Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Software Saturday: Acrobat 8 and Captivate Program (Pittsburgh, PA, USA)

The Pittsburgh Chapter STC will host a Software Saturday workshop from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM on January 26, 2008 at ProTech Training in Monroeville, Pennsylvania. The workshop will focus on Adobe Acrobat and Captivate.

Date: Saturday, January 26, 2008
Place: ProTech Training, Monroeville
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Cost: $45 student/unemployed; $60 STC members; $75 non-members
R.S.V.P. by January 21 to Bryce Walat at walat_bryce@msn.com or 412-779-1795. Include your name, phone number and e-mail address
Speaker: Alan Houser Introduction to Adobe Captivate Software simulations are becoming increasingly popular in technical communication. Adobe Captivate is an easy-to-use, yet powerful tool for developing and publishing software demonstrations, interactive software simulations, and scenario-based training. In this interactive, hands-on workshop, you will learn to:

• Record effective software demonstrations.
• Create interactive software simulations.
• Add audio to Captivate projects.
• Choose appropriate Captivate settings.
• Edit and publish Captivate projects.

Introduction to Adobe Acrobat 8 Many technical communicators are not fully aware of the capabilities of Adobe Acrobat Standard and Professional versions. In this interactive, hands-on workshop, we will learn to:

• Optimize PDFs for online viewing. Add navigation buttons and bookmarks.
• Create interactive Acrobat forms — a great way to get feedback from users!
• Use Acrobat’s review and annotation tools for online electronic reviews.
• Use and set Acrobat document security.
• Understand Acrobat settings and properties for publishing.

Alan Houser is president of Group Wellesley, Inc., a Pittsburgh-based firm that provides consulting, training, and application development services to support single-source publishing, electronic publishing, and XML-based publishing. Alan is an Adobe Certified Instructor in FrameMaker and Acrobat, and provides training and consulting for clients across America and Europe.

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AIGA [X]posed Studio Tour x.2: Downtown (Pittsburgh, PA, USA)

Paradiso Group / Giant Ideas / Euphoria
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Be a fly on the wall at some of Pittsburgh’s premier studios. The South Side Studio Tour in November was a huge success. For the second tour of the series, we’re checking out the studio spaces of Downtown Pittsburgh. This is the perfect opportunity to see work in progress, learn about company histories, and chat up the pros.

STUDIO TOUR x.2 SCHEDULE

REGISTRATION: 4:45pm – 5:15pm, Paradiso Group, 200 First Avenue, Suite 250
STUDIO 1: 5:15pm – 6:00pm, Paradiso Group
STUDIO 2: 6:15pm – 7:00pm, Giant Ideas/Euphoria
STUDIO 3: 7:15pm – 8:00pm, Euphoria/Giant Ideas
WRAP-UP PARTY: 8:00pm – 10:00pm, TBA
REGISTRATION
There are only 40 spots available on this tour and reservations are required. Reserve your spot by January 18 by filling out the registration below. Registration fees will be collected on the day of the tour – cash ONLY.

Don’t forget to mark your calendar for Studio Tour x.3: The Strip District in March!

http://pittsburgh.aiga.org/xposed/

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Hypertext 2008 (Pittsburgh, PA, USA)

The 19th International ACM Conference on Hypertext and Hypermedia, Hypertext 2008, invites professionals from industry and the media to examine the incredibly diverse range of research areas within the hypertext community.

The ACM Hypertext Conference series is an acknowledged venue for high quality peer reviewed research on linking. The web, the semantic web and the so called Web 2.0 are all manifestations of the success of the link. The Hypertext Conference provides the forum for research that considers links, their semantics, their presentation, the applications they have been put to, the knowledge that can be derived from their analysis and their affect of society. If information is connected, then the connection is called a link, and the Hypertext Conference is concerned with all research concerning links. Celebrate the power of the link!

Tracks:

• Information Linking and Organization
• Social Linking
• Applications of Hypertext
• Hypertext, Culture, and Communication

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Refresh Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA)

Our next meeting will at 7:00 pm on Tuesday, December 11th at the Creative Treehouse in Bellevue.

First, Jason Head will be presenting “10 Ways to Provide Top-Notch SEO Without Doing any Extra Work!”* Clients are always asking “how can I make it into the search engines”. I’ll show you how you can get results for your client by following rules of web standards, good design and taking advantage of one or two free tools along the way.

