I don't think she could post If she wasn't subbed to this list. It should've
bounced back to her.
...sue (Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry)
-Original Message-
From: Melissa Nelson
Sender: tcp-boun...@techcommpros.com
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 16:06:37
To:
Cc:
Subject: Re: [T
You want to use CMYK (as a reference) and tell them that the K (black) is
100% saturation. (CMYK in this case is 0,0,0,100)
...sue
On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 2:22 PM, Jones, Donna wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I've been sitting here for the better part of the afternoon googling for
> concepts from my
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
__
Why does it matter? Your audience is anyone who is using, or may be using, the
product. Doesn't matter If they've used it before or not. How often do you look
up something in an application you use often?
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-Original Message-
From: raj nair
Date:
I'd actually rewrite it to
If you get a warning message, select the statement cache size.
That way users don't do something without reading the text.
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-Original Message-
From: raj nair
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 20:26:40
To:
Subject: [TCP] Comm
I took my first real vacation in five years this year (I went to Maui with a
friend). Totally needed that vacation, but work was still hectic when I got
back. Then I took off 10 days during the holidays, and I'm actually feeling
a bit more rejuvenated. Work is still going to be crazy busy, but I'd
Otherwise known as the Jewish biscotti. See
http://www.cookies-in-motion.com/Mandelbrot-Cookies.html.
(I grew up on mandelbrot cookies... before I ever learned what a biscotti
was!)
...sue
On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 4:14 PM, Dana Worley wrote:
> On Monday, January 04, 2010, Jack DeLand wrote:
>
>
I'm a little late to the party but... I firmly believe that you get what you
pay for. And that goes for the career, too. If you walk around with a chip
on your shoulder, people will respond that way.
I *will* say that it's been years and years since I've worked in a company
where what I do was not
Paula, there are two writepoint twitter IDs... one is writepoint and one is
writepointltd. Looks like the latter has followers but not many tweets while
the former seems more active. Which is the one you want us to follow?
...sue
On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 2:50 AM, Paula R. Stern (WritePoint) <
pa...
I am @sue_sd.
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-Original Message-
From: "Paula R. Stern \(WritePoint\)"
Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2009 12:50:18
To:
Subject: [TCP] Are you on Twitter?
I'd like to connect professionally with more of you. My Twitter name is
@writepoint.com (personal one
I'm not sure what you mean by "auto tagging." If you use PDF Maker to
publish to PDF, then you can specify if you want to create a tagged document
or not. (Note: Not sure about other apps, but tagging while PDFing a Word
doc dramatically increases the time it takes to PDF. PDF it first, then tag
it
And I tend to write even more directly. I'd say "To aggravate the
fintoozler, do this..."., :)
...sue
On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 10:14 AM, Chris Vickery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> I am trying to think of an instance where I've used "might", and I think
> I've avoided it precisely because it tri
Hate to say this, but I'm exactly the same size as when I started this
career 20 years ago. I weigh a couple pounds more, but that is more likely
attributed to age rather than job. I'm also slightly less active lately
(mostly due to surgery) but that will change in the (hopefully) not too
distant f
You don't know the context in which Donna asked the question. It's possible
she wrote something one way and then needed to defend her decision.
Sometimes, the best way to do that is to check what OTHERS are doing.
Whether you like it or not, sometimes we have tol be bogged down a bit in
the details
The product name is "SQL Server". As such, it's pronounced "sequel server".
In that case, it's "a sequel server." Sorry Kathy, but if you were talking
about SQL conditions, then I'd agree. But not when it's used as a product
name. :)
...sue
On 7/29/08, Kathy Bowman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
I do "a SQL Server database." I don't know anyone who says "S-Q-L Server",
they all say "sequel Server".
BTW, the correct name is SQL Server (note the initial cap on "Server"). :)
...sue
On 7/29/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I'd say "an SQL server ..."
>
> > Just wonderin
#x27;t doing it for yourself, do it for your chapter, which, as you say,is
> giving you everything you need from the association.
>
> If everyone felt the way you do, your chapter would be dissolved.
