Re: Tugging on Superman's Cape

Subject: Re: Tugging on Superman's Cape
From: Sandy Harris <sandy -at- storm -dot- ca>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 18:16:34 -0500

Andrew Plato wrote:

> ... I think STC should make an effort to form connections with the
> various technology and engineering related societies. The isolation of STC
> seems to mirror a bad trend among many tech writers to isolate themselves from
> the technical aspect of their job.
[snip]
> STC doesn't want writers like me. I am a content-phile. STC is squarely
> situated on the "communication" side of tech writing. Until they start working
> to deal with content related issues, there just isn't any place for me.
> Meetings about the exciting world of gerunds just don't turn my crank.

You might try the ACM's SIGDOC:

http://www.acm.org/sigdoc/

> SIGDOC is a Special Interest Group for DOCumentation - a society of senior communication
> professionals. Members are from all technical and scientific disciplines, those who create
> documentation in the computing community and those who use of computers to create
> documentation in many styles and mediums.

> ACM is the world's oldest and largest educational and scientific
> computing society. Since 1947 ACM has provided a vital forum for
> the exchange of information, ideas, and discoveries. Today, ACM serves
> a membership of more than 80,000 ...

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