE proReader by Plastic Logic to be Sold in Barnes & Noble Stores http://ping.fm/Bg1XM

[Training] Three Windows 7 Training video tips (free) http://ping.fm/6swY7

[Localization] Localization and Translation Thailand, Dec 2-4, Bangkok, Thailand http://ping.fm/IxDof

[Localization] 16 localized versions of Facebook in less than 6 months; now @ 60 & rising. How did Facebook do it? http://bit.ly/ZgSiP

[Localization] LISA China Focus, Nov 16-18, 2009 Beijing, China --> http://bit.ly/4qv0fH

[#travel] I'm using gogo, the in-flight internet service to say hello at 30,000 ft to my peeps at #lavacon in New Orleans. Be safe, have fun

[#lavacon] Goodbye my peeps! Had a great time. See you @STC April 1 event! :) My topic: DITA to Holographic Markup Language

[#lavacon] http://ping.fm/9SFDA are content conversion and eBook creation/management, digital publishing specialists

[#lavacon] @sarahokeefe "It's the stuff users can't figure out that they need access to"

RT @bigfuel Pew reports that Americans keep friends up-to-date with social sites more than any other service: http://ow.ly/wtXQ

[#lavacon] @sarahokeefe "Finding information is cheap and or free; what's scarce is expertise"

[#lavacon] @sarahokeefe "If your community has different priorities then you need a new marketing plan"

[#lavacon] @sarahokeefe "The community has its own priorities that may not match up w/ your marketing plan"

[#lavacon] @sarahokeefe "Write good content; once they decide your content is junk, you're done"

[#lavacon] @sarahokeefe "You have to earn your influence; you have to be transparent, honest"

[#lavacon] @sarahokeefe "You really don't have any choice to listen to users nowadays"

[#lavacon] @sarahokeefe "The role of a corporate wiki: organize, seed content, encourage participation"

[#lavacon] @sarahokeefe "If you are interested in learning about wikis check out Stewart Mader" @slmader & www.futurechanges.org/stewart/

[#lavacon] @sarahokeefe says MarkLogic CEO Dave Kellog (@ramblingman) has a good approach to a corporate blog

[#lavacon] @sarahokeefe Dave Kellogg, CEO of MarkLogic has a great blog: http://ping.fm/LlF34

[#lavacon] @sarahokeefe "You need to write a blog that actually communicates and has something valuable to say"

[#lavacon] @sarahokeefe "The corporate role in forums: Organize, Moderate, and Respond Occasionally"

[#lavacon] @sarahokeefe You need to understand Godwin's rule: http://ping.fm/jQuQ1's_law

[#lavacon] @sarahokeefe "If you don't provide the infrastructure for UGC, someone else will"

[#lavacon] @sarahokeefe "If you don't create a place for users to congregate, someone else will come along and do it"

[#lavacon] @sarahokeefe "If they are going to talk about your stuff, give them a place to do it and gather"

[#lavacon] @sarahokeefe "You can't stop people from talking about your product"

[#lavacon] @sarahokeefe "Your job is to make sure your content is out there competing with the content users create"

[#lavacon] @sarahokeefe "Google a procedure you know your users have a problem with; what shows up?"

[#lavacon] @sarahokeefe "If it doesn't exist on Google, it doesn't exist"

[#lavacon] @sarahokeefe "Search can be your friend; content must be public and optimized for discovery"

[#lavacon] @sarahokeefe "You have to pay attention to search. If you write content and none can find it, then it doesn't exist"

[#lavacon] @sarahokeefe "Communication is now many-to-many instead of one-to-many""

[#lavacon] @sarahokeefe "Official content now must compete with user-generated content"

[#lavacon] @sarahokeefe "What's the worst thing that can happen?" See: http://ping.fm/7DtxZ (5,787,991 views)

[#lavacon] @sarahokeefe "From a corporate point of view, UGC is pretty scary"

[#lavacon] @sarahokeefe "Publishing used to be limited to people who had access to a printing press"

[#lavacon] @sarahokeefe session: "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: Strategies for Integrating User Generated Content"

[#lavacon] Consider attending "Is XML Right for You?" w/ Sarah O'Keefe & "Throwing The Elephant: Zen & The Art of Managing Up"
w/Emma Hamer

[#lavacon] Preparing for my presentation this morning, "eBooks and the Future of Publishing" in the Technical Communication & Training track

[#lavacon] Just preparing for my 2.5 hour Twitter workshop at LavaCon, New Orleans. 150+ attendees expected at this year's event.