>
>
> On 3/20/08, Sue Heim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
>
You can still receive almost all benefits that a chapter provides without
having to belong to the organization. There is a huge difference between
joining STC, the org, and attending local chapter events.
BTW, when I was active in my local chapter, we had almost everything you've
mentioned except
You don't use Framemaker WITH Documentum, per se You use Framemaker to
create the documents and then use Documentum to manage 'em within a
workflow.
So It depends on what you are doing with the content that is in Documentum.
If everyone within the workflow has Framemaker, and no one will ever need
and how does your management type think content will get IN to ArbortText?
...sue
P.S. Please do not cross post to multiple lists.
On 1/25/08, gabyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> One of our management types here seems to think that ArborText will
> replace
> technical writers. Comments or tho
None of those three are document control systems. They are source or version
control systems and are completely different. Document control systems
include systems such as Documentum and Vasont.
On 1/22/08, Ed Marshall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi Lisa,
>
> Good luck also!
>
> I've used Micr
And this has to do with technical communication how? I'm confused.
On 1/8/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> I agree. That is why this program has incentive for personal writing and
> story development practice outside of the classroom environment. Students
> want an answer t
Lisa, I subscribe to this list to discuss issues. I do not read blogs to
discuss issues. If you are flat out saying "do not discuss STC here", then I
think I may not be in the right place. Please do not force us to discuss
certain issues here and other issues on a blog. (Sorry, I absolutely refuse
ite,
> not on the list.
>
> Would one of the people from the Lone Writers list be willing to start
> a blog and put this information there, and then refer the list members
> to the blog?
>
> Thanks,
> Lisa G.
>
>
> On Jan 4, 2008 11:32 AM, Sue Heim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Resending, since it didn't appear this went thru... Odd.
On 1/4/08, Sue Heim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> OK, I'm curious...
>
> What's going on? This is not the first we've seen of folks coming here
> from
> STC lately (in one form or another).
OK, I'm curious...
What's going on? This is not the first we've seen of folks coming here from
STC lately (in one form or another). Are you all not renewing your
memberships? Why?
I'm a bad example, since I've not renewed in the past 2 years, but I thought
things were improving? Or heading that w
Are you sure you're not subbed on to that "other" list? At any rate, I'd
contact the list owner of that "other" list or check to see what steps you
can take to unsub. Good luck! :)
...sue
On 1/4/08, Jones, Donna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Since Sue brought up the topic of cross-posting, I h
Please do not cross-post by including other lists email addresses. If you
must cross-post, please create a new email for each address. (This has been
requested here before.) Thanks.
...sue
On 1/4/08, Cardimon, Craig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Something I came across in my travels that I tho
Isn't that a little suit happy? Can't the speaker contact the someone and
ask for clarification of the entire point?
BTW, copyright is proven only if you can prove WHEN you first provided the
content for public consumption.
...sue
On 12/4/07, Dick Margulis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Lisa Gi
at a
company I worked at 2 years ago. And that 20 page document was printed in
several languages.
I have a background in working in print (from my ad agency days), and
occasionally miss spec'ing out the docs, working with the printer, and so
on. But not that much!!! :)
...sue
On 11/29/
I've delivered quick start guides that I designed, created, and had printed
(2/2, 11x17) for two companies in the past five years. But the last user's
guides I had printed were in 2007!!!
...sue
On 11/29/07, Susan Modlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I develop docs for a SaaS (Software as a Ser
What Dan said. Plus... shouldn't this survey be sent to your users? We are
not your users. We don't know whether your product is hardware, software, or
a combination of both. So, ultimately, what WE prefer is pretty much
irrelevant, yes?
Do you not have a core group of users you can survey? Or an
Actually, this company recruited me. And they hired me knowing there wasn't
a snowball's chance that I would relocate. So my employment was predicated
on my working remotely. If they wanted me, that was something they had to
deal with, and they did.
...sue
On 11/27/07, McLauchlan, Kevin <[EMAIL
Actually, you missed my point (and my "a bit of an extrovert" is actually,
I'm an introvert but I work at being extroverted)...
