TechComm: Give Them Five Minutes, They’ll Waste Them For You

If you’re a technical communicator with a sense of humor (and really thick skin), you might find the TechComm community listserv a refreshing alternative to the stuffy, over-policed, and rule-laden tech writing email discussion lists. There are no “list ayatollahs” to protect you from commercial posts nor to stifle you from starting—or finishing—a heated debate with other list members over a little Friday Fun. Nothing is off-topic. In fact, the list rules promote the development of a friendly, albeit sometimes silly, anything goes online community, complete with a Britney Spears archive.