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Keeping Pace with ePublisher
Back a few weeks ago, I wrote “2009.4 and the missing feature“. Customers gave that post some great feedback. People seemed to understand our goals for end-of-year releases. It made sense to them that we dedicate time in our annual release cycle to focus solely upon stability.
As validating as it was to receive that feedback, [...]
Focus, Focus, Focus
It never fails. We ship the quarterly ePublisher release and the challenge begins anew:
What are we going to ship THIS quarter?
Marketing is analyzing, Sales is requesting, and Support is demanding. And on the other side of those groups are our customers. Some, we will delight. Others will curse our names, shocked to find that we [...]
Building New Stuff
One of the things that is challenging for me as a developer is staying on target with regard to ePublisher development when there are so many glittery web-technologies to play with.
Bugs and Car Talk Syndrome
Bugs! Isn’t that a great topic to blog about? Well, maybe not. Still, I wanted to talk about this subject because we’ve been missing out on an opportunity to learn from each other, make people happy, and improve ePublisher. There is one catch. Making this change happen requires a partnership between WebWorks.com and you.
Publishing in an Agile World
As I mentioned in my post on December 1st, here at WebWorks we are talking to more and more people who are adopting an Agile software development model and as a result wondering how they can adapt their content publishing model to suit.
To help answer that question I have put together a short white paper [...]
THE WORKS Gets a New Look
Yesterday the new look edition of THE WORKS newsletter was sent out. Our intention with the new version of the newsletter is not only to keep you up to date with the latest happenings at WebWorks, but also to provide ePublisher hints and tips, plus information on industry trends and developments.
We are already getting great [...]
Going Agile with ePublisher? – Let’s chat.
Over at her just write click blog, top industry commentator and author, Anne Gentle, recently posted an excellent piece comparing collaborative authoring tools.
The blog post had been prompted by the move within her company to adopt an Agile development approach. As Anne remarks the change meant “we’re going from 5 people to 47 people in [...]
How 2009.3 Solved My Demo Dilemma
It’s been a while since I’ve done a live ePublisher demo, so I must admit I was a little nervous about the webinar presentation I did for the fine folks in the North East Ohio chapter of the STC last week. The opening presentation on “Why Publishing is No Longer the Last Step,” is one [...]
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I had meant to blog about coming to RoundUp last week…and then I didn’t. So, for those of us who are here anyway, wow! What a good conference. In the interests of disclosure I will good ahead and let you know that I’m going to gush a little. Yesterday gets my vote for the all-time [...]
ePublisher Feed Reader
Shortly after the release of 2009.2, and after some cooperative discussion here on ways that we might improve ePublisher moving forward, I started work on a Feed Reader for the ePublisher Start Page. This isn’t that ground-breaking as a Feed Reader seems to be fairly commonplace on a start or splash page. The first iteration [...]