My personality type has nothing to do with how I work with people in the
office. When I am in the office I make a point to walk around and say hello
to people. I also mak
As always, it depends.
Progressive companies, and yes, there are high tech companies that are NOT
progressive, tend to value the people they have working for them. This means
that they are more likely to have leaders in management positions, than
managers who don't know how to lead.
In the past s
ut who makes an effort to befriend people?
...sue
On 11/26/07, Jones, Donna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Sue Heim wrote:
>
> > In fact, I'd say I'm more successful than the on-site writer.
> > I'm quite visible, have a great working relationship with
> >
No, it doesn't miss the point. If you work in a progressive company that
recognizes the value of excellent employees who may not want to relocate,
there is no need for "serendipity and unplanned encounters." I've been quite
successful working remotely. In fact, I'd say I'm more successful than the
Again, corporate environment plays a huge role in the success of this. I
don't miss "face time." I don't miss people at all. I'm on IM, email, phone
calls, conference calls all day long. I don't even NOTICE that I'm not face
to face with someone. When I am in the office, I do make a point of doing
All of the current versions of help authoring tools support Word 2007.
RH won't work with a version of Word that was not released while the RH
version was in "maintenance mode." As I stated yesterday, RH use(d) DLLs to
integrate fairly tightly with Word. If a new version of Word was released,
then
IIRC, you can also just specify the section, choosing to print s1, s2, and
so on. Without having to specify the exact page numbers...
...sue
On 11/19/07, Char James-Tanny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi, Ken :-)
>
> > How can I print ONLY pages "1" thru "8" (or anything less) without
> getti
I can't remember who "owned" RoboHelp 2000 (I think it was eHelp?), but
they'd provided a patch to support whatever the current version of Word was
released while RH 2000 was the latest version. The system requirements
(assuming you received a box) should specify the version of Word that would
work
OK, then let me rephrase this.
Adobe's upgrade policy is 30 days (buy something within 30 days and you'll
get the upgrade free).
The original poster bought something seven weeks prior to the new product
suite being available.
What should Adobe do? Say "OK, for you, we'll allow 30 days plus 19 da
The original poster has conveniently ignored those of us who've said that
Adobe's new product announcements are subject to various SEC regulations. My
interpretation was the original poster wanted to whine and then wanted
something free for nothing.
Yes, Adobe knew there was a new product suite co
When you purchase a car, you know that a new model year is going to be
available somewhere around the October timeframe. If you purchase a car in
September, that's the chance you take. Sometimes, as in Bill's case, you
don't have a choice (when blonde bimbo totalled my car, I had to buy a car
right
Or it depends on where you live and work. We didn't really notice a downturn
in the number of jobs being advertised for "technical communicators" here.
So the dotcom bust was, to some of us, a thing that was taking place
elsewhere and didn't really affect us. Other places, like the Bay Area, it
was
I seem to recall something close to 25,000
On 11/12/07, Suzette Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> So, is the 14,000 current, and if so, what did the number used to be
> (approximately)?
>
> Suzette Leeming
>
>
> On 11/12/07, Sue Heim <[EMAIL PROTECTED
Er, that hasn't changed in quite a few years, has it? Except for the total
number of members (which has significantly decreased)...
...sue
On 11/12/07, Milan Davidovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On 11/12/07, John Posada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > My position is that they should promote
I'm not going to go into why I disagree with most of Holly's point. I will,
however, address these:
"Fourth, I don't know of any chapter or community that restricts its
presentations or webinars to STC members only.
Our programs in Atlanta are designed to attract people from our
profession as a wh
up. It was a massive failure, at that time
(three years ago). Maybe it wouldn't be now, but I just don't have the
desire as I once did. Something about once bitten twice shy! :)
...sue
On 11/12/07, John Hedtke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> At 07:35 AM 11/11/2007, Sue Heim wr
Last I heard, everyone is entitled to his or her own opinion. And until any
of us have walked in Paula's shoes, I think it's plenty disrespectful to
discredit her opinion.
Paula was very active in STC, and very vocal about her issues. But STC never
listened.
