The HAT-Matrix Conference Calendar has been updated and now includes:
- Intelligent Content 2009 (next January in Palm Springs, CA)
- Web Content 2009 (next February in Clearwater Beach, FL)
- SXSW (next March in Austin, TX)
- DocTrain West (next March in Palm Springs, CA)
- WritersUA (next March/April in Seattle, WA)
- STC’s Technical Communication Summit (next May in Atlanta, GA)
Let us know if there are any others that should be added!
Have you visited the ComponentOne website lately? They’ve been busy working on three different products, all available now:
- Doc-To-Help 2009. The latest release includes an XML-based editor, intuitive interface. industry-standard code, and style editor. And Visual Studio users can take advantage of DynamicHelp, which uses drag-and-drop to add a Help pane to the application interface. You definitely need to take a look at this if you are creating embedded Help.
- DemoWorks 2009. Create videos in WMV, Flash, animated GIF, executables, and more.
- FrontLine 2008. Do you need to create a Knowledge Base for your users? Check out FrontLine, which provides a searchable portal, web-based administration, and knowledge management interface. You can build your repository by creating new documents, importing existing documents, or referencing websites. (Note: IIS server is required.)
Also, when you get a chance, check out the ComponentOne blogs. Use the tag cloud at the upper right to see the appropriate entries. (Your programmers may want to check them out, too.)
We’ve just finished updating HAT-Matrix.com with the latest features added to Author-it 5.1.
Let us know if you think we missed something for Author-it 5.1 or for any other application.
If you use Twitter, follow @helpstuff, which has been set up as a broadcast account. (That is, it only sends posts relevant to Gridlines, helpstuff, and HAT-Matrix.)
If you don’t use Twitter but don’t want to miss out, go to the helpstuff Twitter page. Or you can add the RSS feed from that page to your RSS reader.
If you have any news related to Help authoring, online documentation, new tool features, and so on, feel free to send an email to Gridlines News.
Wondering when the next conference is? Or what conflicts you might run into while planning? Gridlines now includes a Conference Calendar page (from Google) to help you plan!
Conference organizers are welcome to submit additions to the calendar by sending an email to calendar at hatmatrix.com. Your event will get added within a reasonable time frame. (And if we figure out a safe way to let people auto-add events to the calendar without opening it up to spammers, we’ll implement it!)
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