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Just one man's opinion, but I have stopped reading the "Idiot" and "Dummies"-type books, because I find the breezy tone extremely annoying. They often seem to say in 100 words something that could just as easily be said in 10, and when looking for help with a new concept, I am an impatient reader. For what it's worth.
Jim Guarino
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>From: Julie Stickler <jstickler -at- gmail -dot- com>
>Sent: Jan 12, 2006 2:02 PM
>To: "arroxaneullman -at- aol -dot- com" <arroxaneullman -at- aol -dot- com>
>Cc: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
>Subject: Re: Examples of good tech writing?
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>Whoops, should have highlighted the suggestion of of the Dummies and
>Idiots series.
>
>On 1/12/06, Julie Stickler <jstickler -at- gmail -dot- com> 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.
>>
>> Julie Stickler
>>
>> On 1/10/06, arroxaneullman -at- aol -dot- com <arroxaneullman -at- aol -dot- com> wrote:
>> > Idiot's Guides and Dummy's Guides.
>> >
>> > But that's just my opinion.
>> >
>> > :)
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