Re: [TCP] Technical writers may shape future of American lit
I think the boss is always right in the same way the customer is always right! Often times, both are wrong, but often times to keep them happy...we do not point out how wrong they are. I think it is really a case of picking your battles. Some battles are not worth the cost of a customer or job. :) Melissa From: Dana Worley [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: tcp@techcommpros.com Subject: [TCP] Technical writers may shape future of American lit Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2007 16:01:55 -0600 While I'm not a member of the STC :), I get a couple of the Intermountain Chapter's mass mailings. They provided a link to an interesting article in the Deseret News (a Salt Lake paper): http://deseretnews.com/dn/view2/1,4382,660226327,00.html?textfiel d=Scott+Hatch or http://tinyurl.com/2jo6gf Dana *** Dana Worley Software Product Manager/Manager, Software Support Group Campbell Scientific, Inc. Microsoft MVP, Windows Help __ Author Help files and create printed documentation with Doc-To-Help. New release adds Team Authoring Support, enhanced Web-based help technology and PDF output. Learn more at www.doctohelp.com/tcp. Interactive 3D Documentation Parts catalogs, animated instructions, and more. www.i3deverywhere.com ___ Technical Communication Professionals Post a message to the list: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com Subscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Need help? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com __ Author Help files and create printed documentation with Doc-To-Help. New release adds Team Authoring Support, enhanced Web-based help technology and PDF output. Learn more at www.doctohelp.com/tcp. Interactive 3D Documentation Parts catalogs, animated instructions, and more. www.i3deverywhere.com ___ Technical Communication Professionals Post a message to the list: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com Subscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Need help? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com
Re: [TCP] Technical writers may shape future of American lit
Melissa Nelson wrote: I think the boss is always right in the same way the customer is always right! Often times, both are wrong, but often times to keep them happy...we do not point out how wrong they are. I think it is really a case of picking your battles. Some battles are not worth the cost of a customer or job. The customer is not always right. Someone along the line, some sales manager decided that they were in order to make some money. When I was a sales manager, I stressed the opposite, but I added that there are ways to correct them without telling them they are wrong. We lost a few sales to customers who were adamant and refused to listen to us, but we gained far more from customers that were thankful for steering them in the right direction. Al Geist Technical Writing, Help, Marketing Collateral, Web Design and Award Winning Videos Voice/Msg: 802-658-3140 Cell: 802-578-3964 E-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] URL: http://www.geistassociates.com (Online portfolio and resume) See also: URL: http://www.geistimages.com (Fine art photographic prints for home or office and beautiful note cards for all occasions.) __ Author Help files and create printed documentation with Doc-To-Help. New release adds Team Authoring Support, enhanced Web-based help technology and PDF output. Learn more at www.doctohelp.com/tcp. Interactive 3D Documentation Parts catalogs, animated instructions, and more. www.i3deverywhere.com ___ Technical Communication Professionals Post a message to the list: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com Subscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Need help? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com
Re: [TCP] Technical writers may shape future of American lit
Yes, it's about picking battles, but if my boss is wrong, I usually explain why. A little knowledge - not ridicule - goes a long way. On 6/13/07, Melissa Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think the boss is always right in the same way the customer is always right! Often times, both are wrong, but often times to keep them happy...we do not point out how wrong they are. I think it is really a case of picking your battles. Some battles are not worth the cost of a customer or job. :) -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users List Owner Senior Member STC, TechValley Chapter STC Single-Sourcing SIG Manager http://techcommdood.blogspot.com avid homebrewer and proud beer snob I see your OOO message and raise you a clue. __ Author Help files and create printed documentation with Doc-To-Help. New release adds Team Authoring Support, enhanced Web-based help technology and PDF output. Learn more at www.doctohelp.com/tcp. Interactive 3D Documentation Parts catalogs, animated instructions, and more. www.i3deverywhere.com ___ Technical Communication Professionals Post a message to the list: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com Subscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Need help? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com
Re: [TCP] Technical writers may shape future of American lit
