Hi All,
Does multiple tools restrict the opportunities available for technical
communicators? Why is that there is no single standard tool for the technical
writing industry?
Raj Nair
On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 3:04 AM, raj nair raj_gree...@hotmail.com wrote:
Does multiple tools restrict the opportunities available for technical
communicators? Why is that there is no single standard tool for the technical
writing industry?
Perhaps because technical writing, the people who do
Is there ANY industry that has settled on one tool?
Too many employers emphasize tool skills and don't place enough emphasis on
critical thinking. Instead, they should be looking at real qualities like: the
ability to think, writing skills, and organizational skills. If technical
writers
Although I have some experience with most tools, one point I often make to
recruiters is that if the were looking for a truck driver to drive a Peterbuilt
and they had a great candidate who'd only driven Kenworths, would they present
that candidate? You bet. Even if I've never seen it before I
And doesn't it all boil down to choices? If there was only one tool, that
vendor would have a monopoly. Business diversity dictates innovation,
doesn't it? If there is no competition, would we even have the options we
have now to be creative in what we do?
...sue
Is there ANY industry that has settled on one tool?
Television came very close to selecting Regis Philbin... ;)
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Does multiple tools restrict the opportunities available for technical
communicators? Why is that there is no single standard tool for the technical
writing industry?
Because there's no one single need.
Any argument for industry-wide tool standardization should be met with
a trip to the
Indeed. Look no further than screws and bolts, or twist fasteners.
- slot head
- Robertson/square-socket head
- Philips/cross-head, with PoziDriv and SupaDriv variants
- Torx
- hex-head (Ikea furniture anyone?
- socket-style (what's the correct term?) that is turned with a wrench or
