Re: Post on Technical Writing vs. Technical Communication

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

I know I pigeon-holed myself there with "write" but it could lend
itself to other activities such as graphics work, design work, review
work, UX stuff, UA stuff, video work... You know, all that stuff that
now goes into getting a product out the door.

On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 1:03 PM, Combs, Richard
<richard -dot- combs -at- polycom -dot- com> wrote:
> Bill Swallow wrote:
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>> But if you write technical documentation, then yes, you are a
>> technical writer. It's the most descriptive term for what you do. If
>> you go beyond that to also write a myriad of supporting pieces that
>> find their way into marketing, sales, support, research, and social
>> spheres, then maybe technical writer is not the most descriptive title
>> for you to use. Overworked & Overdistributed Content Junkie might
>> work. ;) Or, Technical Communicator.
>
> Cute, but I don't follow the logic.
>
> If you "_write_ technical documentation," you're a technical writer. But if you "_write_ a myriad of" other stuff, you should replace the word _writer_ in your title?
>
> Seems to me it makes more sense to replace _technical_ with a term that encompasses that myriad of _other_ stuff that you _write_. :-)
>
> Richard G. Combs
> Senior Technical Writer
> Polycom, Inc.
> richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
> 303-223-5111
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Bill Swallow
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