Donna Jone wrote: Al, are you trying to tell us that honesty pays? Where are you getting such nonsense? I was younger and a lot more naïve and innocent back thena lot younger Al Geist Technical Writing, Help, Marketing Collateral, Web Design and Award Winning Videos Voice/Msg: 802-658-3140 Cell: 802-578-3964 E-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] URL: http://www.geistassociates.com (Online portfolio and resume) See also: URL: http://www.geistimages.com (Fine art photographic prints for home or office and beautiful note cards for all occasions.) __ Author Help files and create printed documentation with Doc-To-Help. New release adds Team Authoring Support, enhanced Web-based help technology and PDF output. Learn more at www.doctohelp.com/tcp. Interactive 3D Documentation Parts catalogs, animated instructions, and more. www.i3deverywhere.com ___ Technical Communication Professionals Post a message to the list: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com Subscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Need help? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com
Re: [TCP] Technical writers may shape future of American lit
On 6/6/07, Dana Worley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know several creative/tech writers as well. 8 ) I thought this comment was interesting: I think technical writing is probably in some ways, in many important ways, a better education for a creative writer than creative writing, he said. That's the quote that stood out for me, as well. Personally, I think technical writing is easy but I wouldn't even consider tackling any type of creative writing. Maybe I'm not as good at observing life as I am observing a piece of software :) Dana I think it goes to interest. If you had something you were motivated to write, I have no doubt that you'd do just fine. You already possess many of the fundamental mechanics that take the longest to learn. The rest, like anything else, comes down to practice, practice, practice. -- John Cook Technical Writer / Help Author john dot cook at gmail dot com __ Author Help files and create printed documentation with Doc-To-Help. New release adds Team Authoring Support, enhanced Web-based help technology and PDF output. Learn more at www.doctohelp.com/tcp. Interactive 3D Documentation Parts catalogs, animated instructions, and more. www.i3deverywhere.com ___ Technical Communication Professionals Post a message to the list: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com Subscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Need help? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com
Re: [TCP] Technical writers may shape future of American lit
On 6/6/07, Chris Borokowski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One of the writers I mentioned is someone I work with on a daily basis. He does not like the term creative writing, and prefers fiction, and is of the opinion that the worst thing a writer can do is spend time in creative writing classes. 'creative writing' has the benefit of being an understandable term. The thing is, it is so broad as to be almost useless. We use creativity regardless of what kind of writing we do. For me, I say I am a tech writer by day and creative writer by night. The idea is that one is my career and the other is my passion. In that sense, the term has a certain utility. As for the path one walks to becoming a creative writer, it is different for everybody. I know writers who have taken the classes and then blossomed and gone on to fame and fortune. For me, voracious reading, rubbing shoulders with peers, and regular writing has been the ticket. -- John Cook Technical Writer / Help Author john dot cook at gmail dot com __ Author Help files and create printed documentation with Doc-To-Help. New release adds Team Authoring Support, enhanced Web-based help technology and PDF output. Learn more at www.doctohelp.com/tcp. Interactive 3D Documentation Parts catalogs, animated instructions, and more. www.i3deverywhere.com ___ Technical Communication Professionals Post a message to the list: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com Subscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Need help? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com
Re: [TCP] Technical writers may shape future of American lit
On 6/7/07, Dori Green [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ...and not fuss around with self-indulgent sillinesses such as writer's block (from which no successful creative writer suffers). From my reading, it seems clear that many successful creative writers wrestle with writers block, some more than others, and some more severe than others. The difference that I have observed is that all successful creative writers develop mechanisms to deal with writers block, in some cases to the point where the adjustment becomes second nature. Orson Scott Card has probably the most famous example from the sci-fi side of things. He says that when he runs into writer's block, he views it as a sign that he's going down the wrong path, and he treats it as a tool, a mechanism that alerts him when he has somehow gone off-track. Instead of beating his head against the metaphorical wall, he backs up until he's on the right path and proceeds forward from there. -- John Cook Technical Writer / Help Author john dot cook at gmail dot com __ Author Help files and create printed documentation with Doc-To-Help. New release adds Team Authoring Support, enhanced Web-based help technology and PDF output. Learn more at www.doctohelp.com/tcp. Interactive 3D Documentation Parts catalogs, animated instructions, and more. www.i3deverywhere.com ___ Technical Communication Professionals Post a message to the list: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com Subscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Need help? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com
Re: [TCP] Technical writers may shape future of American lit
