Re: Economist magazine points to decline of tech writing

[Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>]

First of all, there are plenty of western consumers who haven't felt the 
need to become familiar with or even bother to use social media and 
touchscreens.  And even fewer who actually derive a living from either.

There are probably no technological changes that impact ALL members of 
any profession.  If we looked hard enough, we could probably find 
someone, somewhere, who is still banging out manuscripts on an IBM 
Selectric - or using a #2 pencil and a wire bound notepad - and sending 
them off to someone else to be edited, illustrated and typeset.

So the need for working knowledge of single sourcing and DITA, despite 
their spread, have probably not yet been a critical threat to a tech 
writer's ability to find employment.  But if you're not up to speed on 
them, you're probably already being impacted.

Gene Kim-Eng



On 1/6/2015 8:09 AM, Dan Goldstein wrote: