Doug Gorman: When Pigs Fly

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When Pigs FlyStructured Authoring, MS Word, and XML

Doug Gorman October 27, 2016 in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PK-1_Wpm7t8

Background

Poetic License

Ancient Times

Background

Personal Computers

Microsoft Word

Author Aside

Barnyard

CEO– The Chimp

Tech Pubs

Napoleon

Translation

Publishing Output

Rules of the TechPubs

1. Structure your content with rules

2. Author with an XML Editor

3. Learn to speak XML

4. Implement whatever is possible in XML/DITA

5. Anyone who refuses technology is the enemy

6. All animals are equal

Rest Of The Organization

Your Barnyard

What kind of animals are in your barnyard and what do they do?

Hail the Liberal Arts

Rules of the Rest of the Organization

1. Write as many pages as you can

2. Author in MS Word

3. Make printed documents look good (to you)

4. Get your job done

5. Anyone who pushes technology is the enemy

Flavors

Plane Ride

Napoleon ROTO

Rumors:

Pig Fight

Be the Chimp…….

How are you going to fix this problem?

Animal Farm Quote

Chimp’s Assistant

Executive Office

FrankThe Chimp

Round Tripping

Content Mapper Technical XML Editor

Barnyard Song

Beasts of TechPubs, Beasts of ROTO,Beasts of every land and clime,Harken to our joyful tidings,Of the golden future time.

New Rules for the Entire Barnyard

1. XML will be the underlying architecture for all content

2. Keep it simple, hide the XML from non-technical staff

3. Authors may use their preferred tools

4. Separate content creation from publishing

6. One team, one organization, great results

Results

$$$$$ $$$$$

Treats for Frank

New Hires

When Pigs Fly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffhSkKviw1I

Thank You

Doug Gorman: When Pigs Fly

Leadership & Management