Orson Scott Card has probably the most famous example from the sci-fi side of things. He says that when he runs into writer's block, he views it as a sign that he's going down the wrong path, and he treats it as a tool, a mechanism that alerts him when he has somehow gone off-track. Instead of beating his head against the metaphorical wall, he backs up until he's on the right path and proceeds forward from there. Ah, the Roomba method. ;-) -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users List Owner Senior Member STC, TechValley Chapter STC Single-Sourcing SIG Manager http://techcommdood.blogspot.com avid homebrewer and proud beer snob I see your OOO message and raise you a clue. __ Author Help files and create printed documentation with Doc-To-Help. New release adds Team Authoring Support, enhanced Web-based help technology and PDF output. Learn more at www.doctohelp.com/tcp. Interactive 3D Documentation Parts catalogs, animated instructions, and more. www.i3deverywhere.com ___ Technical Communication Professionals Post a message to the list: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com Subscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Need help? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com
Re: [TCP] Technical writers may shape future of American lit
Rhonda Bracey wrote: ...it's obvious that tech writing in one form or another has been around for a long time. Technical writing was around longer, but I don't think the job title technical writer was coined until somewhat more recently. Weren't many early technical writers deemed typists? In my first writing/editing job in 1990, I was called an editorial assistant. My job function was as a junior technical editor, but with a fraction of the pay. When I was in college back in the 80s, most people had no clue what a technical writer was, and they couldn't understand why they were needed. Apparently manuals and text books were created by magic in most of their minds. [poof!] Donna - CONFIDENTIAL- This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential, and may also be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not review, use, copy, or distribute this message. If you receive this email in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply email and then delete this email. __ Author Help files and create printed documentation with Doc-To-Help. New release adds Team Authoring Support, enhanced Web-based help technology and PDF output. Learn more at www.doctohelp.com/tcp. Interactive 3D Documentation Parts catalogs, animated instructions, and more. www.i3deverywhere.com ___ Technical Communication Professionals Post a message to the list: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com Subscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Need help? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com
Re: [TCP] Technical writers may shape future of American lit
John Garison wrote: You could make an argument that some of the Romans (Julius Caesar and Claudius among them) were doing technical writing when describing how to build fortifications, aqueducts, ports, and the like. Joe Chapline was the very first person whose full time job was Software Technical Writer. Joe worked for Eckert and Mauchley back in the late-1940s and created the very first Operating System User Guide for, I believe, the ENIAC computer. Whatever Joe wrote, I doubt very much if it had anything to do with an operating system in the late 1940s. I never studied Latin and so I can't back up your assertion about Julius and Claudius, but I was thinking that Leonardo certainly qualified. Ever take a look at his notebooks? And there are plenty of Medieval manuscripts (as well as incunabula derived from them) that take the form (and title) of an encyclopaedia and consist of many short articles describing all things technical. Dick http://ampersandvirgule.blogspot.com/ __ Author Help files and create printed documentation with Doc-To-Help. New release adds Team Authoring Support, enhanced Web-based help technology and PDF output. Learn more at www.doctohelp.com/tcp. Interactive 3D Documentation Parts catalogs, animated instructions, and more. www.i3deverywhere.com ___ Technical Communication Professionals Post a message to the list: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com Subscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Need help? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com
Re: [TCP] Technical writers may shape future of American lit
incunabula! Thanks for today's new word. I'll confess, I had to look it up. Tom -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dick Margulis Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2007 8:26 AM To: John Garison Cc: tcp@techcommpros.com Subject: Re: [TCP] Technical writers may shape future of American lit John Garison wrote: You could make an argument that some of the Romans (Julius Caesar and Claudius among them) were doing technical writing when describing how to build fortifications, aqueducts, ports, and the like. Joe Chapline was the very first person whose full time job was Software Technical Writer. Joe worked for Eckert and Mauchley back in the late-1940s and created the very first Operating System User Guide for, I believe, the ENIAC computer. Whatever Joe wrote, I doubt very much if it had anything to do with an operating system in the late 1940s. I never studied Latin and so I can't back up your assertion about Julius and Claudius, but I was thinking that Leonardo certainly qualified. Ever take a look at his notebooks? And there are plenty of Medieval manuscripts (as well as incunabula derived from them) that take the form (and title) of an encyclopaedia and consist of many short articles describing all things technical. Dick http://ampersandvirgule.blogspot.com/ __ Author Help files and create printed documentation with Doc-To-Help. New release adds Team Authoring Support, enhanced Web-based help technology and PDF output. Learn more at www.doctohelp.com/tcp. Interactive 3D Documentation Parts catalogs, animated instructions, and more. www.i3deverywhere.com ___ Technical Communication Professionals Post a message to the list: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com Subscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Need help? