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Subject:Re: 10 Things All Technical Writers Should Do From:Tony Markos <ajmarkos -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Fri, 12 Nov 2004 13:29:32 -0800 (PST)
--- Ned Bedinger <doc -at- edwordsmith -dot- com> wrote:
.... I think there was a Victorian era "difference
engine" that ran on mechanical principles to perform
some basic database f\unctions. Some guy/gal wearing
striped pants and plaid shirt did the operational
analysis....
Tony Markos responds:
Wow, Ned, that truely is fansinating! That is the
defacto standard "uniform of the day" for us modern
day DFDers! I think such dress is based on
pyschological (or something like that) principles -
providing a soothing effect on the end-user being
interviewed/analyzed. You know, keeps them from being
apprehensive about being observed and questioned.
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