Re: fa-ce-tious adj. 1 Straining to be funny, esp. inappropriately

Subject: Re: fa-ce-tious adj. 1 Straining to be funny, esp. inappropriately
From: "Mike Starr" <mike -at- writestarr -dot- com>
To: <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 04:13:38 -0600

Borders on snarky...

snarky
1. (slang) irritable or short-tempered; irascible; sarcastic

However, I'm fascinated that this actually saw the light of day. I do appreciate humor in documentation but it usually doesn't happen except in start-ups. I think there's a place for humor in documentation... not in all documentation but I do believe there are many products that a little humor might make the product (and the documentation) less intimidating. I'd like to see the audience analysis for this particular product.

Mike

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From: "Andrew Warren" <awarren -at- synaptics -dot- com>
Subject: fa-ce-tious adj. 1 Straining to be funny, esp.
inappropriately

http://btb.timex.com/instructions/Helix.pdf

-Andrew

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