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com __ Author Help files and create printed documentation with Doc-To-Help. New release adds Team Authoring Support, enhanced Web-based help technology and PDF output. Learn more at www.doctohelp.com/tcp. Interactive 3D Documentation Parts catalogs, animated instructions, and more. www.i3deverywhere.com ___ Technical Communication Professionals Post a message to the list: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com Subscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Need help? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com
Re: [TCP] Technical writers may shape future of American lit
Just a personal observation -- technical and creative writing call upon the same craftsmanship (use of language, planning, outlining, adjusting when the project runs away with itself). TW is great practice for a CW because it instills the discipline to _write_ and not fuss around with self-indulgent sillinesses such as writer's block (from which no successful creative writer suffers). The hardest (and most required) part of creative writing -- and the most creative -- is figuring out when I'm able to steal that disciplined hour to move the story along another page or two. Just MHO. YMMV. Dori Green TW Storyteller For some great technical creative writing: almost anything by Arthur C. Clarke, Bears Discover Fire by Terry Bisson (winner of Hugo and Nebula awards, and four or five others). http://www.fictionwise.com/eBooks/eBook24914.htm?cached __ Author Help files and create printed documentation with Doc-To-Help. New release adds Team Authoring Support, enhanced Web-based help technology and PDF output. Learn more at www.doctohelp.com/tcp. Interactive 3D Documentation Parts catalogs, animated instructions, and more. www.i3deverywhere.com ___ Technical Communication Professionals Post a message to the list: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com Subscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Need help? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com
Re: [TCP] Technical writers may shape future of American lit
It was a guide to how to operate the ENIAC system ... perhaps not what we would call an operating system today, but it was a guide to how to operate the ENIAC system and its software. Lots of hardware though. I took a look at the document - Joe was a speaker at a conference I put together - and he showed it off. It looked decent, had a recognizable structure, etc. JG Dick Margulis wrote: John Garison wrote: You could make an argument that some of the Romans (Julius Caesar and Claudius among them) were doing technical writing when describing how to build fortifications, aqueducts, ports, and the like. Joe Chapline was the very first person whose full time job was Software Technical Writer. Joe worked for Eckert and Mauchley back in the late-1940s and created the very first Operating System User Guide for, I believe, the ENIAC computer. Whatever Joe wrote, I doubt very much if it had anything to do with an operating system in the late 1940s. I never studied Latin and so I can't back up your assertion about Julius and Claudius, but I was thinking that Leonardo certainly qualified. Ever take a look at his notebooks? And there are plenty of Medieval manuscripts (as well as incunabula derived from them) that take the form (and title) of an encyclopaedia and consist of many short articles describing all things technical. Dick http://ampersandvirgule.blogspot.com/ __ Author Help files and create printed documentation with Doc-To-Help. New release adds Team Authoring Support, enhanced Web-based help technology and PDF output. Learn more at www.doctohelp.com/tcp. Interactive 3D Documentation Parts catalogs, animated instructions, and more. www.i3deverywhere.com ___ Technical Communication Professionals Post a message to the list: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com Subscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Need help? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com
Re: [TCP] Technical writers may shape future of American lit
Interesting article. My cousin Christine just had her first novel published (after winning a few contests) and she is a technical writer in Utah. I just finished the novel and could see the discipline, as well as some of the structure that came out of her technical writing background. It really stood out in where she decided to begin and end chapters. She has inspired me, although I never seem to get past the carrying around a notebook in my purse and jotting down ideas phase! :( Melissa From: Dana Worley [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: tcp@techcommpros.com Subject: [TCP] Technical writers may shape future of American lit Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2007 16:01:55 -0600 While I'm not a member of the STC :), I get a couple of the Intermountain Chapter's mass mailings. They provided a link to an interesting article in the Deseret News (a Salt Lake paper): http://deseretnews.com/dn/view2/1,4382,660226327,00.html?textfiel d=Scott+Hatch or http://tinyurl.com/2jo6gf Dana *** Dana Worley Software Product Manager/Manager, Software Support Group Campbell Scientific, Inc. Microsoft MVP, Windows Help __ Author Help files and create printed documentation with Doc-To-Help. New release adds Team Authoring Support, enhanced Web-based help technology and PDF output. Learn more at www.doctohelp.com/tcp. Interactive 3D Documentation Parts catalogs, animated instructions, and more. www.i3deverywhere.com ___ Technical Communication Professionals Post a message to the list: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com Subscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Need help? