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Re: What reference books/guides have you found most useful?
Subject:Re: What reference books/guides have you found most useful? From:TechComm Dood <techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Sun, 17 Oct 2004 13:58:58 -0400
I haven't found any to be particularly useful in and of themselves. In
fact, as far as technical writing practice goes, I haven't found any
book to be particularly useful. I find it's better to learn by doing
and talking to other writers to get a snapshot of their experiences.
The books I do buy and gain value from center more on interpersonal
communication, handling conflict, and project management.
On Sun, 17 Oct 2004 10:44:51 -0700 (GMT-07:00),
zorgalina -at- springmail -dot- com <zorgalina -at- springmail -dot- com> wrote:
>
> Without specifying a particular domain (electronics, mech. engineering, commercial software), what reference books have you experts and demi-experts found most useful in your trade? For instance, "Handbook of Technical Writing" by Alred, Brusaw, and Oliu..I can't just trust the Amazon.com reviews can I?
> no.
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