Comments on: What is our value? http://www.onemanwrites.co.uk/2008/09/09/what-is-our-value/ musings on technical communications Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:19:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By:   Weekly links roundup by Communications from DMN http://www.onemanwrites.co.uk/2008/09/09/what-is-our-value/comment-page-1/#comment-5959   Weekly links roundup by Communications from DMN Sat, 13 Sep 2008 10:00:52 +0000 http://www.onemanwrites.co.uk/?p=188#comment-5959 [...] Do some technical communicators get too hung up on the little things? Maybe, according to Gordon McLean. [...] [...] Do some technical communicators get too hung up on the little things? Maybe, according to Gordon McLean. [...]

]]> By: Graham Campbell http://www.onemanwrites.co.uk/2008/09/09/what-is-our-value/comment-page-1/#comment-5926 Graham Campbell Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:16:06 +0000 http://www.onemanwrites.co.uk/?p=188#comment-5926 Great post Gordon. And of course that should be "I do understand how important word order and phrasing <em>are</em> to the reader." but then I couldn't resist either! I'm still fairly new to the Tech Authoring business myself (2 years) and I'm very much a stickler for detail. I'm not sure if that's due to my enthusiasm for my vocation, my inherent pedanticism or my relative inexperience but I quite often find myself worrying over the simplest little detail as you suggest. I've recently found myself (again) to be the only docs resource in the organisation so this time round I think I'll pay heed to the idea of knowing when to stop. Great post Gordon.

And of course that should be “I do understand how important word order and phrasing are to the reader.” but then I couldn’t resist either!

I’m still fairly new to the Tech Authoring business myself (2 years) and I’m very much a stickler for detail. I’m not sure if that’s due to my enthusiasm for my vocation, my inherent pedanticism or my relative inexperience but I quite often find myself worrying over the simplest little detail as you suggest.

I’ve recently found myself (again) to be the only docs resource in the organisation so this time round I think I’ll pay heed to the idea of knowing when to stop.

]]> By: alessandro http://www.onemanwrites.co.uk/2008/09/09/what-is-our-value/comment-page-1/#comment-5914 alessandro Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:52:18 +0000 http://www.onemanwrites.co.uk/?p=188#comment-5914 You should, of course, have written grammarati (sorry, couldn't resist!) No, you're right, most active mailing lists degenerate into arguments between people with large egos and too much time. The format is more suited for debate style tit-for-tat conversations. Blogs on the other hand seem to encourage more reasoned discussion. I find bloging to be a lot more demanding as medium of communication, particularly for the writer, but even for the readers and commentators. You should, of course, have written grammarati (sorry, couldn’t resist!) No, you’re right, most active mailing lists degenerate into arguments between people with large egos and too much time. The format is more suited for debate style tit-for-tat conversations. Blogs on the other hand seem to encourage more reasoned discussion. I find bloging to be a lot more demanding as medium of communication, particularly for the writer, but even for the readers and commentators.

]]> By: Sam http://www.onemanwrites.co.uk/2008/09/09/what-is-our-value/comment-page-1/#comment-5910 Sam Tue, 09 Sep 2008 10:12:20 +0000 http://www.onemanwrites.co.uk/?p=188#comment-5910 I suspect that the (slightly) added effort involved in commenting on blog posts vs emailing mailing lists contributes to the blog post threads having more value. I suspect that the (slightly) added effort involved in commenting on blog posts vs emailing mailing lists contributes to the blog post threads having more value.

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