[#lavacon] Those who attend the Twitter workshop today, remember your laptops! We'll be using the web to test drive Twitter.

[#lavacon] Just had great breakfast chat with @EmmaHamer at Lavacon. Looking forward to my Twitter workshop this afternoon.

[Publishing] Nielsen BookScan to Produce Bestseller Book Charts for The Wall Street Journal (no mention of eBooks) http://bit.ly/2ZWLH0

[Television] New web-based television network http://ping.fm/c3uOR

[Mobile Apps] Beyond the goofy games is a world of useful programs that's making fortunes and changing the rules of business http://bit.ly/1Hb84m

[iPhone] Volkswagen plays iPhone app game to build buzz for new car model http://ping.fm/QeegB

[Social Media] Honda makes 2 million friends through Facebook push http://ping.fm/ibuCD

[Life Sciences] The search engine for life sciences research --> http://ping.fm/OKXur

[Content Reuse] Quickly, easily set up and publish your own content widget from research paper libraries http://ping.fm/zAOYj

[Digital Publishing] PaperPlane allows users to get PDF instantly from any PubMed results page http://ping.fm/MhoMT

[TechComm] Ambiguous language kills: Another good reason for technical communicators to adopt controlled English http://bit.ly/2ojBdz

[Accessibility Lawsuits] Blind Texas employees file lawsuit against state, Oracle (2007) http://bit.ly/3r6I8G

[TechComm] Liability for Defective Content: Legal Grounds for Holding Publishers Accountable http://ping.fm/jXm1u

[Publishing] Really Strategies Recognized as a Best Place to Work for 6th Year in a Row http://ping.fm/u2EJa

[Music] Great site for lovers of dance music of many styles: http://ping.fm/YegKQ

[Jargon] "Technochondria" = fear of new technology (there's much too much of this in the business world)

[#locworld] "The localization process -- with most projects we're trying to get the content in XML" - Aaron Schliem (Glyph Language Service)

[#locworld] "AppleGlot allows you to maintain exact matches, but it's also fairly manual" - Aaron Schliem (Glyph Language Service)

[#locworld] "AppleGlot is a tool designed to organize internationalizing workflow" - Aaron Schliem (Glyph Language Service)

[#locworld] "There are alternative strategies...some clients provide content at runtime in XML" - Aaron Schliem (Glyph Language Service)

[#locworld] "We use command line tools to create the apps and hand over to translation team" - Boyd Timothy (Appigo)

[#locworld] "It's important that your UI looks good in every language that you translate into" - Boyd Timothy (Appigo)

[#locworld] "Waiting til the end to do translation is a bad idea" - Aaron Schliem (Glyph Language Service)

[#locworld] "Xcode is the IDE we use to create code for iPhone apps" - Aaron Schliem (Glyph Language Service)

[#locworld] "There are two types of content - user interface and source code" - Aaron Schliem (Glyph Language Service)

[#locworld] "There are two levels of testing on iPhone (emulator and device testing)" - Aaron Schliem (Glyph Language Service)

[#locworld] "Revenue before localization was 55% US; after localization the ratio flipped to 45% US / 55% non-US" - Boyd Timothy (Appigo)

[#locworld] "Our app, Appigo Todo is available in EN, FR, ES, IT, DE, SZH, TZH and more" - Boyd Timothy (Appigo)

[#locworld] "If you are a customer, you want your iPhone app to be localized into your native tongue" - Boyd Timothy (Appigo)

[#locworld] iPhone expected to take 13% share in EU market by Q2 2010 - Aaron Schliem (Glyph Language Service)

[#locworld] 6.5 million iPhones in China by Feb 2010 - Aaron Schliem (Glyph Language Service)

[#locworld] iPhone App Localization: Practical Advice for Global Applications; Boyd Timothy (Appigo), Aaron Schliem (Glyph Language Service)

[Advertising] US elections are big revenue earners for media that rely on ad buys; revenue expected to rise 11% in 2010 http://bit.ly/2GLaLL

