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

Re: STC Letter to the Editor

Subject: Re: STC Letter to the Editor
From: Jan Henning <henning -at- r-l -dot- de>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2002 20:21:18 +0100


2. The community gathers and spends most of their time discussing everything -
except content. Huh?

What's so hard do understand? When a number a people gather, they tend to talk about topics they have in common. "Content" is a very abstract concept that could be discussed but isn't all that interesting. Specific content, on the other hand, may be much too varied to discuss fruitfully at an STC meeting.

You could talk about network protocols, sure. But that would send those 90% of the techwriters packing who don‘t do anything with networking protocols and presumably never will. And for a third of the remainder, the level is too high, and for another third it is too low.

Same with other content topics. So the STC choses to focus on those topics that actually benefit the majority of its members. This appears to be a very well-founded approach, especially given that there are a large number of separate societies such as the IEEE where all kinds of content can be discussed.

Regards
Jan Henning

--------------------------------------------------------------------
Jan Henning
ROSEMANN & LAURIDSEN GMBH
Am Schlossberg 14, D-82547 Eurasburg, Germany

Phone: +49 700 0200 0700, Fax: +49 8179 9307-12
E-Mail: henning -at- r-l -dot- de, Web: www.r-l.de
--------------------------------------------------------------------


^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Check out SnagIt - The Screen Capture Standard!
Download a free 30-day trial from http://www.techsmith.com/rdr/txt/twr
Find out what all the other tech writers, including Dan, already know!

All-new RoboHelp X3 is now shipping! Get single sourcing, print-quality
documentation, conditional text and much more, in the most monumental
release ever. Save $100! Order online at http://www.ehelp.com/techwr-l

---
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: STC Letter to the Editor: From: Andrew Plato

Previous by Author: Re: Question on a Xmas present (and potential sample)
Next by Author: Re: STC Letter to the Editor
Previous by Thread: Re: STC Letter to the Editor
Next by Thread: Re: STC Letter to the Editor

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

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

Sponsored Ads