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Subject:RE: Need SME Review? Try this. From:"David Downing" <DavidDowning -at- users -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 8 Nov 2002 13:57:51 -0500
Depends on whether they're actual substantive edits. Remember what I
said awhile back about tech reviewers who do nothing but correct your
grammar, usage, etc.?
-----Original Message-----
From: John Posada [mailto:JPosada -at- book -dot- com]
Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 11:45 AM
Subject: RE: Need SME Review? Try this.
Something I'm also considering, though only a fleeting thought, is to
pay
the SMEs a nickel for each edit they give me.
Are 20 edits worth a buck?
Desperate times call for desperate measures.
John Posada
Senior Technical Writer
Barnes&Noble.com
jposada -at- book -dot- com
212-414-6656
"Be accurate...the 4am wakeup call you prevent could be your manager's"
-----Original Message-----
From: Ronan DEPAGNE [mailto:ronan -dot- depagne -at- atempo -dot- com]
Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 11:41 AM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: RE: Need SME Review? Try this.
>
> Inside of 10 minutes, he gave me a markup with a change to
> the drive letter
> of two shared drives where one of our systems writes log files.
>
> Hey! I'm not proud...extortion can work too.
>
Well, that or hot irons, whatever works.
Happy Halloween
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