RE: Technical Writer or Documentation Writer?

["Ron Hearn" <RHearn -at- cucbc -dot- com>]

I do all of that plus write.
 
Ron Hearn
Documentation Specialist
MemberDirect(r) Product Development
phone: 604 730 6391
email: rhearn -at- memberdirect -dot- ca 
website: memberdirect.ca
 
 

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From: Suzette Leeming [mailto:suzette -dot- leeming -at- gmail -dot- com] 
Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 11:28 AM
To: Ron Hearn
Cc: Techwr-l; Cardimon, Craig
Subject: Re: Technical Writer or Documentation Writer?


I assume a documentation specialist is an expert in analyzing
documentation requirements, tools, methods, distribution, etc. May or
may not be a writer.
 
Suzette

 
On 11/5/07, Ron Hearn <RHearn -at- cucbc -dot- com> wrote: 


	So where does that leave me as a Documentation Specialist?
	
	Ron Hearn
	Documentation Specialist 
	MemberDirect(r) Product Development
	phone: 604 730 6391
	email: rhearn -at- memberdirect -dot- ca
	website: memberdirect.ca
	
	
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	From: techwr-l-bounces+rhearn=cucbc -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
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On Behalf
	Of Lauren
	Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 10:40 AM
	To: 'Hickling, Lisa (TOR)'; 'Techwr-l'
	Cc: 'Cardimon, Craig'
	Subject: RE: Technical Writer or Documentation Writer? 
	
	Ohhh!  That reminds me of the Dilbert cartoon.  Alice is typing
away and
	I think it's Wally who walks by and says something to the
effect,
	"You're a technical writer, right?  Isn't that just a word
processor?" 
	Alice feverishly picks up the pace of her typing and scowls at
her
	monitor.
	
	Yeah, no, I'm definitely not a documentation writer; not if it's
going
	to be associated with being a word processor.  I remember when
the job 
	title "Desktop Publisher" got a little popularity.  It pretty
much stood
	for anyone that could use Microsoft Office to produce a document
or
	presentation with graphics.
	
	Lauren
	
	> -----Original Message----- 
	> From: techwr-l-bounces+lauren=writeco -dot- net -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
	> [mailto:techwr-l-bounces+lauren=writeco -dot- net -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com

	> ] On Behalf Of Hickling, Lisa (TOR)
	> Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 10:26 AM
	> To: Techwr-l
	> Cc: Cardimon, Craig
	> Subject: RE: Technical Writer or Documentation Writer?
	>
	> Everyone who's been introduced to word processing is a
"Documentation
	> Writer" of sorts. Are you sure that's what you want your
coworkers to
	> be nodding to?
	>
	> Lisa
	> 
	> -----Original Message-----
	> From: Cardimon, Craig
	>
	> Coworkers might not know what a "technical writer" does, but
they all
	> nod when they hear the word "documentation writer." 
	
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