Diff for Central Texas DITA User Group

--- Tue, 2009-10-27 01:23 by annegentle
+++ Thu, 2009-10-29 16:10 by annegentle
 It is free! Simply visit the <a href="http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ctdug/" target="_blank">CTDUG Yahoo Group</a> site and <a href="http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ctdug/join" target="_blank">click join</a>.
 </p>
+<h2>November 2009 Meeting</h2>
+<h3>Information Mapping and DITA
+</h3>
 <p>
-&nbsp;
+Mike Austin will speak on his experience with Information Mapping and his experiences in driving use of IM as the structured content methodology at Freescale as they move into DITA-based, single-sourcing and content reuse.
 </p>
-<h2>October 2009 Meeting</h2>
+<h4><strong>Presenter</strong></h4>
 <p>
-&nbsp;
+Mike Austin has worked as an information developer in the computer
-</p>
+hardware, software, and semiconductor industries for 22 years. He first
-<h3>Informal networking<br />
+encountered Information Mapping at a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
-</h3>
+technical writing seminar in the early 1990s and began applying the
-<p>
+principles as much as possible within the traditional technical writing
-Meet at the Opal Divine's south Austin location for an informal meetup this month. Talk about conferences you've attended lately or a presentation you're working on, or anything you like.
+environments he encountered through the rest of that decade. It was not
+until 2003, working with Mark Nixon at StarCore, that he was allowed
+and actually encouraged to apply the Information Mapping method in a
+rigorous way. Now, at Freescale Semiconductor and again working with
+Mark Nixon, he is an information architect driving structured content
+development with the Information Mapping method as Freescale makes the
+transition from traditional unstructured content to a DITA-based
+production system.
 </p>
 <h3>Meeting Details</h3>
 <ul>
 	<li>
-	Wednesday October 28, 2009, 6:00 -8:30 pm Central
+	Wednesday November 9, 2009, 6:30 - 8:00 pm Central
 	</li>
 </ul>
 <ul>
 	<li>
-	Opal Divine's Penn field - <a href="http://www.opaldivines.com/pennfield/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.opaldivines.com/pennfield/index.html</a>
+	<span style="color: red">Freescale</span></li>
-	<br />
-	<em><span style="color: red">Note the different location!</span></em></li>
 </ul>
 <h4>Agenda</h4>
 <ul>
-	<li>6:00 - whenever - Networking</li>
+	<li>6:30-7:00 - Networking</li>
+	<li>7:00-8:00 - Presentation</li>
+	<li>8:00-8:30 - Question and answer session, discussion </li>
 </ul>
 <h4>Directions</h4>
 <ul>
-	<li>Google map: <a href="http://is.gd/4DleP" target="_blank">http://is.gd/4DleP</a></li>
+	<li>Google map link forthcoming
+	</li>
 </ul>
-<hr />
 <br />
 <h2><a href="/ctdug-archive">Previous CTDUG Meeting Notes</a></h2>

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Central Texas DITA User Group

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The Central Texas DITA Users Group (CTDUG) exists to share and advance knowledge and adoption of DITA in the central Texas region.

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It is free! Simply visit the CTDUG Yahoo Group site and click join.

November 2009 Meeting

Information Mapping and DITA

Mike Austin will speak on his experience with Information Mapping and his experiences in driving use of IM as the structured content methodology at Freescale as they move into DITA-based, single-sourcing and content reuse.

Presenter

Mike Austin has worked as an information developer in the computer hardware, software, and semiconductor industries for 22 years. He first encountered Information Mapping at a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute technical writing seminar in the early 1990s and began applying the principles as much as possible within the traditional technical writing environments he encountered through the rest of that decade. It was not until 2003, working with Mark Nixon at StarCore, that he was allowed and actually encouraged to apply the Information Mapping method in a rigorous way. Now, at Freescale Semiconductor and again working with Mark Nixon, he is an information architect driving structured content development with the Information Mapping method as Freescale makes the transition from traditional unstructured content to a DITA-based production system.