RE: Narrative Technical Writing

["Mike McCallister" <mike -dot- mccallister -at- pkware -dot- com>]

Yes, they are definitely enthusiasts and developers, but I've been
reading the Lifehacker blog (which these folks write) for years and
haven't found the writing too dense. But I haven't scanned this text yet
beyond a quick read of the first chapter.

I do think that Wave *could* really help in documentation reviews,
though. Throw the text into a Wave, and it doesn't matter that the SMEs
don't have FrameMaker/Acrobat Pro. But that is for another thread...

 
Mike McCallister
Document Architect
PKWARE, Inc.

-----Original Message-----
From: Janoff, Steve [mailto:Steve -dot- Janoff2 -at- Teradata -dot- com] 
Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 3:53 PM
To: Mike McCallister; voxwoman; Robert Lauriston
Cc: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: RE: Narrative Technical Writing

Wow.  Thanks for sending this on, Mike.  Will be interesting to scan, at
least.

This seems to have been written by enthusiasts/developers rather than
tech writers.

Looks like there's going to be a need for tech writers for a
LOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG time, judging by this. :)

Man, I don't know about you, but I would just *dread* confronting a
manual like this.  I sort of get the feeling that the product is
exciting but you kind of can't tell it from this doc.

Where's the minimalist version? :)

Steve 

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