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This post is just a quick summary of the Adobe Day at LavaCon 2012 series from this past week. As you see, there was so much information that it took six posts to try to summarize the event!
Being in Portland, Oregon was great. It was my first trip there, and being a native Easterner, my thoughts pushed me to that pioneer spirit of moving westward in this country. Once there, I saw a hip, young, modern city, continuing to look towards the future. The information I gathered at Adobe Day was general information that was endorsement-free, and practical information that I can use going forward as a technical communicator, and that by sharing it, I hope that others in the field will equally take on that pioneering spirit to advance what technical communications is all about, and bring the field to the next level.
To roundup the series, please go to these posts to get the full story of this great event. I hope to go to more events like this in the future!
- Adobe Day Presentations: Part I – Scott Abel and Structured Content
- Adobe Day Presentations: Part II – Sarah O’Keefe and Content Strategy
- Adobe Day Presentations: Part III – Joe Welinske and Multi-Screen Help Authoring
- Adobe Day Presentations: Part IV – Val Swisher asks, “Are You Global Ready?”
- Adobe Day Presentations: Part V – Mark Lewis and DITA Metrics
- Missed Adobe Day at LavaCon2012? Here’s the scoop…
As I said, I really enjoyed the event, and learned so much, and enjoyed not only listening to all the speakers, but also enjoyed so many people who are renowned enthusiasts and specialists in the technical communications field and talking “shop”. I rarely get to do that at home (although it does help to have an e-learning developer in the house who understands me), so this was a chance for me to learn from those who have been doing this for a while and not only have seen the changes, but are part of the movement to make changes going forward.
I hope you’ve enjoyed this series of blog posts. I still have many more to come–at least one more that is inspired by my trip out to Portland, and I look forward to bringing more curated content and commentary to you!
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The autograph from my copy of
Sarah O’Keefe’s book,
Content Strategy 101.
Awesome!
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