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Re: Tech writers still necessary, but performing poorly
Subject:Re: Tech writers still necessary, but performing poorly From:Richard Lewis <tech44writer -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:Chris Borokowski <athloi -at- yahoo -dot- com>, Melissa Nelson <melmis36 -at- hotmail -dot- com>, techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Mon, 30 Jul 2007 15:28:42 -0700 (PDT)
Chris Borokowski <athloi -at- yahoo -dot- com> wrote:
Any time I see a cell phone or digital camera that comes with 250 page
manual, I want to scream.
Richard Lewis responds:
Do what I am going to do the next time I go to Best Buy. I will tell the salesperson that I want to buy a very readable manual on how to operate a camera. Then I'll say that I will probably buy the camera - once I approve of it's manual.
I used to buy on glitz. However, deep in my gut, I knew that, once I got home and started to unbox the purchase, that there was going to be all hell to pay - the manual buried deep within the packaging. Now I realize that the manual is always buried deep within the packaging for a reason - so you do not see it until it is too late (who returns purchases because the manual stinks?)
Richard Lewis
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