Information Engineers

[Stuart Burnfield]

We communicate better by knowing what our audience knows already. If you 
assume the readers know nothing you end up having to explain everything, 
which is sure to drive them crazy.

And there's no such thing as too much curry!

Stuart

Gordon McLean wrote:
> Neither have I Stuart but I'd take a guess that Brian is trying to suggest
> that the bulk of our role is to provide information and education. I think
> we all know by now that 'know your audience' is part of being a technical
> ... communicator?  And that for a lot of us we start with a basic level of
> presumed (researched!) knowledge on the part of our readers.
> 
> This discussion has been great, and backs up a lot of the 'gut feel' stuff
> I've had for the past few years... Although that mighta been too much
> curry..