[TCP] certification (was: ranting STC)

[John Posada]

In our field, that's not usability.

Usability covers concepts such as Page Layout, Navigation, Links,
Text Appearance, Graphic Design, Accessibility, Search, Personas,
Task Analysis, Usability Testing.

Tell me this is something that doesn't apply to everyone's type of
technical writing? 

BTW...cool web site:

http://www.usability.gov/

> Were you ever assigned papers to write? Were they
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John Posada
Senior Technical Writer

"I think the problem, to be quite honest with you, is that you've never actually known what the question is."