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Subject:Re: What Are Writing Skills? From:Tony Markos <ajmarkos -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Mon, 21 Feb 2005 14:49:31 -0800 (PST)
I say that if someone really knows the product inside
and out (and of course has some grammar skills),
he/she can write user friendly documentation.
Of course "knowing the product inside and out" means,
in the main, having a rigorous understanding of the
the end-users goals and how those goals interrelate.
This is where geeks flop. They either can not or will
not relate to the user. They are, as you say,
basically antisocial. They either repel or are
repeled by the user.
Geeks can not write because they don't really
understand what the darn thing does.
Tony Markos
--- John Posada <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com> wrote:
> Imagine the protypical geek. Introverted,
> antisocial, etc. Reads Dr
> Dobb's Journal for light entertainment. He knows
> the application
> inside and out...he wrote most of it.
>
> Can it be assumed, simply by him knowing it inside
> and out, that he
> will be able to write user friendly documents?
>
> I don't think so. However, someone of that knowledge
> with decent
> writing skills will be hands down better than
> someone who writes
> brilliant text but has 0% understanding of the
> application.
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