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Subject:Making It Pretty From:"George F. Hayhoe III" <george -dot- hayhoe -at- SRS -dot- GOV> Date:Thu, 17 Nov 1994 08:57:00 -0400
My retort would be similar to Mary Wise's. "Beauty's a subjective quality,
and there's no accounting for taste. But I'd be delighted to tell you about
a recently completed study funded by STC that describes exactly how
technical communicators like me add value to products in terms of their
usefulness to our customers."
--George Hayhoe (george -dot- hayhoe -at- srs -dot- gov)
Assistant to the President for Recognition Programs, STC