My opinion? She's right... STC is not
Adobe is a publicly traded company. They cannot announce when a product is
going to ship (the exact date) due to various regulations. For example, they
cannot announce in August that a product is not going to ship until
September. In fact, there's usually a moratorium on talking about releases
duri
NOTE: I can't recall about this list, but cross-posting (the same post to
multple addresses) is frowned on in various other places I hang.
Particularly since I'm not a member of those other lists and cannot post
there.
On 11/6/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I just got off
I've received a couple of spam email messages in the last few days to my
Gmail email. Since the ONLY list I use this address for is THIS list, and
since I don't use it anywhere else, I'm wondering if that archive service is
not the best thing for me. Has anyone else seen spam the past few days?
.
lists, LISTSERV(r),
> etc.
>
> Having said that, there's no such thing as a truly private e-mail list.
>
> -- Dan Goldstein
>
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Sue Heim
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 9:38 AM
> > To: Lisa Gielczyk (TCP ADMIN)
Hi Lisa,
Can you please let us know if you set up an archive service? I do NOT want
my email address available unless I provide it, and I really don't want what
I've posted to a private list to be publicly searchable. And I'm guessing
that anyone can search anywhere within mail-archive, yes?
If t
strong personal preference to not have to manually manage my translation
jobs. But that's just me!
...sue
On 10/9/07, David Castro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On 10/9/07, Sue Heim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I highly recommend not using a pdf as an online hel
I highly recommend not using a pdf as an online help system. It is not
what they are intended for. If you are using FM you can look at WWP to
create help from that source. Look at www.help-matrix.com for a list
of tools that may meet your reqs. Most tools can import FM source btw.
...Sue
On 10/9
The lists I'm on, that are WORK RELATED, have been narrowed down
considerably in recent years (for example, I bailed on techwhirlers years
ago because the noise to value receive ratio was too high).
I'm active on:
HATT
Authorit-Users
U-TEST (closed group don't ask me about it )
I own and moderate
What about bandicoots, dingos, koalas, numbats, platypuses (platyputii?),
wallabys, wombats, or (my own personal favorite) tasmanian devils?
(Sorry, couldn't resist)
On 10/4/07, Wade Courtney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Don't you mean Kangaroos?
>
> On 10/4/07, Rhonda Bracey <[EMAIL
As a side note, I would never EVER save a Word document as an HTML file and
then attempt to do anything with it without first cleaning up the code.
There are utilities out there that will strip the garbage tags that MSO
inserts. That may actually be part of your import problem.
Personally, I prefe
I've stayed out of this till now but...
Tom, the requirements you listed are really not requirements for what a tool
can do. They are requirements for how you will write your docs. And unless
I'm mistaken, so far, there isn't any tool out there that will actually
write the content for you.
So bet
I quite clearly said it wasn't anyone on this list. Adding a tag line about
a blog is also not what I meant.
On 9/13/07, Dick Margulis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Sue Heim wrote:
> > Personally, I don't pay a lot of attention to blogs, even if they are
> >
Personally, I don't pay a lot of attention to blogs, even if they are
professional. I also have a lot of disdain for some bloggers, who seem to
post things on various lists (not here!) and then say "go look at my blog"
in order to get more eyes on that blog. I think it's vanity in that case.
I als
In the graphics world, creating cut ups means taking a graphic and removing
something (usually the background), so that just the graphical element
itself can be used. For example, if you wanted to take the graphic off of a
picture of a button or icon, you'd "cut out" the graphic. This is not
someth
Just to clarify something...
Yes, I work for PGP. Yes, one of the positions is in my group (I do client
product docs). Yes, we have a LOT of work coming up, and a lot of cool
things happening (especially on the client side). And yes, we're trying to
hire quickly!!!
...sue
__
*PGP Corporation is currently looking to fill a couple of positions for
Senior Technical Writer. One position is with the Server Products group,
the other is with the Client Products group. Although PGP Corporation is
based in Palo Alto, California, location is flexible.*
* *
The writer for eith
I just sat down and counted my email addresses: Oddly enough, I've got five
personal and three business. Of the five personal, three are primary. Of the
two business, two are primary.
