[Author Prev][Author Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next]
[Author Index (this month)][Thread Index (this month)][Top of Archive]

Re: Jargon Lovin' Fool

Subject: Re: Jargon Lovin' Fool
From: Laura Lemay <lemay -at- lne -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 12:56:02 -0700


Re the discussion about how much education to put in a book,
to quote Andrew Plato:

1) The reader does not care about the material, therefore give the reader
the bare minimum to get the job done.

2) The reader does care about the material, therefore give the reader the
complete picture of the situation.

Either one of these is a valid choice in documenting a product. There
isn't a right answer that works for every book, at every company, for
every technology. This isn't the sort of question that's going to be
answered here.

However, this is probably the sort of question that should be determined
by a pubs team as part of a doc plan before a single page gets written, and
should be consistent for all the writers on that team (with obvious
differences in detail for references vs tutorials etc). You're all doing
doc plans, right? :)

Laura
doc plans 'R' us




^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Announcing new options for IPCC 01, October 24-27 in Santa Fe,
New Mexico: attend the entire event or select a single day. For details and online registration, visit http://ieeepcs.org/2001

Your monthly sponsorship message here reaches more than
5000 technical writers, providing 2,500,000+ monthly impressions.
Contact Eric (ejray -at- raycomm -dot- com) for details and availability.

---
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.

Follow-Ups:

References:
Re: Jargon Lovin' Fool: From: Andrew Plato

Previous by Author: Re: Example of Synopsis
Next by Author: Re: Layoff logistics and etiquette
Previous by Thread: RE: Jargon Lovin' Fool
Next by Thread: Re: Jargon Lovin' Fool

[Top of Archive] | [Author Index (this month)] | [Thread Index (this month)]

What this post helpful? Share it with friends and colleagues:

Sponsored Ads