Re: Techwriting commoditized?

Subject: Re: Techwriting commoditized?
From: "Brian Das" <brian_das -at- hotmail -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2003 15:34:46 -0400


Matthew J. Horn wrote:
>
> Can you tell me why you think that? I'm not saying it's true or not, but I
don't buy the notion... yet.
>

Hi Matthew,

Perhaps I'm using the wrong term. I'm using commodity to mena an
unspecialized product -- something that, at first glance, can't be
distinguished from its competitors.

Maybe it's more accurate to say that tech writing has always been a
commodity, but no one's had to expand on it because there was a lot of
demand. Now that demand has dropped, a tech writer needs to present a
specialized product.

Whaddya think?
Brian

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