[Techtalk] Resources about Technical Writing?
Billie Walsh
bilwalsh at swbell.net
Mon Oct 29 01:46:02 UTC 2007
Kathryn Andersen wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 28, 2007 at 07:40:55AM -0500, Billie Walsh wrote:
>
>> I don't know anything at all about technical writing except from the
>> user end. But I do have a question for you. Are you writing for
>> "techies" or regular people? From my experience "techies" write for
>> "techies", not for the unwashed masses [ to which I belong ]. If your
>> writing to the masses please use the K.I.S.S. Principle.
>>
>
> Well, I'd say I was writing to the "washed masses"; people who already
> know how to use a computer. I'm not writing "For Dummies" books.
>
> Kathryn Andersen
>
So, I guess that means your writing for "techies". In other words they
are going to read like man pages.
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(o:]>*HUGGLES*<[:o)
Billie Walsh
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