WADR to Bear's cool Zen approach, tech writers don't manufacture
knowledge. We acquire it and (if we're lucky) transmit it to other
people. </nitpick>
Happy Friday,
Dan
P.S.: For those unfamiliar with Internet acronyms, WADR is the Sports
Stars radio station in Remsen, NY (near Utica). You can hear it live at
1480 AM.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chinell, David F (GE Indust, Security)
> Sent: Monday, July 30, 2007 9:22 AM
> To: Keith Hood; Elizabeth J Allen; Lauren
> Cc: TECHWR-L
> Subject: RE: Examples
>
> Knowledge is manufactured. There is no end to knowledge, only
> to the manufacturing resources (you). You MUST have more
> clearly defined deliverables. I'd create a list of each
> document or collection and define its purpose, subject, and
> audience. I'd then list the topics in each, and define their
> purpose and content. If you can get your boss to approve
> that, you have some hope of delivering it.
>
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