RE: STC is broken

[David Hailey <david -dot- hailey -at- usu -dot- edu>]

three points.

Point 1: You said, I've never interviewed game developers, but I'm pretty sure that their resumes don't - and won't - be titled, "Technical Communicator." I responded with a description for how I use these technologies to produce technical communication and made the statement "my resume is titled 'Technical Communicator'."

Point 2: You said "Flash isn't 'on the fringe.' I've used Flash for technical documentation, and so have plenty of other Whirlers." I did not say that Flash was on the fringe.  Using game technology, however, for technical instruction is still uncommon in the profession -- it's on the fringe. Using Flash's ActionScript is just one of the tools that can be used for that purpose -- so is Basic, Java, C++, and JavaScript.  I have said nothing that implies Flash or ActionScript or any of the other programming languages are on the fringe. It's not about the language, it's about its use.

Point 3: You say, "That doesn't mean that everyone who uses Flash is creating technical documentation."  Where in anything I said did I imply that using Flash made one a technical communicator? That also doesn't mean that everyone who uses Word is creating technical documentation.  I guess I don't understand your logic here -- kinda' twisted I think. I said some people who use flash are technical communicators.  You say some people who use flash are not technical communicators. Sounds like you are supporting my point in a back-handed sort of way.

David E. Hailey, Jr., Ph.D.
Associate Professor -- Professional and Technical Writing
Utah State University
dhailey -at- english -dot- usu -dot- edu

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