RE: HUMOR: STC Conference Time!

["Kay Ethier" <kethier -at- travelthepath -dot- com>]

Which brings us all back to the thread a few months back: When will there be
a TECHWR-L conference?  If the STC Conference isn't the answer for everyone
on this list, then there may be some possibilities for a conference specific
to it.



-----Original Message-----
From:  Bruce Byfield
Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 10:01 PM


Matthew Horn wrote:

>I've seen this rant before, and I am still left wondering.... why would the
STC have sessions that addressed technical topics?



Well, to start with:

- Because people might like a chance to hear about topics they're curious
about or only mildly interested in.

- Because more technical knowledge makes tech-writers more employable, and
helps them to do their jobs better.

- Because no specialty conference approaches technical subjects from the
particular viewpoint of writers.

- Because the writing and management topics are limited, and were exhausted
a long, long time ago.

- Because there's a demand (as this thread shows).


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