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Subject:RE: History of the IT industry From:"Lauren" <lauren -at- writeco -dot- net> To:"'Bill Swallow'" <techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com>, "'Gene Kim-Eng'" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> Date:Mon, 2 Jun 2008 09:09:17 -0700
I got it now.
* Technical communicators create knowledge products within the IT industry.
* The IT industry is the source of knowledge products.
* Knowledge products are the opposite of what is not a knowledge product.
It's all clear now. The only thing that's missing is a data flow diagram.
<teehee>
Lauren
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Swallow
> And if technical communicators weren't so busy creating knowledge
> products, they might be able to do something about that. ;-)
>
> On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 10:11 AM, Gene Kim-Eng
> <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> wrote:
> > It simply shows that these "quasi-official" sources are
> > out of touch with the real experiences of the people
> > who actually hold the jobs and do the work. Big
> > surprise.
>
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