Re: Source for statistics on the technical writing field

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

I think some of the people you described earlier probably will make some 
kind of transition eventually, IF designers have the smarts to provide 
computer-based tools in forms that are acceptable to the way they want 
to work.  The printshop people could end up with some sort of 
pen/touch-based screen that looks and feels like writing on a 
whiteboard, and the doctors may take a liking to tablets that mimic 
prescription pads and lab order forms but send data wirelessly to 
pharmacies and other services. The key is that the technology must adapt 
to the typical user and not expect everybody to do things the other way 
around if you want to have a user base that goes beyond the tech 
early-adopters who can't wait to get their hands on "the next big 
thing."

Gene Kim-Eng


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kat Kuvinka" <katkuvinka -at- hotmail -dot- com>
>Well, some people just don't care about computers ;^) ...they don't 
>care, and
>they don't want to use them even if they have access. They don't know 
>what
>they are missing, or do not feel like they are missing anything.

>As for our profession, we are definitely in the next wave, and you are 
>right,
>we must find new ways to reach our audience.

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