[Findability] Stewart Mader on "Finding Key Information in a Streamlined Flow of Content" http://bit.ly/2Ggeaw

[#locworld] Looking forward to keynote later today, Chris Anderson, Editor-in-Chief, Wired Magazine http://bit.ly/1bLd8j

[#locworld] Next session (drum roll!) "iPhone App Localization — Practical Advice for Successful Global Applications" - this should be great

[#locworld] "We're working on spell-checking...we'll be adding more features as we go along" - Michael Galvez, Google Translator Toolkit

[#locworld] "We're actually in the process of fixing the TOS so it's more clear" - Michael Galvez, Google Translator Toolkit

[#locworld] "If you want us to support any specific formats, please share that with us" - Michael Galvez, Google Translator Toolkit

[#locworld] "You can customize a glossary, but not the dictionary" - Michael Galvez, Google Translator Toolkit

[#locworld] "The dictionary is Google-defined multi-lingual dictionary" - Michael Galvez, Google Translator Toolkit

[#locworld] "The AdWords piece is how we'll make money on translation" - Michael Galvez, Google Translator Toolkit

[#locworld] "There is no quality control of translation...other than the ratings" - Michael Galvez, Google Translator Toolkit

[#locworld] "Shortcomings...we don't allow you to download your translation memories right now" - Michael Galvez, Google Translator Toolkit

[#locworld] "I like the collaboration features...sharing, some others we'll integrate soon" - Michael Galvez, Google Translator Toolkit

[#locworld] "Currently, our tools are not as good as some of the professional tools out there" - Michael Galvez, Google Translator Toolkit

[#locworld] "We are targeting amateurs and professional translators" - Michael Galvez, Google Translator Toolkit

[#locworld] "You can translate Google keywords, but you really need to inspect the translation" - Michael Galvez, Google Translator Toolkit

[Twitter] Thanks Twitter support for getting my tweets back into search and the public timeline! I really appreciate the help.

[#locworld] "You can upload a glossary" - Michael Galvez, Google Translator Toolkit

[#locworld] "We think that your data is yours" - Michael Galvez, Google Translator Toolkit

[#locworld] "You can gray out exact matches (matches that came from machine translation)" - Michael Galvez, Google Translator Toolkit

[#locworld] "A glossary is provided to help disambiguate terminology" - Michael Galvez, Google Translator Toolkit

[#locworld] "The heart of what we are trying to do is create universally accessible information" - Michael Galvez, Google Translator Toolkit

[#locworld] "We're making more integrations with other sites (not just Wikipedia)" - Michael Galvez, Google Translator Toolkit

[#locworld] "We allow translators to share translation content and collaborate online together" - Michael Galvez, Google Translator Toolkit

[#locworld] "The idea is to give translators a one-stop shop for translation tools" - Michael Galvez, Google Translator Toolkit

[#locworld] "Translators can rate the machine translations in the memory" - Michael Galvez, Google Translator Toolkit

[#locworld] The Google translation presentation is the most amazing thing I've seen at Localization World - Scott Abel

[#locworld] "You can also create a private translation memory" - Michael Galvez, Google Translator Toolkit

[#locworld] "There's no point in keeping translation memory private for Wikipedia" - Michael Galvez, Google Translator Toolkit

[#locworld] "Wikipedia translations are saved automatically to our translation memory" - Michael Galvez, Google Translator Toolkit

[#locworld] "You can upload file from computer, point it to a webpage, or a Wikipedia article" - Michael Galvez, Google Translator Toolkit

[#locworld] I expect Google to make a major impact in the translation tool market. - Scott Abel

[#locworld] "Translator Toolkit includes direct publishing to Wikipedia" - Michael Galvez, Google Translator Toolkit

[#locworld] "File types supported HTML, ODT, RTF, Word, AdWords" - Michael Galvez, Google Translator Toolkit

[#locworld] "Cultural flows - an interconnectedness of global media technologies and the rise of the web" - Nitish Singh

[#locworld] "Another important megatrend is convergence - an amalgamation of the previously separate" - Nitish Singh

[#locworld] "Cultural flows - an interconnectedness of global media technologies and the rise of the web" - Nitish Singh

