Re: The Tech in Tech Writer

[Ami WRIGHT <ami -at- ziplink -dot- net>]

John Garison wrote: 
> 
>I think it was John Posada who recently said that a good writer should be 
>able to write up to an audience level as well as down to a less technical 
>audience. I grant that as ideal, but rarely see it in practice. 
>

Maybe I'm an anomaly, but I've written about everything from consumer 
electronics to programming tools, and people were happy with what I did 
at both ends of the technical spectrum. 

They are however, very different kinds of writing. With a non-technical 
audience you have to be careful not to assume too much. People might 
not know fairly basic technical stuff. With a technical audience you 
have to be careful not to explain too much. They don't need concepts, 
they just need the techy bits about your particular product.

-Ami



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