Over 500 Help authors etc. are gathered in Portland this week for the 16th Annual WritersUA Conference on Software User Assistance.

There's lots of stuff going on this year, and plenty of places for you to get perspectives.

• Rhonda Bracey is posting at both the CyberText Newsletter Blog and her At Random blog (which is more for personal stuff).
• Chuck Martin is posting frequently at his WritersUA Conference Blog. He's got pictures, commentary, and more.
• Mike Hughes may be posting at his User Assistance blog this week.

If I hear of any more, I'll let you know.

Meanwhile...

Yesterday was "registration day". It's always fun seeing people as they check in and catching up with those folks I only see at conferences (versus those I see and talk to throughout the year). And I got to catch up with some of the vendors while they set up their booths.

Last night, I went to the MadCap dinner...the food was great (as always) and MadCap has several announcements taking place this week. I'm not sure when I can say anything, so I'll stick with "watch for the press releases". I'll provide more information when I can (which should be later today).

Breakfast is starting soon, I'm looking forward to the opening session, and my panel discussion is later this afternoon. I'll post more later!