Re: Information Architecture seems quite similar to Technical Writing

[Robin Whitmore <rwhitmore -at- weebly -dot- com>]

Join the club - I do it all too! And loving it!

On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 11:11 AM, Cardimon, Craig <ccardimon -at- m-s-g -dot- com>
wrote:

> As Iâm a lone writer here, I do the whole thing.
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> I suppose that makes me Senior Technical Writer, Tech Pubs Manager, and
> Information Architect, all rolled into one geeky person.
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> ~Craig
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> *From:* Robin Whitmore [mailto:rwhitmore -at- weebly -dot- com]
> *Sent:* Friday, February 12, 2016 2:09 PM
> *To:* Cardimon, Craig <ccardimon -at- M-S-G -dot- com>
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> *Subject:* Re: Information Architecture seems quite similar to Technical
> Writing
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> In my experience, Information Architecture is part of Tech Writing if you
> are responsible for how your content is organized and delivered. In larger
> companies, there are often Information Architecture specialists that work
> with the writing teams to help create templates for deliverables, and who
> help determine what content goes into which type of deliverable, and they
> also help determine the delivery method. In smaller companies, those tasks
> may be done by the tech pubs manager.
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> So I just think it's a higher level of breaking down the complex. Instead
> of breaking down the complex for a single product or even feature, it's
> breaking down the complex across all deliverables to make the customer
> journey smoother.
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> On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 7:39 AM, Cardimon, Craig <ccardimon -at- m-s-g -dot- com>
> wrote:
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> I was reading a review, located here (
> http://www.uxmatters.com/mt/archives/2016/02/information-architecture-in-review-part-1.php)
> of a new book on information architecture.
>
> The reviewer talks about "breaking down information complexity."
>
> One of the definitions I have read of technical writing is "simplifying
> the complex."
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> Those two definitions seem the same to me.
>
> Is technical writing a branch of information architecture, or is
> information architecture a branch of technical writing?
>
> Cordially,
> Craig Cardimon | Senior Technical Writer
> Marketing Systems Group
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