RE: Jargon Lovin' Fool

[bryan -dot- westbrook -at- amd -dot- com]

It always seems to come back to "know your audience," doesn't it?

When I was an undergrad, every teacher always stressed that that was the most important part of writing, and I have yet to see them proven wrong.

Hey, come to think of it, that would be my answer for that "most important thing" question.


-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce Byfield [mailto:bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com]
Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 1:56 PM
To: TECHWR-L
Cc: TECHWR-L; CANAMEIE -at- email -dot- usps -dot- gov
Subject: Re: Jargon Lovin' Fool


In general, I agree; when writing for geeks, use geek dialect. But when 
I'm writing for non-geeks, I'm not concerned with what the geeks will 
think. They won't be reading it. Anyway, my credibility or lack of it 
will be established among the geeks by my everyday behavior long before 
I produce a manual.


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