RE: poets as tech writers and programmers

["Sarah Bouchier" <Sarah -dot- Bouchier -at- exony -dot- com>]

Once upon a time, I used to write poetry.  Fortunately I'd learned
better by the time I started my technical authoring career.  These days
my spare time is far better spent figuring out how to work the Sirius
Cybernetics Corporation's motto into our marketing docs.

I did once work with someone who is now a published children's author.
She was... well... a technical author, basically.  Neither better nor
worse than any other.

Pity, really.  I feel our documentation could have done with more
flights of fancy*.

S.

*In addition, obviously, to the more usual 'If you click on the x button
y will happen' flights of fancy

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Sarah Bouchier 
Technical Author 

exony 


>There once was a writer of tech
>Who knew she was going to heck...
>
>Me too, see?!
>
>Anne
>
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