Re: author / audience responsibility

Subject: Re: author / audience responsibility
From: Katherine Noftz Nagel <lists -at- masterworkconsulting -dot- com>
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2012 21:11:33 -0400

On 2012-10-25 3:48 PM, Gene Kim-Eng wrote:

I have frequently had to create documentation "on faith" (based on designer
descriptions or the operation of some fairly sketchy prototypes knowing
that there may not be time to correct any errors). I'm sure everyone here
has had to do the same at least once. But I don't present the released
document as the result of significant soul searching or divine intervention.


I've sometimes found this New Yorker cartoon helpful in similar situations. Works quite well, taped (or scanned & embedded) on the first page of the review draft:

<https://cartoonbank.licensestream.com/LicenseStream/ContentStorage_CondeNast/1/BaseComps/jf5fufyq.jpg>


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