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RE: The coming predominance of user experience andtechnicalcommunications
Subject:RE: The coming predominance of user experience andtechnicalcommunications From:"Dori Green" <dgreen -at- associatedbrands -dot- com> To:<techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:03:18 -0400
Wendy Loreti wrote:
...here in PA no one was allowed to self-serve gasoline on
the theory that it was too dangerous.
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I remember a junior college chemistry prof who took the time to explain in detail how the benzene compounds in gasoline fumes were harmful with long-term exposure but not on an occasional, short-term basis. So it was safe to pump our own, but not to spend hours around the stuff every day. There was method to his madness -- he got our attention (several of us worked at gas stations) and introduced us very cleverly to the concept of electron exchange. I have always remembered his technique of using examples from a user's everyday life to help explain complicated technical material.
Dori Green
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