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In addition to Peter's suggestions as to what HCI stands for - I believe in
the Usability/Tech Comm world it is "Human Computer Interaction".
Teresa
Dick Margulis wrote:" HCI - I haven't the foggiest. Anyone?"
Guilty! I have put this mnemonic in several replies to those seeking
contacts for technical writing opportunities down Australia way. But
in my own defense, I believe have always indicated, explicitly or by
the context, that it is a company name.
HCI is a Sydney, Australia, management consulting and communication
services company which includes technical writing and editing among
its services. Web http://www.hci.com.au, email info -at- hci -dot- com -dot- au -dot- I am
registered with HCI as a contract writer and they find me contracts
among their clients in what I guess is the usual way.
I believe the letters HCI stand for "Hard Copy Interactive" which may
be a humourous reference to:
