RE: This too is technical communication

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

Not if they're part of a development team. The entire
debate has been misunderstood by some individuals,
yourself included, in that there's a vital
distinction:

1) User interface
2) Internals

Technical writers link user to goal via product. This
is where their information architecture skills come
into play, much as they do in those designing
enterprise apps.

I think many here don't understand that this context
is necessary to interpret the comments made, and so
have taken them out of context and drawn their own
conclusions.

--- Lauren <lt34 -at- csus -dot- edu> wrote:

> Technical writers document the product that exists,
> after it has been built
> by developers. 

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


       
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