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com __ Author Help files and create printed documentation with Doc-To-Help. New release adds Team Authoring Support, enhanced Web-based help technology and PDF output. Learn more at www.doctohelp.com/tcp. Interactive 3D Documentation Parts catalogs, animated instructions, and more. www.i3deverywhere.com ___ Technical Communication Professionals Post a message to the list: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com Subscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Need help? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com
Re: [TCP] Technical writers may shape future of American lit
Melissa Nelson wrote: She has inspired me, although I never seem to get past the carrying around a notebook in my purse and jotting down ideas phase! :( You've made it to the carrying a notebook phase? Wow! I've been stuck in the I really should carry a notebook phase for years now. :0) Donna - CONFIDENTIAL- This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential, and may also be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not review, use, copy, or distribute this message. If you receive this email in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply email and then delete this email. __ Author Help files and create printed documentation with Doc-To-Help. New release adds Team Authoring Support, enhanced Web-based help technology and PDF output. Learn more at www.doctohelp.com/tcp. Interactive 3D Documentation Parts catalogs, animated instructions, and more. www.i3deverywhere.com ___ Technical Communication Professionals Post a message to the list: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com Subscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Need help? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com
Re: [TCP] Technical writers may shape future of American lit
He's not the only one. I know of two TWs who write literature on the side. One has self-published three books, and the other has been published in several short story journals. --- Dana Worley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: While I'm not a member of the STC :), I get a couple of the Intermountain Chapter's mass mailings. They provided a link to an interesting article in the Deseret News (a Salt Lake paper): http://deseretnews.com/dn/view2/1,4382,660226327,00.html?textfiel d=Scott+Hatch User Interface design blog http://user-advocacy.blogspot.com/ Code::Design::UI::Consulting http://www.dionysius.com/ Ready for the edge of your seat? Check out tonight's top picks on Yahoo! TV. http://tv.yahoo.com/ __ Author Help files and create printed documentation with Doc-To-Help. New release adds Team Authoring Support, enhanced Web-based help technology and PDF output. Learn more at www.doctohelp.com/tcp. Interactive 3D Documentation Parts catalogs, animated instructions, and more. www.i3deverywhere.com ___ Technical Communication Professionals Post a message to the list: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com Subscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Need help? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com
Re: [TCP] Technical writers may shape future of American lit
On Wednesday, June 06, 2007, Chris Borokowski wrote: The best writer I personally knew said that if you were a good talker, and knew a good story, the rest was research and practice. There may be a creative writer inside many of us. I've always felt that my talking got better after I became a technical writer. As usual, looks like I'm backwards :) Dana * Dana Worley Software Product Manager/Manager, Software Support Group Campbell Scientific, Inc. 815 W 1800 N Logan, UT 84321-1784 435-750-1751 [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Author Help files and create printed documentation with Doc-To-Help. New release adds Team Authoring Support, enhanced Web-based help technology and PDF output. Learn more at www.doctohelp.com/tcp. Interactive 3D Documentation Parts catalogs, animated instructions, and more. www.i3deverywhere.com ___ Technical Communication Professionals Post a message to the list: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com Subscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Need help? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com
Re: [TCP] Technical writers may shape future of American lit
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dana Worley While I'm not a member of the STC :), I get a couple of the Intermountain Chapter's mass mailings. They provided a link to an interesting article in the Deseret News (a Salt Lake paper): http://tinyurl.com/2jo6gf Dana My ex-boss, a woman with whom I still work, has published two novels. She has since been picked up by Random House, who will publish her third. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heather_Sharfeddin __ Author Help files and create printed documentation with Doc-To-Help. New release adds Team Authoring Support, enhanced Web-based help technology and PDF output. Learn more at www.doctohelp.com/tcp. Interactive 3D Documentation Parts catalogs, animated instructions, and more. www.i3deverywhere.com ___ Technical Communication Professionals Post a message to the list: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com Subscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Need help? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com
