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Re: The coming predominance of user experience and technicalcommunications
Subject:Re: The coming predominance of user experience and technicalcommunications From:John Posada <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:Eric Dunn <dunn -dot- eric -dot- l -at- gmail -dot- com>, TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Wed, 25 Jul 2007 14:33:56 -0700 (PDT)
>> So, your problem with the questions they do ask is that they don't ask the
>> questions that YOU think they should ask. Keep in mind that the most ity-bitty
>> question they could ask is should this be a 0 or a 1...but I'll bet it can be a
>> very important question.
>
> As helpful and insightful as you can be at times John, other times you
>come across a stubborn curmudgeon. :p
Absolutely!
Sorry...it's a knee-jerk reaction to any message where I perceive even the slightest an acceptance that less knowledge and questions is as good or better than more knowledge with less questions. I can't help it. My fingers start banging away at the keys as I watch in horror at the message that's being sent out in my name.
John Posada
Senior Technical Writer
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