RE: The coming predominance of user experience and technicalcommunications

["Lauren" <lt34 -at- csus -dot- edu>]

> Behalf Of Al Geist
<...>
> John Posada wrote:
> 
> "Here in NJ we're not allowed to touch the fuel pump. It's always full
> service."
> 
<...>
> 
> When I lived in Oregon it was the same way...you could not 
> pump your own
> gas. In most other places where I've lived (Alaska, New 
> Mexico, Michigan,
> Vermont....), you pumped your own gas.

How much is a gallon of regular?  I pay $3.02 right now, more or less, for
regular and I have to pump my own gas, clean my own windows, check all of my
own air and fluids in the vehicle.  I'm starting to think that this is
wrong.  I should get full service.

> In response to Lauren's worry about there not being a need 
> for technical
> writers if everything becomes self-serve and GUIs are so user 
> friendly they
> walk you through everything, someone has to write those GUIs 
> and document
> the behind the scenes stuff. Death, taxes and technical 
> writers....you can't
> get away from them.

Hmmm.  Now TWs are starting to sound like cockroaches, you can't get rid of
those either.  How pleasant...

Lauren

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