RE: This too is technical communication: on the other hand...

[Chris Borokowski <athloi -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

This is our primary skill. We are information
architects who interface to the userbase.

While some would say QA have users in mind, in my
experience, most QA is verifying that code works, not
whether it is designed for the end user goals. Only
TWs have that whole view of the production.

--- Gordon McLean <Gordon -dot- McLean -at- GrahamTechnology -dot- com>
wrote:

> A lot of the skills we, as Tech
> Writers, have that are
> centred around information structure, are largely
> duplicated in the web
> design world (although the terminology is different,
> the premises
> (premisii*) are the same).



User Interface design blog
http://user-advocacy.blogspot.com/
Code::Design::UI::Consulting
http://www.dionysius.com/


       
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