Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Indexing blog
Most technical writers I know treat indexing as a necessary evil, about on a par with cleaning toilets. That's unfortunate, because a good index can add a lot of value to a book or online help system. But doing a good index is hard - it's time consuming and it takes a lot of thought and understanding of your source material.
Seth Maislin's Indexing Blog is "A public exploration of indexing and information storage, retrieval, naming, and categorization. A spontaneous collection of ideas about ideas." Recent topics include Exemplary Indexes, Throughput in Indexing, and Notes on Automatic Indexing. I can't think of very many technical writers, myself included, who wouldn't benefit from reading this blog.
Seth Maislin's Indexing Blog is "A public exploration of indexing and information storage, retrieval, naming, and categorization. A spontaneous collection of ideas about ideas." Recent topics include Exemplary Indexes, Throughput in Indexing, and Notes on Automatic Indexing. I can't think of very many technical writers, myself included, who wouldn't benefit from reading this blog.
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