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Subject:Re: Web media From:"Anthony Markatos" <tonymar -at- hotmail -dot- com> To:intrepid_es -at- yahoo -dot- com, techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com Date:Tue, 15 Feb 2000 10:13:05 PST
Andrew Plato wrote:
Building good, interactive, and compelling web sites requires the capability
to cut code, architect systems, and understand how disparate systems
interact.
Tony Markatos responds:
Yes, but these are not the main thing that needs to be done. In any
communications project - paper-based or web - the main thing that needs to
be done is to obtain a rigorous understanding of the end-user's goals.
Yourdon & Associates state that this is ninty-eight percent (98%) if the
REQUIRED work.
Andrew Plato said:
Thus, many companies use programmers and true web developers to build their
sites and enlist tech writers to merely produce content.
Tony Markatos responds:
Real men sling code - this is the nerds-eye view of web development. It
fails to consider the main thing that needs to be done in any tech comm
project (see above).
Andrew Plato said:
Graphics, layout, interactivity, and branding are equally if not more
important than the writen words.
Tony Markatos responds:
Here I agree with you 100%.
Tony Markatos
(tonymar -at- hotmail -dot- com)
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