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>A year ago, Ms. Ray posted this poll
>(http://www.raycomm.com/techwhirl/polls/techwhirlpollresults.php3?pollID
>=99), which indicated that less than 18% of technical writers had online
>portfolios. Presumably that number has gone up, but clearly the vast
>majority of writers don't have Web sites.
Actually, Darren, the situation might not be quite so bleak. The actual
poll question was:
"As a technical writer, do you maintain an online portfolio of writing and
related samples:"
I have a website, and have delivered documentation completely as web pages,
but I would have answered "no" to that question, because my portfolio is
not on my website. There could very well be other people like me, who
despite the fact that they *could* have an online portfolio, in fact, don't.
-Ami
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Ami Wright
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American with international experience
www.ziplink.net/users/ami
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