Happy New Year! Have some links.

So, 2015 has come and will be gone in a few hours (or already has gone if you're in Australia).  Happy New Year to all my readers! I hope you have a great 2016.  As a present to see in the New Year, here are some links that you might find interesting if you're a documentation person.  Happy reading :-) 

• 6 writing tips from the master, George Orwell
• DITA. Try it, you might like it.
• A quick start DITA YouTube tutorial
• A decent Tech Writing course that's free?  You're welcome. 
• A great SlideShare intro to API documentation from the maven Sarah Maddox
• Ignorance is Strength. Yes, you can improve your company's documentation, even if you're a peon with no power, influence or authority.  Watch the video. Learn. Do. 
• An old favourite.  Learn HTML, CSS, XML, and a bunch of other stuff, for free, in a simple, well-designed, effective site.
• And finally, a few lesser-known Word features for those of you who still love the old girl: 
  • Spike 
  • Random text generator
  • Wildcard searches 
  • Create a list of every single keyboard shortcut to print out and stick on your wall.
  
  

N.B. Apropos of nothing, this is also the 50th post here on Agile Documentation.  That's gone quick.  When I started the blog back in February after about a year of procrastinating, I hoped I'd have the self-discipline to keep it going for a few months.  I didn't expect that 10 months later I'd be constantly thinking about blog articles, with 50 articles published and another 50 or so in my backlog.  My free time is tight but (family aside, obviously) Agile Documentation has become a priority and I really enjoy writing it.  Thanks to everyone that's taken the time to read an article, and especially to those who've posted a comment - I really appreciate every one of you.