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Actually, I would appreciate a selection of technical topics, especially
geared toward overviews for TWs (I'd love to attend a seminar that gave the
basics of something like Network security, or Java, or even electronics!).
It would make me MUCH more likely to go to an STC meeting. I don't need
single-sourcing, XML, or how to storyboard complicated projects. I don't
need seminars about how to gain respect from the SMEs (I get respect just
for coming to see whatever it is I'm documenting, and actually playing with
it a little). Andrew won't like this, but another useful seminar would be
"How to get (whatever tool) to do what you want it to do."
I think part of the problem is that a lot of presenters don't seem to be
working in "real world" conditions. Obviously some are, and at the last
conference I tried to attend seminars given by those people. But a lot of it
is academic, which is fine for academics, but not so great for those of us
with jobs outside academia.
Nora
> In a world of high specialization, you have to get your tech mex
> from targeted resources. If you're a Java guy, you go to JavaOne
> (I did). If you're a security guy, you go to DefCon. If you're a
> network guy, you go to Net+Op (or something). If you're a dot-com
> guy, you go to, well, the Social Security office to pick up your check.
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