What TECHWR-L Means to Me (was Hello Again)

[Bonni_Graham_at_Enfin-SD -at- PROTEON -dot- COM]

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     For me, TEHCWR-L fulfills the same purpose that wandering around the
     halls does.  I get embroiled in conversations that, on the surface,
     may look like non-sequiters, but down the road turn into useful
     information.

     Even the flame wars and overzealous, over-long,
     probably-should-be-private discussions serve a purpose for me.  As an
     STC Chapter president, any feedback as to the state of mind of tech
     writers is at least interesting, and often provides insights about
     what topics to base meetings on.  For example, based on the number of
     posts, I may be adding a grammar table the next time I do a
     round-table discussion meeting.

     This list is going to be the same kind of sanity-saver that STC itself
     was when I was the Lone Writer at my previous company, especially if I
     end up contracting and working out of my house.  It's just nice to
     "talk" to people in your own profession, no matter what the weight of
     the discussion is.  It's also nice to be able to help occasionally by
     doing so (at the very least, if affirms that I do, in fact, know
     something useful to SOMEONE).

     IMHO, of course.

Bonni Graham                               |
Technical Writer                           | Most software is run by
Easel Corporation, ENFIN Technology Lab    | confused users acting on
Bonni_Graham_at_Enfin-SD -at- relay -dot- proteon -dot- com | incorrect and incomplete
President, San Diego STC                   | information, doing things
                                           | the designer never expected.
NOTE: apparently my email address needs    |
to be typed exactly as it appears here,    |          --Paul Heckel, quoted
punctuation and all, or the system gets    |            by William Horton
upset.                                     |