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Subject:RE: MOS leaves me confused on this one..... From:Kim Roper <kim -dot- roper -at- vitana -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 27 Oct 2000 13:44:43 -0400
"Ask my manager."
"Ask Marketing."
"You want it *when*?"
"The true meaning of Curiousity Killed the Cat: Let's see what happens when
we do this to the *cat* ..." [or CueCat, I suppose ...]
"It's Marketing's problem."
"If you don't want me to use something, don't put in on the server."
"Well, if we had an intranet ..."
"Well, if Marketing would make up it's mind ..."
"I need another beer."
"I'm agnostic. Just tell me what you want."
"You don't want to know why I can't use that font."
"I'll finish it when I get the pictures from Marketing."
"I'm not a programmer ..."
"I don't like those colours either, but I'm not wearing them, am I?"
Cheers ... Kim
kim -dot- roper -at- vitana -dot- com
-----Original Message-----
From: Jill Waite [mailto:jwaite -at- criticaldevices -dot- com]
Sent: Friday, October 27, 2000 12:56 PM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: RE: MOS leaves me confused on this one.....
I'm thinking about getting a really big sign printed to put over my desk.
It'll say:
The emperor has no clothes!
It's what I feel like most days, after going round with the SMEs...
Jill Waite
Dallas (rainy & windy, but warmish)
From: Barry Kieffer
The mantra of most technical writers is:
Please God, let the schedule slip.
(The development schedule that is...)
> From: m w <tech_mw -at- yahoo -dot- com>
> Ah, perhaps the mantra of tech writers
> everywhere....that, and "I need another mocha."
>
> > It is better to be
> > consistent than correct (in most cases).
R
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