[#locworld] "US really needs to define it's competitive advantages" - Nitish Singh

[#locworld] "Today China and India graduate 500,000 engineers and scientists compared to US 70,000" - Nitish Singh

[#locworld] Google rolls out 285 new languages http://ping.fm/xDVhs

[#locworld] "Almost 1 billion new consumers are predicted in emerging markets by 2015" - Nitish Singh

[#locworld] "The most happy country in the world is Denmark; least happy is Italy" - Nitish Singh

[#locworld] "GNH stands for gross national happiness" - Nitish Singh

[#locworld] "Quality of life is another driving force behind globalization" - Nitish Singh

[#locworld] "The globalization index measures economic integration and political engagement" - Nitish Singh

[#locworld] "Globalization is a megatrend - impacts what consumers consume and what corporations produce" - Nitish Singh

[#locworld] "Globalization is a megatrend - constantly evolving toward an idea of global integration" - Nitish Singh

[#locworld] "Global megatrends give us powerful insights into the future." - Nitish Singh

[#locworld] "Global megatrends impact our geo-political, social, cultural, and technological future" - Nitish Singh

[#locworld] "Global megatrends are overarching global forces that will transform the future" - Nitish Singh

[#locworld] "Chinese GDP will exceed US GDP by mid-century" - Nitish Singh

[#locworld] "99% of South Koreans shop online" - Nitish Singh

[#locworld] "Another megatrend: Threenagers - People in their 30s that act like teenagers" - Nitish Singh

[#locworld] "Buddhism is fastest growing religion in US" - Nitish Singh

[#locworld] "Megatrends have the power to influence consumers lives across countries, industries, social classes, age groups" - Nitish Singh

[#locworld] "I'm into Lady Gaga; still don't know whether she is a guy or a girl" - Nitish Singh

[#locworld] Now attending "Global Megatrends: Convergence of Globalization, Internet and Innovation" with Nitish Singh

[#locworld] An experiment disguised as an advertising school - interesting work from Wieden + Kennedy http://www.wk12.com/

[#locworld] Wordfast Anywhere (beta) free, web-based translation memory tool: http://ping.fm/Q6yOm

[#locworld] Centre for Next Generation Localisation http://www.cngl.ie/

[#locworld] Centre for Next Generation Localisation http://www.cngl.ie/

[#locworld] GlobalSight: collaborative, open source initiative to develop a flexible/sustainable TM System http://ping.fm/QJG94

[#locworld] GlobalSight: collaborative, open source initiative to develop a flexible/sustainable TM System http://ping.fm/ERYlj

[#locworld] Rosetta Foundation advances rights of people to access life-critical info in native languages http://bit.ly/4bY0jq

[#locworld] Free trial Wordfast Pro - platform-independent translation memory tool: http://ping.fm/EFpBK

[#locworld] Next session: Global Megatrends: Convergence of Globalization, Internet and Innovation with Niitish Singh http://bit.ly/1hXWuo

[#locworld] XO Manual is ready for translation to Sinahala, you can find it here:
http://ping.fm/PGHRr

[#locworld] "Germany is 91% German" - Dave Luhr http://www.wk.com/

[#locworld] "Japan is 99.4% Japanese" - Dave Luhr http://www.wk.com/

[#locworld] "Do your homework with translations" - Dave Luhr http://www.wk.com/

[#locworld] "It is clearly important to respect the local culture when operating outside the US" - Dave Luhr http://www.wk.com/

[#locworld] "Expect a three year investment. Don't expect profit off-the-bat." - Dave Luhr http://www.wk.com/

[#locworld] "Hire people at the top who are respected locally" - Dave Luhr http://www.wk.com/

[#locworld] "It's really important not to transplant people from our culture into the new environment" - Dave Luhr http://www.wk.com/

[#locworld] "Pick your market very, very carefully...It's very important you pick the right cities" - Dave Luhr http://www.wk.com/

[#locworld] "Tokyo is an incredible market; what we try to do in Toyko is attract people who are bi-cultural" - Dave Luhr http://www.wk.com/

[#locworld] "India is an interesting place to do business. India is a bit of an acquired taste" - Dave Luhr http://www.wk.com/

