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Subject:RE: Interesting site for software tech writers From:"Goldstein, Dan" <DGoldstein -at- DeusTech -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L (E-mail)" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 12 Jan 2004 13:57:32 -0500
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Isaac Rabinovitch
>
> Guy K. Haas wrote:
> >
> > What does YOUR organization say about humor?
> >
> Never mind the organization...
... said the self-employed writer?
> Humor has no place in a
> technical document...
... and Spolsky proves it. His "Miss Piggy" example on http://tinyurl.com/3e67a is silly, lame, verbose, distracting,
unentertaining, and counterproductive.
But give credit where it's due: Spolsky's "Magazines will go so far..."
example on the same page is hilarious.
> In general, Spolsky is at the top of my overrated list. Stuff
> I've read by him is full
> badly reasoned arguments and brainless truisms...
