[Theforum] New feature suggestions
Madhu Menon
webguru at vsnl.net
Thu Nov 15 16:00:59 CST 2001
At 03:22 AM 11/16/2001, you wrote:
>2) If we have VWPs who can't write, support them with the writing
> as happens with many factual(1) books, either overtly co-written or
> just very, very well edited
In my experience with IT media, the reasons that there aren't many good
tech writers are:
1) Those who know their stuff can't write
2) Those who can write don't know their stuff (aka IT journalists)
>3) If we have PWCWs, help them develop their knowledge so that
> they can write on stuff which matters. Or pair them with subject
> matter experts, as in (2) above.
This is a great idea, and I think I brought it up earlier. For example, I
have an idea for a system to accurately measure how many people close
pop-up ads before they load, but I need a Javascript guru to help me with
the code for that ('cause I suck at JS).
<grouse type="language">
Using "reason why" is just wrong. Either use "reason that" or simply "why".
</grouse>
Madhu
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