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Subject:RE: Knowledge is manufactured? From:<richard -dot- melanson -at- us -dot- tel -dot- com> To:<Sarah -dot- Bouchier -at- exony -dot- com>, <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Wed, 8 Aug 2007 13:52:46 -0400
That is GREAT!!!
Rick
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From: techwr-l-bounces+richard -dot- melanson=us -dot- tel -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com [mailto:techwr-l-bounces+richard -dot- melanson=us -dot- tel -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On Behalf Of Sarah Bouchier
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Subject: RE: Knowledge is manufactured?
> > Technical communicators make information cheese (or wine, or
yeast...).
>I would be oh so satisfied if the people providing the information
would
>just cut it up into bite-sized pieces. Or provide me with a knife.
May I suggest a rephrasing?
'At one end of technical communication, there is a cow. At the other
end, there is fine Brie. Nobody enquires too closely into what happens
in between.'
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Sarah Bouchier
Technical Author
exony
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