Re: Poll: Is technical writing a sellout or fallback career?

["Tom Johnson" <tomjohnson1492 -at- gmail -dot- com>]

Lauren, I was just having a little fun with the poll, that's all. You'd be
surprised at all the flack I get from polls on my site (like leaving out Doc
to Help in my Tools question). Personally, I see the exercise in looking
more closely at comma placement, but I thought the context wasn't that
ambiguous. Anyway, the poll seemed to offend most people, including a person
who wrote me yesterday at the brink of hysteria that I even dared to use the
word "sellout."

Thanks for visiting my site, and by the way, if you haven't discovered my
newly redesigned social news site, Writer River, check it out at
http://writerriver.com. Sorry for not rhyming my response. Does anyone have
a suggestion for a better poll?

Tom

On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 1:17 PM, Lauren <lauren -at- writeco -dot- net> wrote:

> I take it from the recent poll question that the Tom Johnson does not value
> technical writing very much.  From the phrasing of his poll questions, I
> take it that he does not value clear writing very much.  I thought his site
> was supposed to be supportive of writing.  I guess not.
>
> Oh, dang!  I forgot to invoke Leonard's rule of rhyming...
>
> >From the recent poll question,
> of this writing bastion;
> Tech write appreciate,
> clear write substantiate;
> Tom Johnson does not,
> contradicting what I thought.
>
> Lauren
>
> > From: Sean Brierley
>
> > It now says the following. I'm not sure how to vote. Should we discuss
> > that? Interestingly, it doesn't mention beer or needing a committee to
> > get dressed in the morning. How deucedly odd.
> >
> > Is technical writing a sellout/fallback career, or is it a
> > glorious and
> > noble pursuit only second to heated discussions on Techwr-l
> > about polls?
> > :)
> >
> >     * No (5050%)
> >     * Sort of (800%)
> >     * Yes (500%)
> >     * Both No, Not Yes (50%)
> >     * Both Yes and No (0%)
> >     * Not Yes, Not No (0%)
> >     * Not No, Both Yes (0%)
> >
> > Total Votes: 2
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Sean
> >
>
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