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Re: Examples of good tech writing?

Subject: Re: Examples of good tech writing?
From: Michele Davis <michele -at- krautgrrl -dot- com>
To: Julie Stickler <jstickler -at- gmail -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 16:05:19 -0600

My opinion used to be the same, but Wiley & Sons is really trying in their Technical Dummies books to be less informal and chatty with their content. That's my experience, since I'm writing a Dummies book right now. I think when IDG did the Dummies series they were more informal, but Wiley is trying to hit a fairly competent audience with their tech books now.

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Julie Stickler wrote:

I would beg to differ. I find that while there is good information in
these guides, that the style is too breezy and informal. I would
definately not adopt that type of informal style for anything that I
was writing for the corporate world.

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