TechWhirl (TECHWR-L) is a resource for technical writing and technical communications professionals of all experience levels and in all industries to share their experiences and acquire information.
For two decades, technical communicators have turned to TechWhirl to ask and answer questions about the always-changing world of technical communications, such as tools, skills, career paths, methodologies, and emerging industries. The TechWhirl Archives and magazine, created for, by and about technical writers, offer a wealth of knowledge to everyone with an interest in any aspect of technical communications.
>>In fact, we demonstrated a number of times that paying people
>>to even _think about_ doing the task was sufficient to reduce their later
>>interest. This is a very reliable and well-studied phenomenon, explained
>>by a transference of motivation from the intrinsic interest of the task
>>to the extrinsic reward for completing the task, given a
sufficiently-large
>>reward.
This doesn't provide much hope for our work staying creative
and interesting! :-)
******************************
Notice he says `given a sufficiently-large reward'
So most of us probably don't have to worry too much <grinny grinny>
Shannon
shannon -at- uniface -dot- alameda -dot- ca -dot- us