Re: [TCP] Technical writers may shape future of American lit
Good he doesn't assign readings from Microsoft manuals... Those are hard finds, and I can only imagine the school bookstore markup on those puppies! ;-) On 6/6/07, Dana Worley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: While I'm not a member of the STC :), I get a couple of the Intermountain Chapter's mass mailings. They provided a link to an interesting article in the Deseret News (a Salt Lake paper): http://deseretnews.com/dn/view2/1,4382,660226327,00.html?textfiel d=Scott+Hatch or http://tinyurl.com/2jo6gf -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users List Owner Senior Member STC, TechValley Chapter STC Single-Sourcing SIG Manager http://techcommdood.blogspot.com avid homebrewer and proud beer snob I see your OOO message and raise you a clue. __ Author Help files and create printed documentation with Doc-To-Help. New release adds Team Authoring Support, enhanced Web-based help technology and PDF output. Learn more at www.doctohelp.com/tcp. Interactive 3D Documentation Parts catalogs, animated instructions, and more. www.i3deverywhere.com ___ Technical Communication Professionals Post a message to the list: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com Subscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Need help? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com
Re: [TCP] Technical writers may shape future of American lit
Personally, I think technical writing is easy but I wouldn't even consider tackling any type of creative writing. Maybe I'm not as good at observing life as I am observing a piece of software :) what do you mean, Dana? They're not the same? Wow. My reality is shattered. -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users List Owner Senior Member STC, TechValley Chapter STC Single-Sourcing SIG Manager http://techcommdood.blogspot.com avid homebrewer and proud beer snob I see your OOO message and raise you a clue. __ Author Help files and create printed documentation with Doc-To-Help. New release adds Team Authoring Support, enhanced Web-based help technology and PDF output. Learn more at www.doctohelp.com/tcp. Interactive 3D Documentation Parts catalogs, animated instructions, and more. www.i3deverywhere.com ___ Technical Communication Professionals Post a message to the list: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com Subscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Need help? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com
Re: [TCP] Technical writers may shape future of American lit
what do you mean, Dana? They're not the same? Wow. My reality is shattered. Bill, have you been doing marketing writing again? Is it that obvious? ;) -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users List Owner Senior Member STC, TechValley Chapter STC Single-Sourcing SIG Manager http://techcommdood.blogspot.com avid homebrewer and proud beer snob I see your OOO message and raise you a clue. __ Author Help files and create printed documentation with Doc-To-Help. New release adds Team Authoring Support, enhanced Web-based help technology and PDF output. Learn more at www.doctohelp.com/tcp. Interactive 3D Documentation Parts catalogs, animated instructions, and more. www.i3deverywhere.com ___ Technical Communication Professionals Post a message to the list: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com Subscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Need help? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com
Re: [TCP] Technical writers may shape future of American lit
That 50 years comment jarred with me too and the article and author lost credibility at that point. Interestingly, I'm currently reading The short life and long times of Mrs Beeton where it's obvious that technical writing was in existence for much longer than 50 years. According to this book, Mrs Beeton plagiarised enormously from earlier household management and cookery books. Considering her tome was first published in the 1860s, and that her husband's publishing house dealt with many 'how to' books and pamphlets, it's obvious that tech writing in one form or another has been around for a long time. Rhonda Rhonda Bracey [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cybertext.com.au AuthorIT Certified Consultant -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Swallow Sent: Thursday, 7 June 2007 12:01 PM To: Dan Goldstein Cc: tcp@techcommpros.com Subject: Re: [TCP] Technical writers may shape future of American lit i thought it was the second oldest profession, just under prostitution... No pun intended. On 6/6/07, Dan Goldstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I dunno. I stopped reading as soon as I got to the fallacy, Technical writing didn't exist 50 years ago. -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users List Owner Senior Member STC, TechValley Chapter STC Single-Sourcing SIG Manager http://techcommdood.blogspot.com avid homebrewer and proud beer snob I see your OOO message and raise you a clue. __ Author Help files and create printed documentation with Doc-To-Help. New release adds Team Authoring Support, enhanced Web-based help technology and PDF output. Learn more at www.doctohelp.com/tcp. Interactive 3D Documentation Parts catalogs, animated instructions, and more. www.i3deverywhere.com ___ Technical Communication Professionals Post a message to the list: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com Subscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Need help? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com
