Comments on: Intro to Information Architecture — Reflections on the Different Roles We Can Play http://www.idratherbewriting.com/2007/06/16/intro-to-information-architecture-reflections-on-the-different-roles-we-can-play/ Technical Communication Blog / Technical Writing Blog Sun, 21 Mar 2010 03:43:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Tom http://www.idratherbewriting.com/2007/06/16/intro-to-information-architecture-reflections-on-the-different-roles-we-can-play/comment-page-1/#comment-36409 Tom Thu, 21 Jun 2007 00:05:29 +0000 http://www.idratherbewriting.com/2007/06/16/intro-to-information-architecture-reflections-on-the-different-roles-we-can-play/#comment-36409 Thanks for your thoughts and for the link. There's something to be said for being a specialist in something, especially if you're the world's best at it. I once had a teacher in college who was the world's foremost expert on Willa Cather. He had published tons about her and knew everything about her. But what about poetry? Or Shakespeare? Or J.D. Salinger? He knew very little about anything else. He was actually very dogmatic and seemed too focused. The question of breadth vs. depth is a piercing one. At the STC conference, Bogo Votovic (sp?) said you should be a generalist, but present yourself as a specialist. Thanks for your thoughts and for the link. There’s something to be said for being a specialist in something, especially if you’re the world’s best at it.

I once had a teacher in college who was the world’s foremost expert on Willa Cather. He had published tons about her and knew everything about her. But what about poetry? Or Shakespeare? Or J.D. Salinger? He knew very little about anything else. He was actually very dogmatic and seemed too focused.

The question of breadth vs. depth is a piercing one. At the STC conference, Bogo Votovic (sp?) said you should be a generalist, but present yourself as a specialist.

]]> By: Gordon http://www.idratherbewriting.com/2007/06/16/intro-to-information-architecture-reflections-on-the-different-roles-we-can-play/comment-page-1/#comment-36290 Gordon Tue, 19 Jun 2007 07:43:39 +0000 http://www.idratherbewriting.com/2007/06/16/intro-to-information-architecture-reflections-on-the-different-roles-we-can-play/#comment-36290 <a href="http://onemanwrites.co.uk/2007/06/12/skill-set/">I've been pondering this recently as well</a>. The profession of technical communications is definitely changing, and I wonder if there is a danger of spreading oneself too thin, trying to be a jack of all trades... master of none? (Note: I don't normally use words like 'oneself', not quite sure where that came from). I’ve been pondering this recently as well. The profession of technical communications is definitely changing, and I wonder if there is a danger of spreading oneself too thin, trying to be a jack of all trades… master of none?

(Note: I don’t normally use words like ‘oneself’, not quite sure where that came from).

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