Re: TECHWR-L Digest, Vol 40, Issue 22

["Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>]

First comment on this thread, last comment on it...

This is a lot like sitting in a meeting watching a
couple of writers drag the rest of the group
through an arguement over some little-used feature
of the dept's document template that has deteriorated
into a personal shouting match.  The underlying subject
may be related to the reason everyone is there, but
the only reason anyone outside of the dispute is
paying any attention is that they're curious about how 
long it's going to take for the group's manager (in this 
case, the list admin) to knock on the table a few times 
and say,"schedule yourselves a sidebar on this and 
let's move on."

I've already lost track of how long ago I would have
ended this in one of my meetings.

Gene Kim-Eng


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Geoff Lane" <geoff -at- gjctech -dot- co -dot- uk>

> It has a lot to do with technical writing in that it's part of a
> thread that IMO illustrates very well some of the pitfalls of written
> communication. The thread started as a branch of "Qualifications for
> an off shore writer?" so perhaps you missed the link because of the
> subject change. However, you need to consider the thread holistically
> else many posts taken out of context might seem off-topic.

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