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I appreciate all the people who've followed up on my original post--but that
post was an oversight on my part.
Out of all the lists available to people everywhere, this is a great one,
with skilled people who are conversant in a wide range of technologies. So
it seemed the natural place to go for info on this subject.
But I did forget the list guidelines, and in appreciation of the fact that I
haven't been banned by our kind moderator and list owner, I'd respectfully
like to encourage people to move this discussion to the chat list. It's easy
to sign up!
Kathleen
On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 3:48 PM, Geoff Lane <geoff -at- gjctech -dot- co -dot- uk> wrote:
> On Sunday, August 2, 2009, doc -at- edwordsmith -dot- com wrote;
>
> > The Ekiga topic, for instance, has been introduced and can fail
> > over to the CHAT list now. Anyone interested can follow it.
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> While accepting that Eric's decision is final, it is my opinion that
> discussion of any technology that lets us function better as tech
> writers is on topic for this list. I'm confident that a discussion of
> XML or DITA wouldn't get stamped on because they are tools of our
> trade. However, I suspect that a minority of tech writers use them -
> just as a minority of tech writers use VOIP and allied technologies
> (e.g. video conferencing and "Net Meeting").
>
> FWIW, VOIP is IMO a key enabling technology. It can let you integrate
> with a remote client so that you're home office becomes an extension
> on their exchange - the same extension that you use when at their
> site. VOIP is also something that lets outsourced workers be more
> effective. So it's something that can potentially affect every staff
> tech writer, and thus something of which we need to be aware to stay
> ahead of the game. We need to communicate both with SMEs and with
> reviewers and editors, and VOIP lets us do that more easily. So while
> I suspect it has minimal impact on the tech writing profession right
> now, I feel that it will become more pervasive and, just as with XML,
> contractors probably need to get to grips with it or live with a
> smaller customer base.
>
> Just a thought ...
>
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> Geoff
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