Re: Distinctive writing style obfuscator

Subject: Re: Distinctive writing style obfuscator
From: Scott Turner <quills -at- airmail -dot- net>
To: Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 19:56:24 -0500

When I'm told that they need the documentation in real hurry, I always ask them "just how 'bad' do you want it?" very few hear what I'm actually asking. They think I'm trying to be funny. Sigh. I'm not, I really do want to know how bad they want the documents to be.

Scott

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On Jun 28, 2010, at 19:50, "Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> wrote:

> Yes, I refer to it half-jokingly as "learning to speak manager." It's part of
> the training.
>
> Could be worse. Ar least I wasn't required to grow a second head for all my
> non-managerial thoughts.
>
> Gene Kim-Eng
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lauren" <lauren -at- writeco -dot- net>
>> I guess vague, puffed, illusory, and colorful is also a unique writing
>> style. But that is not a "5 Cs" sort of description.
>>
>> This could make an interesting bullet in a resume or cover letter. "I
>> can write documentation that is clear, concise, consistent, correct,
>> complete, or anything but." "How obfuscated would you like your
>> documentation?"
>>
>> Perhaps documentation can be rated on an obfuscation scale.
>>
>> Cogent | -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 [Whatever you want it to be] +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 |
>> Obfuscated
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Re: Distinctive writing style obfuscator: From: Lauren
Re: Distinctive writing style obfuscator: From: Gene Kim-Eng

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