(* Well, maybe a little bit of work…)

Next, Founding Developer and CEO of JoinSources, LLC, Don Charlton will be joining us to show a very impressive project he has been working on here in Pittsburgh: Join Sources. For this presentation, “Let’s JoinSources and Conquer Web Content” Don demos a new Web-based CMS meant to equally empower Web site developers, designers and their clients. They’re also giving away free hosting and CMS usage to 50 JoinSources recruits who develop a site on the beta platform.

More information about this event is at refreshpittsburgh.org.

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IDSA: Holiday Happy Hour and Meeting - venue change (Pittsburgh, PA)

We are now meeting at the Walnut Grill in Shadyside!

We found out that D’s has a beer club meeting that is usually standing room only, so we would have no place to really meet or talk.

Holiday Happy Hour and Meeting

Walnut Grill

5500 Walnut St Pittsburgh, PA 15232

Wednesday, December 5th, 6:30 - 8:30 PM

New Leadership Announcement and Introduction

Event Planning for 2008

First Round on Us!

It has been an eventful year and we would like to cap it off with one final meeting event before we all get Holiday Party-ed out. We have some announcements to make regarding the new leadership of our chapter, and we will also be doing some planning for next year’s events. So please come by and have a drink with us, say “Hello” to our new chapter leaders, and let us know what you would like to have happen in 2008.

Hope to see you all there! Cheers!

Regards,

Tony Shoemaker, IDSA

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Designer Dialogue VI: The Bank of New York Mellon (Pittsburgh, PA)

7:30 am - 9:30 am

Good design is more than just looking good. AIGA Pittsburgh’s Designer Dialogue program is a series of frank and open discussions, for AIGA members only, about what really goes into making design happen. Presenters will be talking about projects in-depth, providing a behind-the-scenes look into design goals and fruition - successes, failures, research, processes, and results.

Host: The Bank of New York Mellon
Presenters: Dave Vissat, Kurt Valenta and Steve Farrar
Case Study: Beyond brand standards: how a brand’s character shines through every project. We’ll take a look at a number of very different projects for Zippo to illustrate how an agency and client can work together to make sure a brand’s true essence can rise above budget challenges, language differences, retailer mandates, and whatever else stands in its way. All it takes is a little creative thinking, a lot of great design and the freedom to invent opportunities every now and again. Join us for the fun.

Location: 11 Stanwix Street, Fifth Floor
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
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Registration
These free events are MEMBERS ONLY. Space is limited to an audience of 30 attendees. Reservations are strongly recommended and very appreciated. If you wish to attend, and are not a current member, go to aiga.org to join or renew your membership. You will need to let us know about your recent membership or renewal.

http://pittsburgh.aiga.org/designerdialogue/

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Cool Tools for Tech Writers for under $100 (Pittsburgh, PA)

Date: Monday, December 10, 2007
Time: 6:30 to 8:00 pm
Place: Pittsburgh Technology Center, 2000 Technology Drive, Pittsburgh PA 15219
Get directions at http://www.pghtech.org/aboutus/directions.asp
Cost: $12 for STC members, $15 for non-members, $10 for students and unemployed
RSVP: By Wednesday, December 5 to Bryce Walat at walat_bryce@msn.com or 412-779-1795. Include your name, phone number and email address.

Technical Writers write, yes – but producing information requires a number of other tools that aren’t specifically publishing tools. We need to create and edit graphics, create wikis, manage knowledge – as well as perform more non-traditional functions, such as creating audio files and icons. We can also be required (or desire) to set up systems for backing up our machines, managing source control of our documents, and bug tracking.

This talk will discuss and demonstrate a number of low cost (or free) tools that technical communicators can use to perform a variety of tasks, including: graphic/screen capture creation and editing, icon creation and more!

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JCDL 2008 (Pittsburgh, PA, USA)

Joint Conference on Digital Libraries, June 15-20, 2008 – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the major international forum focused on digital libraries and associated technical, practical, and social issues.

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Hello from Pittsburgh!

The Pittsburgh, PA locale serves Western Pennsylvania and some parts of Eastern Ohio.

User Experience organizations serving this locale:

• AIGA Pittsburgh
• IDSA Western PA
• IXDA Pittsburgh
• Northeast Ohio Chapter of the Usability Professionals’ Association
• STC Pittsburgh Chapter

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