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Subject:Re: Planning and Designing a Website From:jsokohl -at- mac -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 27 Jan 2003 08:18:38 -0700
This is NOT something to be done in just a few hours of browsing!!!!
Imagine the firestorm if someone wrote, "My boss said I had to plan,
design, and deliver user manuals, reference manuals, and online help for
our product line. I've never written anything other than emails. But, I do
speak English, so I guess I'm a writer. I have to write a 10-page report
on how to do technical writing...and I have to do so in 16 work hours."
The request by the _boss_ is stupid, not the person who asked this list
for help--I wanna stress that. Yes, you can quickly browse the site &
books mentioned here...but you cannot propose a Web site based on just a
couple of sites. You really need to hire professionals--use Adaptive Path
(http://www.adaptivepath.com), 37Signals (http://www.37signals.com/),
IconMedialab (http://www.iconmedialab.com), or someone else whose business
it is to design sites for users.
HTH,
joe
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