I think I need to feng shui my life! :)
...sue
On 8/20/07, Bill Swallow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > So her
LOL. I'd have to turn off my phones and Trillian, too. If I received an
email and didn't answer it fast enuf, they come looking for me. Of course,
my situation is a bit different (I'm training writers, working with the UI
and usability teams, managing my own deliverables...).
...sue
On 8/20/07,
Yup! I'm not a geek :)
...sue
On 8/20/07, Char James-Tanny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > My work revolves around technology. My life is involved in technology
> And I
> > quite enjoy it.
>
> And she'll tell you that she's not a geek ;-)
>
> Char James-Tanny ~ JTF Associates, Inc. ~ http:
You have to remember, some of us are very global these days. For example,
most of my closest friends live out of my state (some people never lived
here, some relocated away). I also remain close with people I worked with in
OC (even tho I live in San Diego). And I work for a Bay Area company, which
I can give you a bunch of reasons:
1. When I commuted via train... it was much easier to carry on brief convos
via texting and I didn't bother other riders.
2. When I dated a blind man, who would get up at 3am to go work in his
orchards. He'd text me messages of things he thought (what we were go
I think it is used primarily for Web sites. Our organization is using
Cascade for Web content management, but we are still using AIT for docs.
...sue
On 8/15/07, Martinek, Carla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> We have Day Communique being used for our corporate website. I guess
> the marketing
Good gawd, are people STILL USING Ventura Publisher? The VP 2.0 user's guide
was the first manual I ever worked on as a tech writer!!!
AFAIK, there isn't any way to convert the files. Your best bet would be to
ask the chaplaincy group to save the files as an .rtf each time they send
you something.
Your examples don't prove the pudding, John. The one you could've brought up
during the interview and ditto with the other one. I don't put the fact that
I worked in ad agencies for years on my resume. During the interview,
though, if marketing collaterals come up, I'll mention it.
What works for
ty isn't totally out of my realm. About 18 years ago, when
> I worked for a print shop, I sat with people and picked their brains to
> get information to put on their resume. I enjoyed it, and the people
> appeared pleased with their results. I wouldn't mind doing it on the
>
Is this person a friend or acquaintance?
Honestly, I wouldn't charge. It'll take, what? Max one to two hours? Chalk
it up to a good deed or banking future good karma.
Geographical location shouldn't make any difference. And if he insisted that
you be paid, I'd take considerably less than that ($7
Not only do you not need to give gory details about each position you've
held, you don't need to even include every position you've held. I go back
10 years. I include one final item that covers the first 10 years (I've been
doing this for almost 20 years). That final item just lists various other
On 8/1/07, Martinek, Carla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Spinning off from Donna's question, this came up while we were walking
> down to get breakfast this morning.
>
> 1. How long is your resume?
Two pages.
2. In your opinion, is there a maximum length a resume for someone in
> our field shou
I'm not sure what your question is...
User testing and focus groups are generally not focused on user assistance
(no pun intended). User testing and focus groups generally are used to try
to determine the usability of a product and its features, to find out what
customer requirements are, and to s
y. We could start with the job title.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dan
>
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Sue Heim
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 10:44 AM
> > To: Dan Goldstein
> > Cc: tcp@techcommpros.com
> > Subject: Re: [TCP] most popular
> >
> >
As I said, Writers UA stemmed from Windows writers. As in help authors. As
in Windows software applications. And it quite clearly says what the
definition means IN THIS CONTEXT. There are plenty of other places where the
emphasis is on "technical" writing (including hardware guides).
...sue
On
Remember, too, that the results may be skewed towards online help authors.
As WritersUA started out as WinWriters (as in Windows online help people),
and still has a large demographic of online help authors (versus those who
create print oer PDF only).
So I would hesitate to use these survey resul
I include almost all screen shots in the printed (PDF) documentation.
Depending on your audience, the user may not have the software application
running. So screen shots, in this instance, are essential. A good example is
the CIO of a company may be looking at your product to see if it'll solve
pot
Did you update fields before you PDF'd? Either press Ctrl+a to select the
entire doc and then press F9 (to update all fields). Or, in Tools > Options,
on the Printing tab, select the option to update field codes during
printing.
