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Andy Richter and tech writers really do rule the universe!
Subject:Andy Richter and tech writers really do rule the universe! From:Ed Gregory <edgregory -at- comcast -dot- net> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 20 Mar 2002 10:20:41 -0600
It just struck me how the tech writer(s) on the writing team for this show
subtly instilled in the (millions, thousands, dozens) in the TV audience a
sense that tech writers are indeed very powerful and can rule the universe!
Andy, with a simple stroke of a pen, could have crippled a
multi-billion-dollar weapon system. The SMEs didn't catch it. The (copy
editor, QA, whatever guy) didn't catch it.
It is only the loveable and endearing tech writer who could, with a simple
flick of pen or pencil, alter the military future of the greatest nation . .
. blah . . . blah . . .
But you see my point. They showed that the information conveyed by the
technical writer, and the precision with which it is conveyed, is enormously
important.
I like the show even more. Soon they will be using other devious means to
carry the message that tech writers do, indeed, rule the universe.
-Ed Gregory
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