Re: What do you guys think of STCs new definition for technicalwriter?

["Bill Swallow" <techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com>]

> I confess to being not buffalo'd by the term "knowledge product." And
> considering that technical writers are often responsible for
> "synthesizing" information (according to numerous job descriptions I've
> seen) I think it's a little bit disengenuous to claim it doesn't make
> any sense.

Ah, but see, we're not the intended users for the definition. Are you
suggesting we not consider them? ;-)

- Bill (who asked 10 different people throughout his office what a
'knowledge product' was and got 10 different answers)

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