A corrigendum ... In my haste, I neglected to mention that this event is being arranged and organised by Techwriter Placements & Services as one of their regular monthly events. (http://www.techwriter.com.au/news/0903NthSydComms.htm<http://www.linkedin.com/redirect?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Etechwriter%2Ecom%2Eau%2Fnews%2F0903NthSydComms%2Ehtm&urlhash=iglH&_t=tracking_disc>) This is probably as good an opportunity as any to spread the word about these events. Apologies to Techwriter for the oversight. Bede ________________________________ From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of SUNTER Bede Sent: Monday, 30 July 2012 1:55 PM To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: atw: Tony Self, presentation in North Sydney, 14 August This will be a lunchtime (12.30 to 1.30) talk on Tuesday 14 August. It will be in North Sydney, but the venue is yet to be announced. We need an idea of numbers to expect to decide the venue. So please reply off-line (bede.sunter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:bede.sunter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>) and let me know you want to attend, by CoB Thursday 9 August. We will let you know when the venue is announced. Details of Tony's presentation 'Any colour ... so long as it is black' Henry Ford revolutionised car manufacture when his production line replaced the method where cars were hand-made by artisans. Famously, Henry Ford offered the Model T in "any colour... so long as it is black". There are parallels in technical communication. Many technical communicators are still clinging to hand-crafted documentation, creating custom layouts and "tweaking" formatting, when new modular methods are vastly more efficient. The age of offering documents in any "colour" the customer wants is over. And just as car manufacture has long since moved to automation, technical communication too must embrace automation, with XML providing the technology platform to make this possible. In this thought-provoking talk, Tony will describe the parallels and discuss future directions for the profession. He will also talk briefly about the technical communicator certification system developed by tekom, the German professional association for technical communication. About Tony Self <http://astcnsw.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/tony_self_melb2.jpg> Based in Melbourne, Dr Tony Self has over 30 years of experience as a technical communicator. For over 20 years, Tony has worked in the areas of online help systems, computer-based training, and electronic documents. In 1993, he founded HyperWrite, a company providing training and consultancy in structured authoring, Help systems, DITA, and technology strategy. Tony completed his PhD in semantic mark-up languages in 2011, and his book The DITA Style Guide was published in the same year. He is a member of the OASIS DITA Technical Committee (and chair of the DITA Help Subcommittee), and is an adjunct teaching fellow at Swinburne University. Tony won the ISTC Horace Hockley award in 2011. He recently started as Director of Training for TCTrainNet. [http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/images/permanent/RMS_Email_Logo.png] Before printing, please consider the environment IMPORTANT NOTICE: This e-mail and any attachment to it are intended only to be read or used by the named addressee. It is confidential and may contain legally privileged information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistaken transmission to you. Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) is not responsible for any unauthorised alterations to this e-mail or attachment to it. Views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, and are not necessarily the views of RMS. If you receive this e-mail in error, please immediately delete it from your system and notify the sender. You must not disclose, copy or use any part of this e-mail if you are not the intended recipient. Before printing, please consider the environment IMPORTANT NOTICE: This e-mail and any attachment to it are intended only to be read or used by the named addressee. It is confidential and may contain legally privileged information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistaken transmission to you. Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) is not responsible for any unauthorised alterations to this e-mail or attachment to it. Views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, and are not necessarily the views of RMS. If you receive this e-mail in error, please immediately delete it from your system and notify the sender. You must not disclose, copy or use any part of this e-mail if you are not the intended recipient.