RE: This too is technical communication:

["Gordon McLean" <Gordon -dot- McLean -at- GrahamTechnology -dot- com>]

Just for the record, the quote below was from Gene, not me.  

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Borokowski [mailto:athloi -at- yahoo -dot- com] 
Sent: 08 June 2007 16:59
To: Gordon McLean; techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: RE: This too is technical communication:

We're all saying the same thing here. Trying to get employers to understand
what we do is equivalent to showing them they need it, since what we do is
integral to the business process.

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

> Trying to get employers to "understand what we do"
> is a dead end, because
> "what we do" is whatever the employer is willing to pay us to do.  
> What needs to be sold to employers is the case that they need 
> something that we can do.

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


       
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