RE: This too is technical communication

[Chris Borokowski <athloi -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

The STC really missed the boat in recognizing that
technical writers are information architects and can
have a more expanded role. From what I've seen,
although improvement is occurring, the STC is stuck in
1989 with a WTFM outlook.

--- Beth Agnew <Beth -dot- Agnew -at- senecac -dot- on -dot- ca> wrote:

> 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.

User Interface design blog
http://user-advocacy.blogspot.com/
Code::Design::UI::Consulting
http://www.dionysius.com/


       
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