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  * ANNOUNCE: STC 49th Annual Conference Registration is Underway! (NEW)
  * STORY: Dan the Tech Writer explains why he gets so much email (NEW)
  * TRAINING: Bright Path Solutions training (also free events) (UPDATED)
  * ANNOUNCE: 20% off for techwr-lers who document APIs! 
  * ANNOUNCE: Upcoming training-Single Sourcing, Information Design 
  * ANNOUNCE: Progeny Debian manual now open source project 
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ANNOUNCE: STC 49th Annual Conference Registration is Underway!

Advance registration is currently underway for STC's 49th 
Annual Conference, to be held May 5-8 in Nashville, 
Tennessee, at the Opyland Hotel. The STC Annual Conference 
is the largest yearly gathering of technical communicators,
translators, educators, and illustrators. 

The STC annual conference is a great source for training, 
professional development, and exposure to the latest and 
greatest tools and techniques - all at a great value. 
Highlights of the conference include:

*Three full days of conference sessions
*An expo hall full of vendors in the technical communication 
field, and 
*A full day of post-conference workshops.

The theme for this year's conference is "Leading the 
Technical Communication Revolution," which addresses ways 
of rethinking industry paradigms to remain competitive in 
the new workplace.

Advance registration rates are valid until April 19. For 
more information about the conference or to register, visit
the STC web site at http://www.stc.org.

03/28/02-04/04/02
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STORY: Dan the Tech Writer explains why he gets so much email

"Hey Dan -" the engineer Jodie started as she swung into his cubicle.  She
paused and peered at his screen.  "Why do you have so many e-mails?" 

 "I belong to the TECHWR-L discussion list.  It's a forum for technical
writers to talk about issues that relate to technical writing - you know,
to interact with people who have the same job," Dan explained.
"And, of course, you get to know people on the list.  For instance, I
correspond with Ted here.  He was interested in hearing more about
SnagIt, the advanced screen capture program.  

"I'm telling him that not only does SnagIt offer more input and output
options than any other screen capture program, but you can also output
directly to the web, e-mail, catalog or studio.  And once you have a
capture, you can include stylized captions, watermarks and borders, you
can automatically trim and scale, and you can convert and improve colors.
SnagIt really is a technical writer's dream tool!" Dan finished
breathlessly.

Jodie gave him a blank stare.  "Wait.  You're spending time telling him
that?  You've never met him, right?  You don't even know these list
people, really.  I don't understand it."

"I know you don't," Dan beamed, returning to his e-mail.

--Find TechSmith and SnagIt at http://www.techsmith.com/twr --

1/1/02-6/30/02
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TRAINING: Upcoming Bright Path Solutions training (also free events)

Bright Path Solutions has many training courses and free events coming up.
A few of these are listed below. For details, visit
http://www.travelthepath.com/ and follow links to Training or Events.

SkillBuilder Workshop: Working with FrameMaker Variables
-April 11th in Research Triangle Park NC ($35)

Adobe FrameMaker Free Capabilities Overview
-April 12th in Research Triangle Park NC (free)
-April 23th in Research Triangle Park NC (free)
-May 22nd in Pittsburgh PA (free)

FrameMaker: our original Boot Camp (basics, advanced, and ePublishing)
-May 6-10 in Research Triangle Park NC ($1,800 any location)
-May 20-24 in Pittsburgh PA
-June 10-14 in Research Triangle Park NC
-also coming soon to St. Louis, Las Vegas, and Orlando FL

FrameMaker+SGML: Structured Document Publishing Boot Camp (includes XML)
-June 24-28 in Research Triangle Park NC ($1,800 any location)
-July 15-19 in Las Vegas NV


Also coming up in RTP, two free users meetings hosted by Bright Path
Solutions:
-NC WebWorks Users April 11th (http://www.webworks.com/forums > NC User
Group)
-Tri-XML mtg April 16th (http://www.trixml.org)


BRIGHT PATH SOLUTIONS
an Adobe Solution Sales Provider
a WebWorks University site
100 Park Drive, Suite 102
PO Box 14265
Research Triangle Park NC 27709-4265
PHONE: 919.547.0129
FAX: 919.558.2183
http://www.travelthepath.com

03/18/02-03/25/02
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ANNOUNCE: 20% off for techwr-lers who document APIs!

