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RE: Help on Coordination between Engineers and Technical Writers
Subject:RE: Help on Coordination between Engineers and Technical Writers From:"Bill Swallow" <wswallow -at- nycap -dot- rr -dot- com> To:"'Goldstein, Dan'" <DGoldstein -at- DeusTech -dot- com>, "'TECHWR-L'" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Sat, 28 Feb 2004 16:17:57 -0500
The point is that good communication in the workplace is hard to put in
place and requires constant effort to keep it up. The payoff is huge, but
don't expect it to be a quick and easy band-aid to a problem.
Bill Swallow
wswallow "at" nycap "dot" rr "dot" com
::: -----Original Message-----
::: > You want a product called Good Communication. It's relatively
::: > cheap, which
::: > is good, but it's very hard to implement. Usability is
::: > sketchy as well, so
::: > rely on lots of training and following up on all using it
::: > regularly. It may
::: > sound like a pain to use, but over time, people will get used
::: > to it and it
::: > will become a part of their daily lives.
:::
::: If I counted right, Bill just made six points *against* buying Good
::: Communication. Quick, pick up the phone and call Redmond --
::: what a perfect
::: addition to the Microsoft Office Suite!
:::
::: Seriously, isn't it possible that there's a competing
::: product that's worth
::: paying a little more for?
