RE: Usability Professionals and Technical Communicators

Subject: RE: Usability Professionals and Technical Communicators
From: "Dori Green" <dgreen -at- associatedbrands -dot- com>
To: <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 08:28:26 -0500

Dan Goldstein wrote:

> Being an expert on usability doesn't mean you know how to write. Being
a
> skilled writer about, say, pharmaceutical research doesn't mean you
know
> anything about usability.

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I have not yet met a skilled writer who was not also a usability expert,
whether or not they copped to the charge.

I have met lots of people who refer to themselves as writers but know
nothing about usability.

Was this a trick question?

Dori Green
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Follow-Ups:

References:
Usability Professionals and Technical Communicators: From: Cardimon, Craig
RE: Usability Professionals and Technical Communicators: From: Dan Goldstein
Re: Usability Professionals and Technical Communicators: From: Bill Swallow
RE: Usability Professionals and Technical Communicators: From: Karen L. Zorn

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