...sue
On 7/16/07, Al Geist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I just
I think there are other factors to consider, too. What is the final output?
Is it just print (or PDF)? What about for online use, such as in online
help?
I think for pure *writing*, Microsoft Word is the most prevalent. For
desktop publishing, you'll find that the Frame Freaks think Framemaker is
I dunno what the "rules" are here, but generally it's best not to cross post
to dozens of lists. What happens is when someone replies all, then that
someone ends up with lots of rejections. Most lists to which I belong
specifically request members avoid cross-postings (addressing a single email
to
Actually, that's not that bad. Seriously. The sign was made with EN
spelling, even though the name of the shuttle honors the UK. Heck, I
misspell EN and UK stuff all the time (I dunno, but I always spell behavior
with a "u" as in "behaviour").
...sue
On 7/13/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTEC
Thanks Carol.
However... I do not use FrameMaker. In fact, it's one of my least favorite
tools! I know some peeps swear by it, not that there's anything wrong with
that, but I ain't one of 'em! :)
I use AuthorIT for content (single-sourcing, content management,
localization). My problem was... I
Me, I need to figure out a way to single-source content that is shared
between a main and co-branded product when references to another of our
products is totally interwoven. As in:
Blah blah blah (content for both). Then Yada Yada Yada (content specific to
our product). Then Blah blah blah (conte
I'd do exactly what you're doing... keep using accent, snicker into your
hand, and let 'em go off on their merry way.
How are you using it? What's the context? Are you using it to inform
translation peeps that such and such a letter requires an accent/diacritic?
Or do you actually use that word so
Employers do not have zero motivation for continuing education. They most
likely DO have zero motivation for graduate degrees. If you, as a tech
writer, don't have any degrees, then using tuition reimbursement to get an
Associates and then Bach degree is likely in the company's best interest.
Not
I think a lot depends on the company, the number of qualified local
applicants for a particular position, and the industry.
I've seen a lot on both ends... where companies really valued their
employees and did all they could to keep them. I've also been on the other
end, where the company essentia
Funny, a common thread is... do what your boss wants you to do. Is the boss
always right? What if he/she isn't? What do you do then? Shut up, grin, and
bear it? Fight to win the battle, if not the war? Declare you disagree but
then do what you're told? Stick to your principles and quit?
I'm firmly
BTW, I do have a degree in Landscape Archicture. Not a Masters, though! :)
So there Pfftt!
...sue
On 6/12/07, Dana Worley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On Tuesday, June 12, 2007, Sue Heim wrote:
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> > It depends on what the "learning" is. To obtain a grad
It depends on what the "learning" is. To obtain a graduate degree just for
the sake of it does not necessarily benefit the company. It does benefit the
employee.
Learning, by itself, incorporates a pretty broad spectrum, yes? What benefit
would a Masters in English Lit provide a computer software
I put things like "stay current in the field" and "explore new technologies"
and "attend conferences to do those things." I include design and usability
objectives. I do not include getting a degree. :)
...sue
On 6/12/07, Brierley, Sean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> For example, becoming more t
What would a graduate degree provide to your employer, in tangible benefits?
Besides personal development, I mean.
I can kinda understand where they are coming from. A graduate degree is way
different than a BA or BS. What type of advantage would having the advanced
degree give you in order to do
t's as old as Sue!!!
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> LOL
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> On 6/7/07, Sue Heim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > I just checked... And here's some relevant notes...
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> > In 1904, one of the first 20th century technical writing courses was
> > mounted
> > at Tu
I just checked... And here's some relevant notes...
In 1904, one of the first 20th century technical writing courses was mounted
at Tuft's College, "engineering English."
In 1911, one of the first known airplane flight manuals is written
In 1919, Ford releases a user's guide for the Model T (one o
It's a her not a him.
And it's not just a document. It's a document out of AuthorIT and she
doesn't know what she's doing. So iit'll mean taking a few hours out of a
schedule that is already impossible in order to fix things she broke.
And the only answer I've gotten out of her is the oh so lovel
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