Re: This too is technical communication

["Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>]

It wasn't just the STC.  At the first company I managed publications
for (early 90's), none of the writers wanted to work on the corporate 
website even though upper management and the marketing group 
*asked* Tech Pubs to help them out with it.  They just didn't take 
this "web fad" seriously.  I ended up doing most of it myself because 
lack of interest resulted in nobody else in the group taking the time to
research what needed to be done to produce usable online content.

Gene Kim-Eng


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Beth Agnew" <Beth -dot- Agnew -at- senecac -dot- on -dot- ca>
To: <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 9:22 AM
Subject: RE: This too is technical communication


> The STC really missed the boat as far as taking ownership of the field of
> information on our behalf. By not stepping forward and saying "information
> online is within our purview" (until much later), it allowed so-called web
> designers and developers to be the ones to put content online. 
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