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		<title>BOOK REVIEW: Joy of a How-To Manual for Whipping Up Some Illustrator Magic</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:28:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[© Ugur Akinci If you use Illustrator you owe it to yourself to check out Illustrator CS2 Killer Tips, an eye-candy jewel of a guide. Lavishly illustrated and printed on smooth high-gloss paper, this volume has enough tips and tricks to keep you busy for the whole year. Here are the Top 10 tricks from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BOOK REVIEW: Excellent Project Guide for Commercial Designers and Technical Illustrators who Draw Graphs</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:38:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[© Ugur Akinci If you&#8217;re a beginner or amateur illustrator or designer Adobe Illustrator CS2 @work: Projects You Can Use on the Job is not for you since it does not address the nuts-and-bolts aspects of Adobe Illustrator. This how-to volume assumes that you already know the basics of using the Illustrator. What the author [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BOOK REVIEW: A Rich Tapestry of Science, Memory, and Poetry</title>
		<link>http://www.technicalcommunicationcenter.com/2012/01/20/book-review-a-rich-tapestry-of-science-memory-and-poetry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:47:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[© Ugur Akinci A super gift for all lovers of science, culture, and humanities. Boltzmann&#8217;s Tomb: Travels in Search of Science is a virtuoso performance by a geochemist at the peak of his game. The book&#8217;s narrative fabric is woven out of three different strands: (1) The illustrious author&#8217;s own personal journey beginning in Pennsylvania [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BOOK REVIEW: &#8220;Build Your Own Wicked WordPress Themes&#8221; by Alan Cole</title>
		<link>http://www.technicalcommunicationcenter.com/2012/01/13/book-review-build-your-own-wicked-wordpress-themes-by-alan-cole/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:47:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[© Ugur Akinci If you don&#8217;t know anything about PHP and CSS you won&#8217;t be able to follow most chapters in this advance-level volume. But if, on the other hand, you have at least some familiarity with PHP and CSS, then this book can help you master the intricate details of designing your own WordPress [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Insert a Place Holder to a MS Word Document for a Book or Article Citation</title>
		<link>http://www.technicalcommunicationcenter.com/2011/12/16/how-to-insert-a-place-holder-to-a-ms-word-document-for-a-book-or-article-citation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 10:23:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[© Ugur Akinci There&#8217;ll be times when while working on a document you would not have the citations at your fingertips. Yet if you stop to make a search for the citations you may lose your rhythm and momentum. So it makes sense to keep going full-steam ahead by inserting PLACE HOLDERS at those spots [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ebook Self-Publishing Alternatives:  Amazon Kindle, Moodle, Tizra</title>
		<link>http://www.technicalcommunicationcenter.com/2011/11/30/ebook-self-publishing-alternatives-amazon-kindle-moodle-tizra/</link>
		<comments>http://www.technicalcommunicationcenter.com/2011/11/30/ebook-self-publishing-alternatives-amazon-kindle-moodle-tizra/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:06:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[© Ugur Akinci Every week I hear about yet another &#8220;platform&#8221; to self-publish content online. Today I had the chance to have a look at Tizra.com and wanted to compare it to Kindle and Moodle, two of my favorite publishing platforms. KINDLE (http://kdp.amazon.com/) The advantage of Kindle is obvious: where else can you expose your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>4 Book Features to Disappear from Technical Documents in the Long Run</title>
		<link>http://www.technicalcommunicationcenter.com/2011/07/22/4-book-features-to-disappear-from-technical-documents-in-the-long-run/</link>
		<comments>http://www.technicalcommunicationcenter.com/2011/07/22/4-book-features-to-disappear-from-technical-documents-in-the-long-run/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 18:41:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[© Ugur Akinci Here are four book components that I think we won’t come across too frequently in the future when we read a single-sourced technical document: 1) Headers and Footers 2) Chapters 3) Page Numbers 4) TOC (LEFT: Goodbye!) Headers and footers  have been inseparable components of the traditional book metaphor, the &#8220;codex&#8221; as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>E-Books &#8212; The New Frontier for Technical Writers?</title>
		<link>http://www.technicalcommunicationcenter.com/2011/07/19/e-books-the-new-frontier-for-technical-writers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 18:55:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[© Ugur Akinci E-books are taking hold even though I still am not sure whether the &#8220;correct&#8221; way to write it is &#8220;e-book&#8221; or &#8220;ebook&#8221;. I have a feeling &#8220;ebook&#8221; will win over the long run since brevity usually wins in a busy society. Did you know that since April 1, Amazon has sold 105 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Technical Book Review: THE STATE OF STRUCTURED AUTHORING by Alan S. Pringle and Sarah S. O’Keefe</title>
		<link>http://www.technicalcommunicationcenter.com/2011/06/23/technical-book-review-the-state-of-structured-authoring-by-alan-s-pringle-and-sarah-s-o%e2%80%99keefe/</link>
		<comments>http://www.technicalcommunicationcenter.com/2011/06/23/technical-book-review-the-state-of-structured-authoring-by-alan-s-pringle-and-sarah-s-o%e2%80%99keefe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 05:31:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[© Ugur Akinci “Structured authoring” and “single sourcing” have been hot buzz phrases for quite a few years now. If you’re a technical writer, I’m sure you’re either applying these documentation methods in your daily work, getting ready to implement them, or learning about them. I personally am in the last two categories, both still [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EasyBIB Automatic Bibliography and Citation Maker</title>
		<link>http://www.technicalcommunicationcenter.com/2011/06/14/easybib-automatic-bibliography-and-citation-maker/</link>
		<comments>http://www.technicalcommunicationcenter.com/2011/06/14/easybib-automatic-bibliography-and-citation-maker/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 17:17:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[© Ugur Akinci EasyBIB is a great online bibliography tool that comes in both free and paid versions. It is versatile, comprehensive, and comes with productivity features that I’m sure all students, scholars, and writers would appreciate. You can start by searching to a citation for a web site, book, newspaper, journal, or database. If [...]]]></description>
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