RE: The coming predominance of user experience andtechnicalcommunications

["Lauren" <lt34 -at- csus -dot- edu>]

> Behalf Of Al Geist

<...>

> This raises the question, if a cow can be trained to use an 
> automatic milker
> without a fancy GUI, how come us technically oriented 
> technical writers
> can't get the hang of a self-serve checkout machine at Home Depot?

I think that it's an act of defiance on the part of the "techies."  We want
to document the technology and not be forced to use it, so we refuse to
accept being forced to use technology.  At least at Home Depot and, for me,
my local supermarkets.

Lauren

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