RE: Knowledge is manufactured?

Subject: RE: Knowledge is manufactured?
From: "Combs, Richard" <richard -dot- combs -at- Polycom -dot- com>
To: "Dan Goldstein" <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com>, "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 12:56:07 -0600

Dan Goldstein wrote:

> WADR to Bear's cool Zen approach, tech writers don't
> manufacture knowledge. We acquire it and (if we're lucky)
> transmit it to other people. </nitpick>

I disagree. We acquire information. By adding organization and
coherence, we transform it into knowledge.

> Happy Friday,

With that, I wholeheartedly agree! ;-)

Richard


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Polycom, Inc.
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303-223-5111
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303-777-0436
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