The December 2006 Chapter Meeting
Date:
Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Times:
6:00 p.m. Networking
6:30 p.m. Dinner
7:15 p.m. Announcements
7:30 p.m. Presentation
9:30 p.m. End
Location:
Topic:
Shattuck Plaza Hotel, 2086 Allston Way, Berkeley, California
MadCap Flare and the RoboHelp Saga
The Flare authoring tool is widely perceived as the successor to RoboHelp.
While it is far from a RoboHelp clone, Flare was developed mostly by
developers who worked on RoboHelp. Mike Hamilton has been in the middle
of this story from the beginning. He knows who did what when, and he's
going to give us names and dates -- to put to rest any rumors we might
have heard.
Flare uses XML as its internal format, but help authors don't need to know
about or work directly with XML. Mike will show us how to use Flare to
build help systems.
Speaker:
Mike Hamilton is the vice-president of product management at MadCap
Software, where he is working on the Flare help authoring tool.
Previously, Mike was product manager for RoboHelp from the early days of
Blue Sky Software, through the name change to eHelp, and then the takeover
by Macromedia. He left before Adobe took over Macromedia and became one
of the founders of MadCap.
Continuing in December, 2006 we will meet in the Town Room (on the second floor) of the
Shattuck Plaza Hotel in Berkeley, CA.
If you have a suggestion for a meeting topic you'd like to hear more
about or if you'd like to be a presenter, send an email to
Mary Ann Campbell, VP of Programs.
Note: If you do not reserve dinner in advance, dinner may or may not be available on a walk-in basis. We order dinner for the number of reservations plus a few walk-ins.
NOTE ONE: Non-members are always welcome to STC meetings.
NOTE TWO: All members of the San Francisco Chapter of the IABC are welcome to register for Berkeley STC General Meetings at the member price.
If you wish to pay by cash or check, send email to that effect to treasurer@stc-berkeley.org, and then bring payment to the meeting.
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Interested in becoming a member?
*Attendees are
encouraged to announce open positions. Please bring job
listings for distribution. Recruiters may introduce
themselves, but may not describe open positions in detail.
Save that for one-on-one after the program.
The Shattuck Plaza Hotel is located at 2086 Allston Way in downtown
Berkeley, immediately west of Shattuck Ave. We meet in the Towne Room
on the second floor.
Mike Hamilton
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Location and Directions
Shattuck Plaza Hotel
2086 Allston Way
Berkeley, CA
The Shattuck Plaza Hotel in Downtown Berkeley, just off of Shattuck
The hotel is within walking distance from the Berkeley BART station; meter parking on the street is free after 6:00 p.m.
The Shattuck Plaza Hotel Lobby
Directions to the Shattuck Plaza Hotel
By BART:
- Emerge from the Berkeley BART station.
- Walk south on Shattuck one block.
- Turn right on Allston.
- The Shattuck Plaza Hotel is on the left.
By car:
- Metered parking on the street is free after 6:00 p.m.
From north of Berkeley: I-880 south and get off at the University Avenue exit. Follow University east to Shattuck and turn right. Allston is three blocks south of University, and the Shattuck Plaza Hotel is on the South side of the street.
From south of Oakland: SOUTH: Take I-880 north to downtown Oakland, and then bear right onto I-980. Take the Martin Luther King exit and bear left to merge onto Martin Luther King Way. Turn right onto Adeline just past the sharp curve. Adeline will merge into Shattuck Avenue. Turn left on Allston and the hotel will be on the left side of Allston.
From San Francisco: Take the Bay Bridge towards Oakland (I-80 East). At the end of the bridge, take I-80 east towards Berkeley. Get off at the University Avenue exit. Follow University east to Shattuck and turn right. Allston is three blocks south of University, and the Shattuck Plaza Hotel is on the South side of the street.
From far East Bay:
Take Highway 24 West through the Caldecott Tunnel. Exit at Highway 13 north towards Berkeley. Turn right on
Shattuck Avenue. Turn left on Allston and the hotel will be on the left side of Allston.
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