RE: STC and words

[Jim Shaeffer <jims -at- spsi -dot- com>]

The lead editorial in the November 2002 issue of 
*Technical Communication: Journal of the the Society 
for Technical Communication* was written by George Hayhoe, 
Editor. 

I quote 2 small snippets: 

"I think that the perfect final examination in an information 
design course would be to pose a communication task, provide 
sources of information, and then challenge the students to 
to convey the message effectively using only 10-point Courier 
type and essential graphics to support that message." 

"No matter how skilled we are at making documents look 
beautiful, if they lack the information the audience needs or
don't present the information in a way that the audience can 
grasp readily, our documents fail to communicate and might as 
well consist of nonsense words."

<end quotes>


Jim Shaeffer (jims -at- spsi -dot- com)

(This is the same issue that has the letter to the Editor that 
kicked off the STC Letter to the Editor thread.)


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