Re: A good title for a tw?

Subject: Re: A good title for a tw?
From: Stuart Burnfield <slb -at- FS -dot- COM -dot- AU>
Date: Tue, 3 Jun 1997 13:41:15 +0800

Becca wrote:
> Back when I was freelancing, my business card simply had the words
> "Technical Documentation" under my name. That told what I do, and
> didn't limit me to any particular medium (print, help, web, etc...)

I really like this. Somehow it sounds more direct and practical to say
what you do, rather than who you are:

+--------------------------------+
| |
| Dinsdale Piranha |
| |
| Technical Writing |
| User-Interface Design |
| Indexing |
| |
+--------------------------------+

> Information Engineer and Knowledge Engineer always sound to me like
> using "Sanitation Enginner" for "janitor."

Yes! The word 'engineer' applied to people who aren't engineers makes me
think of a rat with a gold tooth.

Regards
---
Stuart Burnfield
Functional Software Pty Ltd
mailto:slb -at- fs -dot- com -dot- au

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