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Subject:RE: Writing test Fridays From:Stuart Burnfield <slb -at- westnet -dot- com -dot- au> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Tue, 20 Feb 2007 10:15:56 +0900
To be fair to Cooper, their business is 'interaction design'. They
believe it's not the same as UI design or software design or usabilty,
and that it's worth making the distinction.
So what they want is someone who can communicate information about
designs--between team members, between the design team and management,
between the team and the client. It involves writing but also a lot
other than writing.
I expect most really good TWs would make really good design
communicators in Cooper's terms, but I imagine they don't want to limit
their pool of applicants to those who identify as tech writers.
Cooper's is an interesting company. If they ever move from Menlo Park to
Perth (admittedly, not too likely) I'd apply in a shot.
Cheers
Stuart
Dan Goldstein said:
> Once upon a time, someone thought "technical writer" wasn't a
> highfalutin enough title, so they came up with "technical communicator."
> Now, they've decided that "design communicator" sounds even niftier.
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