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.
I recently was tasked with updating a documentation process doc and ended up
rewriting much of it to reduce obfuscation. I passed it to a peer for review
and he marked up several sentences as vague and inaccurate. Those were the
only sentences that I hadn't rewritten. After researching the history of
this document, I discovered HE had written the whole thing! Needless to say,
the back pedaling was so fast I thought he was going to suffer a whiplash. I
think there's a lesson in there somewhere... ;-)
Dave Wolf
-----Original Message-----
From: Penn Brumm <penn -at- HEALTHEON -dot- COM>
To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU <TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU>
Date: Monday, April 27, 1998 12:17 PM
Subject: Re: secretary's day
Oh, there are many who are ever so pleased when they can edit someone else's
work.
