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Re: Fwd: Re: Books On Engineering Tech Comm vs Crafting Tech Comm?
Subject:Re: Fwd: Re: Books On Engineering Tech Comm vs Crafting Tech Comm? From:Tony Markos <ajmarkos -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Fri, 3 Dec 2004 12:35:10 -0800 (PST)
Dick:
The book's title is "How To Write Usable User
Documentation", (by Edmond Weiss). I am trying to
identify other books that compare an engineered
approach vs a crafted approach to TW.
Granted, few TWs are pure in one way or the other -
although one's tendency is readily apparent.
Tony Markos
--- Dick Margulis <margulisd -at- comcast -dot- net> wrote:
> Tony Markos wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Dick:
> >
> > Weiss's book on using an Engineering approach to
> tech
> > comm is often quoted and referenced. I therefore
> > (loosely) refer to it as a "classic" on the
> subject.
>
>
Dick Margulis:
> The title, Tony. I'm asking for the title.
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