Monthly Archives: October 2011

From dmr to DITA (DocBook, too)

I was sorry to hear of the passing of Unix and C language pioneer Dennis Ritchie. I only met him a couple of times, but found him to be gracious and humble, despite being one of the smartest people I’ve … Continue reading

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Ada Lovelace Day

In honor of Ada Lovelace Day (findingada.com), I’d like to honor a woman who is completely unknown in the publishing and software worlds that I normally inhabit. When I knew her, in the late 1970′s, Rosemary Killam was a professor … Continue reading

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