RE: Measurable objectives?

["Dan Goldstein" <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com>]

Here's how Neil Churgin differentiates between technical communicators
and technical writers:

"A technical communicator communicates to others that they are not a
technical writer and watch out if you call me one.
A technical writer works for a living."

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Lewis
> Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 3:28 PM
> To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Subject: Re: Measurable objectives?
> 
> The person is sure one heck of a technical communicator!
>    
> > neilson wrote:
> > 
> > Richard is correct, at least as far as some of us
> > have seen. Imagine you were told to document the software.
> > Instead, you asked the developers some pointed questions,
> > and they redesigned the user interface, and perhaps
> > a fundamental algorithm. The result was that the
> > 125-page user manual you were expected to produce
> > became a small web page and a three-sheet handout,
> > just so marketing would have *something* to give away.
> > 
> > Is the person who does this really a tech writer? Is
> > it correct to judge such a person by "writing"
> > criteria?
> > 

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