Hard Rock, etc.

Dinner at the Hard Rock was about what I expected. (This dinner was after the reception at the Hilton Garden.) Our $25 at the Hard Rock let us choose from several entrees (including chicken, ribs, and a veggie burger) and chocolate cake or cheesecake and a soft drink or coffee/tea. The veggie burger was acceptable and served with a side salad. The chocolate cake came with vanilla ice cream which was a great complement to an ample serving of rich cake that was just delicious. (The restaurant itself is clean and in line with what I saw at the Hard Rock Cafes in NY and Miami. )

At the conference I'm planning on going to one session from Thea Teich and another on DITA (Darwin Information Type Architecture). Alan Houser is to do the DITA session (on what he calls one of the hottest topics in our field). He is president of a Pittsburgh-based company that provides content management services. He is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon and voting member of the OASIS DITA Technical Committee.

Someone mentioned that they were having good success with Author-it, sharing through a database content with training, the Web, and user manuals.