Technical writing as longing for the sea

Subject: Technical writing as longing for the sea
From: Chris Borokowski <athloi -at- yahoo -dot- com>
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:31:52 -0700 (PDT)

What a wonderful statement. Reminds me of the task of motivating users.

--- Ned Bedinger <doc -at- edwordsmith -dot- com> wrote:

> If you want to build a ship
> don't herd people together to collect wood
> and don't assign them tasks and work,
> but rather teach them to long for the
> endless immensity of the sea.
>
> Antoine-Marie-Roger de Saint-Exupery.


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References:
DFD as TA, was Re: Getting up to speed on UML (Was: Re: Documentation Correctness...): From: Ned Bedinger

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