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I think the real creativity and great skill of technical writing is being
able to write clear, appropriate, and meaningful information within the
processes and standards that most of us work with.
Suzanne Chiles
NID Information Engineering
Intel Corporation
suzannex -dot- chiles -at- intel -dot- com
503-712-1911
-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Plato [mailto:intrepid_es -at- yahoo -dot- com]
Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 7:41 AM
To: TECHWR-L
Cc: bbatorsk -at- admin -dot- nj -dot- devry -dot- edu
Subject: Re: Are best practices standards?
So let's stop fooling ourselves here. I know that some people want to
believe
that all these processes and standards make their jobs have more meaning. In
reality, they merely make your job more predictable. Don't sugar coat these
things and make them into something they are not. If you want real, true
creativity you have to suffer with the confusion and waste that comes with
human minds struggling to force some sense out of the chaos.
