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Re: TW and/or information designer?

Subject: Re: TW and/or information designer?
From: Bruce Byfield <bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 16:03:09 -0800

Which brings me to the question the thesis will
examine ... where, in practice, does the technical writer stop and the
information designer begin? Or do they overlap?

I prefer to avoid the term "information designer" although I often do the sort of tasks that are sometimes associated with it. I find the term pretentious. More importantly, I want to avoid confusion; I've sometimes seen it used as a synonym for "information architect" to refer to someone who does such things as setting up databases, and I don't want anyone to think I'm claiming that skill set.

Of course, I've heard "information architect" used by the pretentious and ill-informed, too, but that's another story.

Personally, I just call myself a writer and a designer. It's simpler and less likely to be misunderstood.

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