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Subject:Re: text production process From:Mike Stockman <mstockman -at- mac -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Sat, 25 Jan 2003 19:37:13 -0500
I hope Andrew doesn't take your advice... I thought his point was a good
one, which (if I'm interpreting it correctly) was that the original
poster asked a question that just dripped with management buzzwords, and
didn't really ask anything meaningful. I've been a tech writer for over
15 years, and I've never even encountered a "text production process."
I've taken on projects and have then written documentation of some kind
that was appropriate to the products involved. This usually happened on
tight deadlines and without spare time to develop formal processes.
So Andrew's thinly-veiled suggestion that the question itself seems
designed to avoid actual work, was well taken.
>Sometimes you seem to feel compelled to comment when a) you have nothing
>constructive to say and b) those of us who have been on the list for
>more than 6 months (in my case, off and on for years and years and
>years) would know exactly what your opinion would be anyway.
>
>In those cases, perhaps you could consider NOT commenting?
>
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