Comments on: Five languages for talking about programs. http://www.stevecooper.org/2008/04/07/five-languages-for-talking-about-programs/ Programming, writing, programming about writing. Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:00:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Steve http://www.stevecooper.org/2008/04/07/five-languages-for-talking-about-programs/#comment-238 Steve Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:22:37 +0000 http://www.stevecooper.org/?p=53#comment-238 <blockquote> <p>How do you find you are at Userese? Can you pitch it right?</p> </blockquote> <p>Our audience is really our consultants -- non-technical but familiar with the product. We do demos, where we can, and that seems the best way to get feedback.</p> <p>If you want any help 'learning the rest' -- say, learning a few bits of a programming language -- then give me a shout and I can get you started.</p>

How do you find you are at Userese? Can you pitch it right?

Our audience is really our consultants — non-technical but familiar with the product. We do demos, where we can, and that seems the best way to get feedback.

If you want any help ‘learning the rest’ — say, learning a few bits of a programming language — then give me a shout and I can get you started.

]]> By: Ellen http://www.stevecooper.org/2008/04/07/five-languages-for-talking-about-programs/#comment-237 Ellen Tue, 08 Apr 2008 09:16:19 +0000 http://www.stevecooper.org/?p=53#comment-237 <p>I'm heavily involved in the User Language section of this, but I don't really pay much attention to any of the other languages, as I'm the technical author, not a coder. And I come from an eng lit background not a codemonkey background. There are times, though, when I'd like to get to know the rest. It'd be interesting, and I wouldn't have to rely so much on the programmers for finding out what it is I need to tell the user.</p> <p>How do you find you are at Userese? Can you pitch it right?</p> <p>At work, one of the guys is an old-school computer programming engineer. In order to get any information out of him, it's often a game of twenty questions. He speaks in binary. In order to get the right information, you have to phrase the question precisely. We don't let him loose on customers.</p> I’m heavily involved in the User Language section of this, but I don’t really pay much attention to any of the other languages, as I’m the technical author, not a coder. And I come from an eng lit background not a codemonkey background. There are times, though, when I’d like to get to know the rest. It’d be interesting, and I wouldn’t have to rely so much on the programmers for finding out what it is I need to tell the user.

How do you find you are at Userese? Can you pitch it right?

At work, one of the guys is an old-school computer programming engineer. In order to get any information out of him, it’s often a game of twenty questions. He speaks in binary. In order to get the right information, you have to phrase the question precisely. We don’t let him loose on customers.

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