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Subject:RE: Technical Writers or Information Developers? From:John -dot- Sheridan-Smith -at- bmwfin -dot- com To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com Date:Wed, 29 Sep 1999 09:15:10 +0100
>Almost everyone knows what a Technical Writer is and does. I don't think
>anyone knows (except for other tech writers, I suppose) what an Information
>Designer is.
In my experience, very few people know what a Technical Writer is or does,
even in the computing industry.
If everyone knew what a TW does, the time I would save in explaining it to
people would boost my productivity rate no end.