[#locworld] "China is a very easy place to do business; only hard thing is there was no advertising there" - Dave Luhr http://www.wk.com/

[#locworld] "The winning recipe: 1/3 culture, 1/3 the host city; 1/3 whoever runs the office" - Dave Luhr http://www.wk.com/

[#locworld] "It really helps to be young and naive" - Dave Luhr http://www.wk.com/

[#locworld] "We built a micronetwork....It's not about how many push pins you can put on your map." - Dave Luhr http://www.wk.com/

[#locworld] "Clients can't afford advertising campaigns in every country" - Dave Luhr http://www.wk.com/

[#locworld] "We're advertising people; we didn't go to school and learn how to manage people." - Dave Luhr http://www.wk.com/

[#locworld] "Don't buy your way into a market ... build an office from scratch" - Dave Luhr http://www.wk.com/

[#locworld] "Increasingly, Europeans are seeing themselves as Europeans" - Dave Luhr http://www.wk.com/

[#locworld] "Borders are becoming meaningless" - Dave Luhr http://www.wk.com/

[#locworld] "The first office we opened was in Amsterdam" - Dave Luhr http://www.wk.com/

[#locworld] "The work comes first" - Dave Luhr http://www.wk.com/

[#locworld] "Independence is key" - Dave Luhr

[#locworld] "It's a global market now" - Dave Luhr

[#locworld] "I think every company is going to be forced to go global" - Dave Luhr

[#locworld] "We never expected (or had the vision) to have offices in seven global markets - Dave Luhr

[#locworld] "I'm just a regular guy that works in the tech industry" - Dave Luhr

[#Twitter] @twitter -- My tweets are not showing up in search.twitter.com nor in the public timeline --> Please fix this!

[#locworld] Dinner tonight sponsored by @Lionbridge - $50 a person includes transportation to and from the venue -- a California winery

[#locworld] @Lionbridge is Gold sponsor of Localization World; Across is Silver sponsor; Milengo is Bronze sponsor

[#locworld] Donna Parish welcomes the crowd of 500+ attendees to Localization World 2009 Silicon Valley http://bit.ly/2oPJCh

[#locworld] My tweets are showing up in Twitter, Linkedin, MySpace, etc. but not on http://ping.fm/L0KKg (Twitter please fix this!)

[#locworld] Great party last night from conference sponsors @Lionbridge; bowling, food, drinks and fun

[#locworld] Getting ready to hear Dave Luhr (Wieden + Kennedy) speak about the technical & cultural issues of running a global business

[Blogging/Social Media] FTC Dec 1 Endorsement and Testimonials Guidelines http://ping.fm/VMl3y

[Social Media] Just got a great new client as a result of my Twitter tweets and social networking activities

[#locworld] Localization World now has a Facebook page http://bit.ly/VtEAQ

[#locworld] Looking forward to keynote presentation 10/22 from Chris Anderson, editor-in-chief of Wired magazine http://bit.ly/1bLd8j

[#locworld] Tonight I'll be attending the #lionbridge "Let's Roll" Party @ Three Hundred San Jose. Bowling, cocktail, cuisine and company

[Localization] Hanging out @ #locworld Silicon Valley. Pre-conf activities include workshops today, reception tonight. Sponsor: SimulTrans

Dec. 1, bloggers, Twitterers and others write online product reviews must disclose receipt of free merchandise/payment http://bit.ly/3vHXTU

[eBooks] Alex, the first Android e-Book Reader Is Coming http://bit.ly/2DUgOo

[eBooks] New Que eBook Reader - sleek, sexy and hot http://ping.fm/nUZ6n

[Marketing] Email Being Replaced by Social Networks? Not So Fast Wall St. Journal http://bit.ly/2LWo1D

[Presentations] Free webinar November 10: Why Bad Presentations Happen To Good Causes http://bit.ly/2urg1h

[Search] Open letter to US Dept of Justice asking for speedy approval of search pact between Microsoft and Yahoo http://bit.ly/2S1JkG

[TechComm] Why do I get tekom, the technical communication newsletter in German? How do I switch it to English?