Documenting APIs isn't easy, and it's not for everyone.
But it's a highly-sought skill, and one of the best-
paying gigs in our field. 

Now you can benefit from 250+ pages of revealing advice
from Manuel Gordon, a veteran writer-programmer who 
specializes in documenting APIs. With this revealing 
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And techwr-lers get 20% off if you order by March 31. 
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For more information or to order your copy today, 
visit http://www.gordonandgordon.com/wkb-twl.html

03/26/02-04/03/02
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ANNOUNCE: Upcoming training in Single Sourcing, Information Design

Have you had a chance this year to fix that conflict between needing more
training and having the money in the budget for it?  If not, check out our
upcoming workshops!

Invest two days of your time and come away with the knowledge and
experience you need!
 

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Structured Writing for Single Sourcing

When:	April 25-26, 8:30am ? 4:30pm
Location:	St. Paul, MN 
Host:	JoAnn Hackos
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User and Task Analysis for Information Design

When:	May 14-15, 8:30am ? 4:30pm
Location:	Portsmouth, NH
Host:	JoAnn Hackos
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Structured Writing for Single Sourcing

When:	May 20-21, 8:30am ? 4:30pm
Location:	Charlotte, NC
Host:	JoAnn Hackos
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For complete course descriptions visit www.usabledesign.com.	

This is your chance to receive the information design and human
productivity expertise from JoAnn Hackos of Comtech Services.  For bio,
visit www.usabledesign.com/02leaders/02leaders.htm.

03/26/02-04/03/02
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ANNOUNCE: Progeny Debian manual becomes open source project

Progeny Linux Systems, Inc. is releasing the User's Guide included with 
Progeny Debian for public use. Bruce Byfield, the maintainer of the 
manual, is asking for volunteers to revise and update the manual. The 
User's Guide is over 400 pages about Debian GNU/Linux, and can now be 
freely copied and distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public 
Licence.

This is a good opportunity for anyone interested in:

- Linux
- free software and open source projects
- gaining writing experience

All volunteers will be given full credit for work accepted into the
project.

For more information:

- read the announcement at 
http://www.debianplanet.org/article.php?sid=623&mode=thread&order=0
- download the files at ://archive.progeny.com/progeny/debian/doc/
- read a definition of free software at 
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html
- read the GNU General Public Licence at 
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/licenses.html#GPL

Anyone interested in volunteering should contact Bruce Byfield at 
bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com

03/24/02-03/31/02
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ANNOUNCE: TECHWR-L Site Redesign and Reorganization

**Breaking News from Behind the Scenes at TECHWR-L** <g>

Since January 2002, we've been feverishly working on a
TECHWR-L site redesign and reorganization, and we're 
pleased to announce that the new site is now available:

http://www.raycomm.com/techwhirl/index.html

Highlights of the new site include
* A new, fresher look
* A new structure and keywords to aid browsing 
* New navigation aids
* Article summaries
* A new MySQL site search application, called
  Mnogosearch
* Detailed (or fixed!) meta tag keywords
  and descriptions

You'll also find links to the new TECHWR-L Store, which
offers TECHWR-L T-shirts, mugs, mousepads, and more!
All proceeds go toward supporting TECHWR-L.

You can find out more about the site changes in the
March issue of _The Whirler_ at
http://www.raycomm.com/techwhirl/abouttechwhirl/whirler.html

We're still tidying up details across the site, but 
please do visit, browse around, and send comments, 
suggestions, and problems you encounter to me at 
debray -at- raycomm -dot- com -dot-  

Thanks!
Deborah

03/18/02-03/26/02
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