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Subject:Re: Active Ownership (was getting information) From:Bill Burns <BillDB -at- ILE -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 18 Jun 1999 09:36:35 -0600
Chris writes:
> The other writers seemed perfectly happy to bang away at whatever the
> SMEs provided them, without even looking at the technology or ever
> leaving their desks. When I inquired, I found that they always worked
> this way, and made a pretty good living at it to boot. I couldn't even
> understand what it was that they were doing. I guess they were
> "wordsmithing".
>
That requires a completely different toolset--anvil, hammer, bellows... <g>
Bill Burns - Eccentric Technology Consultant
International Communications Design & Development
billdb -at- ile -dot- com
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