Re: The Lost Secret To Business Analysis

["Bill Swallow" <techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com>]

I totally agree, though I'll also add that history always has a way of
biting you in the butt, too.

On 8/2/07, Lauren <lt34 -at- csus -dot- edu> wrote:
> I thought Richard was making a joke in light of his faux pas for not
> mentioning that the thread he was discussing was in the forums section of
> the web site.  Although, I'm not sure where else one would find a thread on
> a web site, *except* in the forums section.  Richard could have just been
> pointing out that a minor error shouldn't really make him a target for
> comments about his competency as a technical writer.  Like, the kind that he
> received.
>
> A lot of people make posts on this forum and leave out words or make other
> errors.  Our posts, afterall, are not finished documentation projects,
> they're just conversation.  It seems a little odd that Richard would get so
> much unfriendly flack for not mentioning that a thread was in the forums
> section of the web site.  Technical writers should be able to function
> without explicit instructions devoid of errors.  Well, *most* should.

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