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		<title>Author It First Look</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was just in a meeting at the Evil Day Job where we met with representatives from Author It. Author It is a software suite designed for documentation management and production and I&#8217;ve only heard a few rumbles about it before. I&#8217;m quite interested by what I heard and saw because it&#8217;s based on an [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was just in a meeting at the Evil Day Job where we met with representatives from Author It. Author It is a software suite designed for documentation management and production and I&#8217;ve only heard a few rumbles about it before. I&#8217;m quite interested by what I heard and saw because it&#8217;s based on an object-oriented method of documentation design and reuse which fits in with my programming background. I&#8217;m hoping to have a trial version to play with soon so I can report back on what I find out and think.</p>


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		<title>The Microsoft Layoffs of 1/2009 Included Me</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 02:26:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just a note that I&#8217;ll be a tad distracted as I job hunt. The big layoff at Microsoft included my position.
Will write or manage projects for food!




		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just a note that I&#8217;ll be a tad distracted as I job hunt. The big layoff at Microsoft included my position.</p>
<p>Will write or manage projects for food!</p>


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		<title>Time to Buckle Down and Write</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 05:26:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m ready to put my energy and talents to work for ME. With over 13 years of experience working for Microsoft, I really want to use all that knowledge and wisdom to educate and teach users that computers and software aren&#8217;t as mysterious as they are made out to be.
For the most part I&#8217;ve focused [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m ready to put my energy and talents to work for ME. With over 13 years of experience working for Microsoft, I really want to use all that knowledge and wisdom to educate and teach users that computers and software aren&#8217;t as mysterious as they are made out to be.</p>
<p>For the most part I&#8217;ve focused on writing for the industry as a part of my job but kept my passion for user education as a very un-paying hobby. But it&#8217;s time for a change!</p>
<p>If you are looking for professional and knowledgeable writing about technology and software that is easy to understand as well, feel free to contact me using my <a href="http://www.mauravanderlinden.com/contact/">Contact Form </a>on this site.</p>


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