Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Writer Woes

What's the point of writing? People don't read what we write in Cube City, yet so much effort goes into planning, crafting, and launching the written word.

I used to write manuals like Tina the Technical Writer. What I learned over time was that people don't read manuals. They try to figure things out on their own. If they can't figure things out, they call the help line. To read the manual is a ludicrous idea and is not even considered a last resort.

My career is a waste of time. I'm sure someone has documented that factoid in a manual or on a website somewhere...not that anybody has ever read it or anything...

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