Re: Doc Design and Convention - to address Gene's take on this

Subject: Re: Doc Design and Convention - to address Gene's take on this
From: "Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>
To: <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2009 15:49:03 -0800

The other way around from this:

"The answers to how the product works tell you who the presumed users are?"

And yes, I was agreeing with you. If a product's developers can't tell you who
their intended users are or what they expect from the product there are more
serious problems than how to create the documentation.

Gene Kim-Eng


----- Original Message -----
From: "Janice Gelb" <Janice -dot- Gelb -at- Sun -dot- COM>
> The other way around from what? I think we
> are in violent agreement on this.

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References:
Re: Doc Design and Convention - to address Gene's take on this: From: Keith Hood
Re: Doc Design and Convention - to address Gene's take on this: From: Gene Kim-Eng
Re: Doc Design and Convention - to address Gene's take on this: From: Robert Lauriston
Re: Doc Design and Convention - to address Gene's take on this: From: Janice Gelb
Re: Doc Design and Convention - to address Gene's take on this: From: Gene Kim-Eng
Re: Doc Design and Convention - to address Gene's take on this: From: Janice Gelb

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