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Subject:RE: The End Of Technical Writing From:Tony Markos <ajmarkos -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Thu, 28 Oct 2004 18:23:39 -0700 (PDT)
--- Kat Nagel <mlists -at- masterworkconsulting -dot- com> wrote:
> Tony Markos <ajmarkos -at- yahoo -dot- com> wrote on 10/27/2004
> 07:00:47 PM:
I'm a passionate data flow diagrammer (a tool for
rigorous top-down task analysis). All true
data flow diagrammer's are noted for their fervent
approach to task analysis.
Data flow diagrams are a tool. As with any other
> tool, it is easy to
> become so obsessed with the tool that one treats it
> as a religious
> icon, a cure for all ills, and the *only* way to
> function as a truly
> professional...
Tony Markos responds:
Data Flow Diagrams are a way of life. They hold the
cure for cancer and provide a route to world harmony.
Our founding fathers used data flow diagrams! DFDs
are mentioned frequently in the Bible!
Give me DFDs or give me death!
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