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	<title>David Farbey&#039;s Marginal Notes &#187; technical writing</title>
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		<title>On Awards and Algorithms</title>
		<link>http://www.farbey.co.uk/index.php/2012/01/on-awards-and-algorithms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 13:50:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Farbey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am very proud to be listed as No. 8 on MindTouch&#8217;s list of Tech Comm Influencers for 2011. Nevertheless, and despite that fact that I don&#8217;t have a good success record at questioning awards I receive (or don&#8217;t receive), &#8230; <a href="http://www.farbey.co.uk/index.php/2012/01/on-awards-and-algorithms/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The &#8220;Minimum Effective Dose&#8221; of Content</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 13:11:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Farbey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I spoke at the Congility Conference in May 2011 I used the phrase &#8220;minimum effective dose&#8221; to describe the amount of content we need to deliver to our users. This is a phrase that arose in discussions about content &#8230; <a href="http://www.farbey.co.uk/index.php/2011/11/the-minimum-effective-dose-of-content/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t write about the &#8220;Cancel&#8221; button</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 16:07:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Farbey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my opinion, when you are creating task-based help topics for software users you don&#8217;t necessarily need to write about the Cancel button in a dialog box. Here&#8217;s why. Task-based user help is meant to help users do their job. &#8230; <a href="http://www.farbey.co.uk/index.php/2011/10/dont-write-about-the-cancel-button/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Myths About Content</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 06:30:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Farbey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[People who aren&#8217;t directly involved in creating content often hold a set of beliefs about what content is and how it is created that can only be described as myths. That may sound a little harsh, because believing in myths &#8230; <a href="http://www.farbey.co.uk/index.php/2011/08/myths-about-content/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Congility conference retrospective</title>
		<link>http://www.farbey.co.uk/index.php/2011/05/congility-conference-retrospective/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 15:59:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Farbey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I spent the last two days at the Congility conference, held near London, and chaired by Noz Urbina of Mekon. This event is the successor to the X-Pubs conferences held in previous years, and was all about making your content &#8230; <a href="http://www.farbey.co.uk/index.php/2011/05/congility-conference-retrospective/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Getting your message across&#8221; survey results</title>
		<link>http://www.farbey.co.uk/index.php/2011/03/getting-your-message-across-survey-results/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 06:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Farbey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the beginning of February I ran a quick survey under the title &#8220;Getting your message across&#8221; in association with the UK launch of Adobe Technical Communication Suite 3. I&#8217;d like to summarise some of the results here. Number of &#8230; <a href="http://www.farbey.co.uk/index.php/2011/03/getting-your-message-across-survey-results/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>What is &#8220;user focus&#8221; really about?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Feb 2011 17:36:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Farbey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The best instructions are always written from the user’s point of view. But what does that mean? What is that point of view, and how do you reconcile that point of view with the widespread expectation amongst people who employ &#8230; <a href="http://www.farbey.co.uk/index.php/2011/02/what-is-user-focus-really-about/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>How would you use Microsoft Word in corporate tech pubs?</title>
		<link>http://www.farbey.co.uk/index.php/2011/01/microsoft-word-corp-tech-pubs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 12:45:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Farbey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a serious question that deserves some thought: Could you use Microsoft Word in a large-scale corporate technical publications environment, and if so, how would you do it? I know I am on record as saying that it&#8217;s not quite &#8230; <a href="http://www.farbey.co.uk/index.php/2011/01/microsoft-word-corp-tech-pubs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>16</slash:comments>
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		<title>Please release me from release notes</title>
		<link>http://www.farbey.co.uk/index.php/2011/01/please-release-me-from-release-notes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 16:26:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Farbey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[technical writing]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.farbey.co.uk/?p=650</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have an admission to make. I detest software release notes. Let me be clear: I am all in favour of keeping customers informed about the latest enhancements to a product, and understand that a new software release is a &#8230; <a href="http://www.farbey.co.uk/index.php/2011/01/please-release-me-from-release-notes/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>How much does it cost to NOT write a user guide?</title>
		<link>http://www.farbey.co.uk/index.php/2011/01/how-much-does-it-cost-to-not-write-a-user-guide/</link>
		<comments>http://www.farbey.co.uk/index.php/2011/01/how-much-does-it-cost-to-not-write-a-user-guide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Jan 2011 17:34:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Farbey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[technical writing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ivan Walsh recently published an article called How Much Does It Cost To Write a User Guide? Like all Ivan&#8217;s articles this was very clear and sensible piece, and it explained all the different factors involved in determining the price &#8230; <a href="http://www.farbey.co.uk/index.php/2011/01/how-much-does-it-cost-to-not-write-a-user-guide/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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