Comments on: You Can’t Live Without Them

By: Deborah Doyle

Deborah Doyle — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:49:05 +0000

This certainly makes me smile. Thank you! Indeed, when we look around us–really look around us–we can so easily appreciate technical communicators, and for that matter we can appreciate architects and engineers who design our cities and the paths we use to traverse them. The Internet was around a long time before we got hold of it to the point it could become a household word, and technical communicators made that happen by bringing humanity into the technology. Your real-life GPS example is a marvelous story that really drives the point home (puns intended).

By: Karl Schweitzer

Karl Schweitzer — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:06:49 +0000

Uggg. Uggg…. Yes technology and technical communicators affect our everyday lives in positive ways, yet so many of us depend on technology to solve our problems. In today’s gadget world, we can lose our ability to problem solve and effectively communicate one on one as individuals.

Although I would not like to live without electricity which heats my bath water, refrigerates my food, and allows instant cooking on a stove, I find it necessary to get out and connect with nature, wildlife, and humankind. The connecting with technology grows exponentially while connecting with humankind (such as our neighbors one on one) is disappearing. We work 2 jobs to buy a bigger home, yet seldom if at all connect with neighbors, our neighborhood, and nature. We drive our car to go a 1/2 block to buy milk, but God forbid we walk and wish a stranger a good day.

By: Meredith Kinder

Meredith Kinder — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 15:12:31 +0000

This article simplifies what technical communication is. It does a great job of breaking it down to its purest form. Sometimes as tech commers, we get too close to ourselves and our work to realize that it is pretty simple to describe what we do. And not everyone needs to know (or wants to know) the details in order to understand what we do. Thanks for pointing this out. We’re everywhere!

By: Barrie Byron

Barrie Byron — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 20:04:18 +0000

Rich, your personal story highlights our mission of making effective communication a reality. This personal encounter story is so true! We should all “thank a technical communicator” when we encounter efficient and effective user interfaces.
Thanks for sharing. The world is indeed a better place with you in it.

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