Hyperviews Online

by Dirk Manuel, Member Belgium chapter and ID-IA SIG with an introduction by Walt Jones, Senior Member, Online SIG

This article is based on a post by Dirk Manuel on May 11, 2006 on the ID-IA SIG email list, and appears by Dirk’s permission. The introduction was posted on the Online SIG list, and appears by Walt’s permission. These posts responded to a question about a tool called OnDemand Personal Navigator.

Introduction

Walt Jones begins:
OnDemand Personal Navigator (ODPN) from Global Knowledge is primarily a software simulation tool that also allows export of various forms of printable documents. Macromedia Captivate and Authorware provide smoother simulations, but ODPN provides more control over recording. Editing is relatively easy, though not as advanced as Captivate. (more…)

This article is reprinted from Ragged Left, newsletter of the Berkeley chapter STC, September/October 2005. It is the review of the chapter’s August 2005 meeting by Ron Sands.

At the August 2005 Berkeley chapter meeting, Dana Chisnell of UsabilityWorks gave an interactive presentation on evaluation of usability using heuristics and personas. The presentation summarized the findings of two research papers she co-wrote with Janice (Ginny) Redish of Redish & Associates, Inc. Their research was commissioned by the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP). All quotations in this article are from the paper “Designing Web Sites for Older Adults: Expert Review of Usability for Older Adults at 50 Web Sites,” which is available for download at the AARP web site. (more…)

This is a new listing for 2006 of online resources for employment and business development, incorporating the information published in 2005 on the old website of the Online SIG. Included are Employment information from STC; Online job listing URLs; Maximing use of online resumes; Social networking; Career resources online; Cost and value: online tools. (more…)

The entire on-line FrameMaker Help is now (June, 2006) available as a downloadable PDF.

by Cindy Currie
STC Fellow and Region 1 Director

It’s a brand new STC year! Our new President, Paula Berger, has chosen the slogan “The New World of STC” for this year. And a new world it is!

We have a brand new Executive Director! She is Susan Allen Burton. Susan accepted the position just days before our Annual Conference in May and was able to be in Las Vegas. She was introduced to attendees during the conference opening program on Monday, May 8. She is dynamic and engaging, with a wealth of association management experience. Susan is the new “face of STC” we’ve been hoping to find! She will officially join STC by early August. Visit http://www.stc.org/membership/initiatives01.asp for more information. (more…)

STC has an RSS feed, so you can stay up to date with news from the Society all the time. You can subscribe from the home page of the STC website, http://www.stc.org/. (more…)

This is a quiet time in the STC year. The annual conference is over, and preparations for the next conference are just beginning. Rachel Hougton is leading Online SIG preparations for the 2007 annual conference. We will work on a proposal for a progression or a panel, and plan face-to-face meetings with activities at the Sunday night welcome and hosts for the networking lunch tables. (more…)

Online SIG annual conference team members Saurabh Kudesia, Kathy Ramsey, and Wanda L. Worley share links they learned of at the Annual Conference. (more…)

Please welcome our 90 new members who joined the Online SIG in May. The SIG now has 1760 members, with 13,925 in STC.

The STC Lone Star Community is proud to present the Region 5 Conference for 2006 “The 50 Facets of Technical Communication.” Lone Star is celebrating its 50th year as a chapter and we’re taking this year to look at the many different types of technical communications professionals.

You can find information at
http://region5conf.com/CallforProposals.htm

For questions, contact:
Elisa Miller, Program Chair
email: program@region5conf.com

by Heather Hedden, Online SIG member and Coordinator, Web Indexing SIG, American Society of Indexers

There are some good books on creating website indexes:

Website Indexes: Visitors to Content in Two Clicks
by James Lamb, 2006
ISBN: 978-1-4116-7937-5
Available from http://www.lulu.com/content/300848

Website Indexing: Enhancing Access to Information within Websites, 2nd edition.
by Glenda Browne and Jonathan Jermey, 2004
Available from http://www.webindexing.biz/WebsiteIndexing2Ed.htm or from http://www.lulu.com/content/225548

Beyond Book Indexing: How to Get Started in Web Indexing, Embedded Indexing, and Other Computer-Based Media
edited by Diane Brenner and Marilyn Rowland, 2000.
ISBN: 1-57387-081-1
Avialable from http://books.infotoday.com/books/BeyondBookIndex.shtml

Additional information on website indexing can be found on the Web Indexing SIG site, including: articles, presentations, and courses/training.