[Localization] Follow me at Localization World Santa Clara today: http://ping.fm/K1cPD #locworld

[Content Management] UK-focused CMS Buyer's Guide http://ping.fm/OAP7C

[Localization] Heading to San Jose, CA for Localization World. Look for my updates via Twitter, etc http://ping.fm/3eDlo

[Software Marketing] Software company CEO gets conversation started by talking about the competition http://bit.ly/i0ZW - what do you think?

[Social Media Marketing] “Managing your personal brand online through social media” Nov 7, Vancouver, BC: http://bit.ly/1BrIQ4

[TechComm] Get registered for Lavacon 2009 New Orleans http://www.lavacon.org - just a few more days left

[Contest] Win a Kindle! Write essay: How can the User Experience Community support the future of sustainability? http://bit.ly/11ULEo

[Social Media] "The largest collection of well-educated brides and grooms" --> Wow! That's direct. http://ping.fm/fGGmx

[TechComm] (new link works!) Do you use Documentum w/ Adobe FrameMaker? http://ping.fm/yEINZ

[Corporate Responsibility] SAP helps deliver clean water to Ethiopia http://bit.ly/2vykOJ

[Social Networking] If you're not already, consider following me on Facebook http://ping.fm/yFf0s

[Photography] Scott Barnes on the newest cameras and their "near night vision' capabilities http://ping.fm/fp1L6

[Marketing] Content Marketing Playbook: http://ping.fm/XNzMf

[Software Marketing] Microsoft giving away another 777 copies of Windows 7 in the Netherlands http://bit.ly/1UIRXl

[Search Politics] Volunteer opportunity search engines accused of having liberal bias http://ping.fm/h9t9s

[Event Reminders/Travel] Keep your travel calendar in synch with Trip-it http://ping.fm/OwyTK

[Screen Shots] Snapz Pro X 2.2.1 --> free download: http://ping.fm/3L0Ab

[Graphics] Great logo and icon service: Vector, 3-D, SVG etc. http://ping.fm/RnQHt

[Content Management] There are some Documentum die-hards leaving EMC. Their reasons? http://bit.ly/2WQRh6

[RSS] Feedburner link to The Content Wrangler RSS feed is fixed (really! this tome LOL): http://ping.fm/Wj0h2

[XML] DITA is Open for Business - It's Not Just for TechComm Anymore: http://bit.ly/WsiHd

[Media Consumption] Time Spent Viewing Video Online Up 25% per Viewer http://bit.ly/3g2oUT

[Free Webinar] October 22, 1pm ET - Profitable Content Management - 3 Smart Strategies for Leveraging Content Assets http://bit.ly/4eHqL

Global Brand Sentiment Measurement Report: Apple has less positive sentiment than Nokia and Samsung. On what planet? http://bit.ly/GXQ27

[RSS] Feedburner link to The Content Wrangler RSS feed is fixed: feed://thecontentwrangler.com/feed/

[Web Advertising] Yahoo! "Sponsored Search" and "Content Match" Class Action Suit http://bit.ly/2hddt6 (interesting stuff!)

Anyone have any experience using TidyUp! on the Mac. I can't seem to figure this program out. Where is my user-generated documentation? LOL

[Advertising] UK Bellwether survey finds improved financial outlook in ad sector http://bit.ly/2MjOF4

[Advertising] Interactive map of proposals to restrict, curtail, eliminate tax deductibility of advertising http://bit.ly/ksu3r

[Publishing] Special Issues a Bright Spot for Magazines http://bit.ly/BNkMO

RT @ramblingman Save the date for the Mark Logic 2009 Federal Summit –- 11/18/09 at the Willard Hotel. http://bit.ly/qj0Yp

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[TechComm] Survey for FrameMaker and Documentum users: http://ping.fm/480P2

[Intelligent Content] What is Intelligent Content? And Why Won’t Scott Abel Shut Up About It? http://bit.ly/s0etI

[TechComm] Don't miss TechComm guru Rahel Bailie present Profitable Content Management http://bit.ly/4eHqL - free webinar 10/22/09

[TechComm] Do you work on documenting Apple products? If so, I'd like to chat with you about your work. Contact scottabel@mac.com

[ROI] Try the Intranet Confusion Cost Analyzer:
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[Apple] I'm looking for folks who work at Apple on eBook projects. Contact me at scottabel@mac.com.

