_For Dummies_ books?

[Gene Kim-Eng]

In the case of instructions, I suspect the issue is not so much 
reading the instructions as it is finding *an* instruction.  Even
if you read something from cover to cover, it's hard to pull
out one specific bit of information when you need it *right 
now.* 

Gene Kim-Eng


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <neilson at windstream.net>
To: "Nancy Allison" <maker at verizon.net>; <techwr-l at lists.techwr-l.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 8:06 AM
Subject: Re: _For Dummies_ books?


> The problem ain't that they don't have time to read. It's
> that they are distressed by the thought of the effort of
> reading. "Forget the road, gimme the destination; not the
> hook and line, I want the fish!" Some people have no
> patience with instructions. "No time" is just an excuse.