TechWhirl (TECHWR-L) is a resource for technical writing and technical communications professionals of all experience levels and in all industries to share their experiences and acquire information.
For two decades, technical communicators have turned to TechWhirl to ask and answer questions about the always-changing world of technical communications, such as tools, skills, career paths, methodologies, and emerging industries. The TechWhirl Archives and magazine, created for, by and about technical writers, offer a wealth of knowledge to everyone with an interest in any aspect of technical communications.
As a newbie, I am glad to know that there is such a
list in which warm-hearted people are willing to
help me when I have questions.
As a newbie who is hanging by her bootstraps in
another country where the first language is
definitely not English, it is not so easy getting
answers to seemingly simple questions -- especially
when those questions require opinions rather than one
answer.
Many style questions are exactly that - questions of
style or individual taste. As a newbie, I stumble
upon my reference sources one by one. My company had
never heard of the Micosoft Guide etc. Learning of
these resources, not to mention obtaining them, is a
challenge in itself, so I was glad to discover this
list.
Is it so bad to ask a simple grammar questions and
so good to discuss the merits of learning tools or
not
ad nauseum? Or to vent using an ever-so-misleading
subject line? (We all need that, so I'm not knocking
that at all -- just asking for some type of labelling
in the subject line)
Although a newbie, I may know something that someone
else doesn't. If someone needs that information, I
hope they are not afraid to ask and that there is a
forum where they can ask it freely. I forget who it
was that said, "There are no stupid questions". I
would like to hope that that spirit is alive and
well in this list.
Thanks for letting me add my two yen.
Michelle Z
>
>
> --- Sandy Harris <sandy -at- storm -dot- ca> wrote:
> > "Swallow, William" wrote:
> > > Wouldn't it be easier on the
> > list as a whole to just avoid
> > > stupid grammar questions completely? I mean, if
> > you're too cheap to buy a
> > > CMS, MSMoS, or a dictionary, there are plenty of
> > free references on the web
> > > (like www.w-m.com, for example).
> >
> > And if you want to discuss grammar questions,
> there
> > is a more appropriate
> > place, the alt.usage.english newsgroup. Of course
> > you should read its FAQ
> > first and avoid resurrecting questions which have
> > already been discussed to
> > death. The FAQ URL is an archived post of mine in
> > the recent 'singular they'
> > thread on this list.
__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/
*** Deva(tm) Tools for Dreamweaver and Deva(tm) Search ***
Build Contents, Indexes, and Search for Web Sites and Help Systems
Available now at http://www.devahelp.com or info -at- devahelp -dot- com
Sponsored by Information Mapping, Inc., a professional services firm
specializing in Knowledge Management and e-content solutions. See http://www.infomap.com or 800-463-6627 for more about our solutions.
---
You are currently subscribed to techwr-l as: archive -at- raycomm -dot- com
To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-techwr-l-obscured -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com
Send administrative questions to ejray -at- raycomm -dot- com -dot- Visit http://www.raycomm.com/techwhirl/ for more resources and info.
