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Subject:Re: Definition of Tech Writer, was STC is broken From:Ned Bedinger <doc -at- edwordsmith -dot- com> To:Lauren <lauren -at- writeco -dot- net> Date:Tue, 06 May 2008 16:32:03 -0700
Lauren wrote:
> This
> documentation is not technical writing, so what is it?
Lauren, your philosophical vigor down the straightaway is like something
out of a National Hot Rod Association event. I can almost taste the
nitromethane in the air. Wonderful!
But sorry, I can't answer your puzzler (unless the answer is
"communication").
Thanks,
Ned Bedinger
doc -at- edwordsmith -dot- com
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