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From Basic to Beautiful: How to Create Great Quality Content
Lots of what I read these days is about tools. Authoring tools, content management systems,
Six Tips For Acing Your First Content Industry Conference
You’re headed to your first conference and you have no idea what to do. Worry
Confessions of a DITA Virgin: Is Your Formatting Automated?
Dear DITA Virgin, I’m glad to have found you – yep, I’m a DITA virgin,
How to Feed and Care for Your Independent Contractors
Close to one-third of the U.S. workforce is comprised of independent contractors. By the year
May is the Month for Anniversaries
May is a big month for us here at Content Rules: Content Rules turns 23
Know Your T’s: Termbase versus Translation Memory
How multilingual terminology databases differ from translation memory. Translation Memory and Multilingual Terminology Management: Same
Computing in the Age of Cognitive Systems
When I was at the Intelligent Content Conference a few weeks ago, I had the
Confessions of a DITA Virgin: Are You Drowning in DITA Ignorance?
Dear DITA Virgin, I was so relieved to read your article last week. I too,
Confessions of a DITA Virgin: Are You A DITA Virgin Too?
My name is Tim Steele and I’m a DITA virgin. Oh, you’d never have guessed.
To Improve Translation, Wield the Period and the (Typographical) Bullet
In 2016, a team from Google visited 11 countries to review translated Help Center articles
A 10-Point Blueprint for Global Marketers
Every now and then, I attend a webinar or presentation where the presenter and I
2017 Web Globalization Report Card is Out
Every year, my colleague John Yunker of ByteLevel research produces a comprehensive report on global
Hey Content Industry Professionals, Where are the Millennials?
Where are the millennials? As a mid-20 something millennial, one of the first things I
Made in the USA: The Impact of the New Administration on Technical Communication
I’m not a politician. I’m a translation technology geek, a writer, and a wannabe linguist.
What Your Refrigerator Can Teach You About Taxonomies
It is my totally non-scientific observation that many of us have a taxonomy for how
I Took the Plunge – Musings from a Millennial
I was just a few weeks from moving from New York to San Jose to