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Subject:Re: Basic rules of technical writing From:CJBenz <cjbenz -at- AOL -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 22 Dec 1994 15:51:59 -0500
On 21 Dec 1994, John Brin wrote:
>How about:
>Make it meet the actual needs of the user, not just my guess about them
or
>the engineer's assumptions about them.
A great idea. How do you propose to do that short of expensive and
time-consuming research?
Chris Benz
Author, Technical Writer, Computer Trainer
6229438 -at- mcimail -dot- com
"You learn something new every day--whether you want to or not."
