#26476
Beyond Office Document Formats
One possible outcome: Microsoft Office gains support for the OASIS OpenDocument format, either from Microsoft or from the open source community. Another outcome: Microsoft tweaks its Office XML licensing to conform to the definition of openness that governments are rightly insisting on.
Udell, Jon. InfoWorld (2005). Articles>Word Processing>Standards
#27590
With limited staff, a rapidly changing IT environment, and increasing complexity, my own inflexible documentation practices had to be updated to reflect more dynamic environments.
Dickerson, Chad. InfoWorld (2004). Articles>Documentation>Agile>Extreme Documentation
#28122
Don't Get Too Excited About Windows Source Code
Microsoft's offer to open the code to key protocols is probably not as revolutionary as it sounds.
McAllister, Neil. InfoWorld (2006). Articles>Technology>Programming>Microsoft Windows
#28125
Your staff may already be using one of the most productive collaboration tools ever built.
Dickerson, Chad. InfoWorld (2004). Articles>Collaboration>Content Management>Wikis
#28124
Collaborative technologies are supplanting traditional channels for product tech support.
Udell, Jon. InfoWorld (2005). Articles>Documentation>Open Source
#25479
Running a project Weblog is a great way to collect, organize, and publish the documents and discussions that are the lifeblood of the project and to shape these raw materials into a coherent narrative. The serial nature of the Weblog helps you make it the project's newspaper of record. This kind of storytelling can become a powerful way to focus the attention of a group. The desire to listen to a compelling story and find out what happens next is a deep human instinct.
Udell, Jon. InfoWorld (2003). Articles>Project Management>Community Building>Blogging
#28123
"Read the Manual!" What Manual?
How can I read the documentation when there is no documentation?
Manes, Stephen. InfoWorld (2001). Articles>Documentation>Technology
#27592
Web-Based Alternatives to PowerPoint
Presentation software has been stuck in neutral forever. Web applications, however, are firing on all cylinders. Some say Word and Excel are about to be Web 2.0 roadkill. Not me. The browser can’t yet substitute for those applications. But for PowerPoint? Any day now.
Udell, Jon. InfoWorld (2006). Articles>Presentations>Software>Web Design
#33020
Collaborative Knowledge Gardening
With Flickr and del.icio.us, social networking goes beyond sharing contacts and connections.
Udell, Jon. InfoWorld (2004). Articles>Knowledge Management>Metadata>Social Networking
#35499
HTML 5 Progresses Despite Challenges
Development of HTML 5, the highly touted upgrade to the language of the Web, is progressing but still faces obstacles, including lack of a standard video codec, said an official of the World Wide Web Consortium at a gathering on Tuesday.
Krill, Paul. InfoWorld (2009). Articles>Web Design>Standards>HTML5
#35500
HTML 5: Could It Kill Flash and Silverlight?
HTML 5, a groundbreaking upgrade to the prominent Web presentation specification, could become a game-changer in Web application development, one that might even make obsolete such plug-in-based rich Internet application (RIA) technologies as Adobe Flash, Microsoft Silverlight, and Sun JavaFX.
Krill, Paul. InfoWorld (2009). Articles>Web Design>Flash>HTML5
#36109
With a little diligence, short online videos can become powerful educational tools for IT.
Udell, Jon. InfoWorld (2005). Articles>Multimedia>Video>Screencasting
