Re: _For Dummies_ books?

Subject: Re: _For Dummies_ books?
From: "Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>
To: <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 08:50:23 -0700

In the case of instructions, I suspect the issue is not so much
reading the instructions as it is finding *an* instruction. Even
if you read something from cover to cover, it's hard to pull
out one specific bit of information when you need it *right
now.*

Gene Kim-Eng


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From: <neilson -at- windstream -dot- net>
To: "Nancy Allison" <maker -at- verizon -dot- net>; <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 8:06 AM
Subject: Re: _For Dummies_ books?


> The problem ain't that they don't have time to read. It's
> that they are distressed by the thought of the effort of
> reading. "Forget the road, gimme the destination; not the
> hook and line, I want the fish!" Some people have no
> patience with instructions. "No time" is just an excuse.

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