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Re: The coming predominance of user experience andtechnicalcommunications
Subject:Re: The coming predominance of user experience andtechnicalcommunications From:"Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Wed, 25 Jul 2007 07:35:05 -0700
That might explain why *you* might be involved in UI develpment.
Not why technical communicators/writers in general should.
Gene Kim-Eng
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From: "Simon North" <Simon -dot- North -at- quintiq -dot- com>
> I progressed from paper and pencil to DTP, to online help, to IETMs,
> to multimedia, and to the Web. Each step brought me closer to being
> a 'developer' and along that path I learned/taught myself a lot about
> design, graphics, semiotics, cognitive psychology, ergonomics,
> interface
> design.
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