Usability Views Article Details  home | timeline | recent | popular | e-reports | userati | about this site Technical writers and interaction design (24 Mar 2004) Being a stealth user advocate doesn't mean that you have to draw screen sketches and spend nights designing detailed product interactions. Rather, it means that you use your position as a champion for the user to raise awareness about user needs and egregious product interactions as early in the development process as possible. To do so, you'll need to work hard to create an environment in which the appropriate people on your product team listen to you. Not only will your technical writing job be more satisfying (and perhaps less chaotic), it will lead to better products for your customers. Article URL: http://www.cooper.com/content/insights/newsletters/2004_issue01/Technical_writers_and_interaction_design.asp Read 75 more articles from Cooper sorted by date, popularity, or title. Next Article: Comment: Finding the Hidden Interest in Detail This site is a labour of love built by Chris McEvoy