Re: TW and/or information designer?

[Goober Writer <gooberwriter -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

> Which brings me to the question the thesis will
> examine ... where, in 
> practice, does the technical writer stop and the
> information designer begin? Or do they overlap?

Information Design is an element of Technical Writing,
and Technical Writing is an element of Information
Design. 

I don't think I know of a single information designer
who functions differently than a technical writer -
it's just a different title for the same work.

As for crafting, I do that at the template form. When
it comes time to produce something, the tempalte
handles everything non-subject-matter about my
deliverable. Time is too precious to be spent fondling
fonts, massaging white space, and such.

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(because life is too short to be inept)

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