Re: Help with a survey

[Julie Stickler <jstickler -at- gmail -dot- com>]

I agree with Robert.  If I were to make a list of all the things that I do
in a given day, "research" would be at the top of the list.  I'm a bit
worried about a tool vendor that doesn't understand what their users are
doing on a daily basis.

I wouldn't even think to include "copying/pasting" as one of the things
that I do every day, because it's so trivial.  But it appears the easyDITA
thinks it's one of the seven most important ways that I spend my time?
Sounds like they've structured their survey to collect data that will
support some marketing initiative they're planning (New research shows that
technical writers spend X percent of their time copying and pasting!).

On Sun, May 15, 2016 at 5:00 PM, Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com>
wrote:

> Bad survey. They don't seem to recognize that some tech writers spend
> most of our time doing research.
>
> On Sun, May 15, 2016 at 1:16 PM, INKtopia Admin <admin -at- inktopia -dot- net>
> wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > Can you take a few minutes to take a survey from our partner, easyDITA?
> >
> > The survey is designed to research major issues content creators and
> > managers are faced with on a daily basis. Deadline is early June or 200
> > respondents, whichever comes first.
> >
> > Survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/VTC16
> >
> > Thanks for your help!
> > Al
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