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From: "Dick Margulis" <margulis -at- fiam -dot- net>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Cc: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Sent: Friday, April 16, 2004 11:13 AM
Subject: Re: Why should a tech writer learn XML?
I used to have posted on my wall
> a large "Chomsky was right!" sign, which was my
way of explaining my
> stare-at-an-example-until-it-makes-sense
technique.
Transformational Cognition? Fantastic, this is
how I edit. A micro-expression of mirth probably
flashes across my face when I say that, but it is
basically true. My brain picks out problems on
the page before my concious mind recognizes what
the problems are.
As for learning XML and computer instruction code,
I draw inspiration from the Benjamin Whorf /
Ludwig Wittgenstein philosophies, summarized for
my purposes as:
"The limits of my vocabulary are the limits of my
universe."
About Wittgenstein. His philosophy seems
fractally complex, but he's got a simple view of
language as a tool to "show", in a fairly literal
sense, what you mean. I like it. http://www.island-of-freedom.com/WITTGEN.HTM
Have fun.
Ned Bedinger
Edwordsmith Technical Communications Co.
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