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Re: CNET Editor Death Caused by a Technical Communication Mistake?

Subject: Re: CNET Editor Death Caused by a Technical Communication Mistake?
From: "Susan Hogarth" <hogarth -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2006 13:11:11 -0500

On 12/7/06, Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> wrote:

I've never seen a roadmap that didn't say "check local road
conditions." The family had a planned route, missed a turn
and instead of retracing their path and getting back on the
planned route chose a new one on the fly without stopping
to verify it was a good choice. ...

I've done this very thing. I was lucky. VERY lucky.

...
Documentation should never be expected to act as a
replacement for exercising common sense.

Amen to that!

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Susan Hogarth
http://www.colliething.com
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RE: CNET Editor Death Caused by a Technical Communication Mistake?: From: Sarah Bouchier
Re: CNET Editor Death Caused by a Technical Communication Mistake?: From: Gene Kim-Eng

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