[Translation] Twitter goes global; plans to use power of crowd to localize http://bit.ly/h8bFB

[Intranet] Intranet Confusion Cosy Analyzer: http://ping.fm/2vhEX

[Politics] Fox News anchor nearly died on air over "Obama prize". After 8 years of Bush, "Vengence is mine, thus sayeth the Lord of Hosts!"

[iPhone] Photoshop for iPhone: It's free and awesome http://bit.ly/3EW05I

[Marketing] Free Webinar - 3 Smart Strategies for Leveraging Content Assets in a Tight Market: 10/22/09
2PM EDT http://bit.ly/4eHqL

[TechComm] Successfully Moving to DITA by Ann Rockley http://bit.ly/EPWRs (TechComm Manager Newsletter)

[iPhone] I'm loving all the new apps coming out. They are getting more useful every day!

[TechComm] Dinner presentation @ Tucson STC Tonight: User-Generated Documentation, Hilton East, $10 STC members/$25 non includes dinner!

[TechComm] Estimating Technical Writing Projects http://ping.fm/dDIXd

[Social Media] Defense Department mulls allowing social media, putting spies in charge http://bit.ly/3Slk0O

[Social Networking] Dell takes social media companywide http://bit.ly/3ArjJG

[Social Shopping] Best Buy "Hint Helper" displays ads w/ friends' wish lists http://bit.ly/18eSEn

[Social Networking] Facebook Connect Wizard makes it easier to use Facebook to add social context to any site http://bit.ly/13qG6L

[Data Visualization] CEO Compensation Data Visualization Contest http://bit.ly/2fMOFz

[Content Management] Free webinar, Oct 22 --> Profitable Content Management: 3 Smart Strategies w/ Rahel Bailie http://bit.ly/4eHqL

[Publishing] Archived webinar: Navigating eBook Production & Distribution http://bit.ly/T5LZC

[Social Media] Social Media: The Next Great Gateway for Content Discovery? http://bit.ly/xHCMx

[Science] NASA to bomb the moon. Really! http://ping.fm/Fg1SC

[Collaboration] Learn to use Wikipedia; add to Adobe TechComm Suite page http://ping.fm/zjJbN

[TechComm] Finally, FrameMaker to Documentum Integration http://ping.fm/LkO57

[Social Media] The Shareholder Communications Symposium in Chicago is streaming live at http://bit.ly/374ZJT #SC09

[Technology] Apple is latest corp to exit the US Chamber of Commerce citing its opposition to climate change legislation http://bit.ly/xa8uy

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[Search] Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Tips - Creating Links Case Study http://bit.ly/2lD1oN

[Content Marketing] Social Media: The Next Great Gateway for Content Discovery? http://bit.ly/xHCMx

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[TechComm] Are You Seeking Tighter Integration Between Adobe Framemaker and EMC Documentum? http://bit.ly/C1WQV

[Software Marketing] Apple iPhone App Store success could change software-buying habits http://bit.ly/3KyFfs

[TechComm] Most people don’t want a user manual; they want usable, manageable instructions for the task they are doing http://bit.ly/5J2wM

[Data Visualization] Illustrated representation of space junk from US Space Surveillance Network Orbital Debris Program http://bit.ly/2eJUqb

[Marketing] I know of two hi tech marketing pros who are looking to make a career move. If you're looking for marketing talent, let me know.

[Web Content Management] Drupal Web Content Management System Chicago Training Workshop http://bit.ly/2JL6ql

[TechComm] User Documentation Survey: http://tr.im/AeYA

[Publishing] Apple Tablet To Redefine Newspapers, Textbooks and Magazines http://bit.ly/13uwIF

[PR] What is wrong with PR people and their last minute briefing requests? We don't just sit around waiting for your "news".

[TechComm] STC Goes Green w/ Publications: This has nothing to do w/ going green. It has everything to do w/ moving into the 21st century.

[iPhone] App Store success could change software-buying habits http://bit.ly/3KyFfs

rt @Dirt_Diver My dev account just got allotted 200 google wave invites giving them away. 171 left!! Follow & RT #googlewave

[iPhone] It's humorous to hear people dis the iPhone. What part of 2 BILLION apps downloaded in less than 15 months don't these people get?