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A personal note
Today is my first official day of retirement from a job I
held for nine years.
It was a second career. The first ran nearly 30 years in newspapers as a reporter, editor, news editor, layout man and (deputy) business editor, with a "minor" in newsroom technology. As typewriters and pencil editing were pushed aside by what used to be called "word processing," I became one of the "newsroom teckies" who learned to use new techology and helped train the others while keeping my day job as an editor.
Eventaully, as I fled from daily journalism, I sought a spot with a company that needed to tell its software clients and end users how their applications work and how to work the applications. It was a logical progression, and I was fortunate to find such a place to start over without really starting over.
It was a good fit for me and, like many folks in these forums, I turned to RoboHelp as the h.a.t. of choice. I'm glad I did so, and all the happier that I stayed with it during the uncertainty that led to Adobe's current commitment to build a better mousetrap in close cooperation with the mice . . . or with the mice trappers, at least.
Let's move away from that metaphor.
Whatever my accomplishments, to the extent they were successes, I owe gratitude to colleagues in RH general discussion, WebHelp and printed doc forums. I've come to think of several as old chums and greatly regret that I couldn't travel to meet you in some professional setting. For now, let me just say thanks, and goodbye.
It may happen that I'll pick up some temp or part-time gigs, requiring me to stay on top of RH and Captivate and hang around here from time to time. But if not, I've had a heck of a good time here.
Harvey
harvey.kabaker@verizon.net
It was a second career. The first ran nearly 30 years in newspapers as a reporter, editor, news editor, layout man and (deputy) business editor, with a "minor" in newsroom technology. As typewriters and pencil editing were pushed aside by what used to be called "word processing," I became one of the "newsroom teckies" who learned to use new techology and helped train the others while keeping my day job as an editor.
Eventaully, as I fled from daily journalism, I sought a spot with a company that needed to tell its software clients and end users how their applications work and how to work the applications. It was a logical progression, and I was fortunate to find such a place to start over without really starting over.
It was a good fit for me and, like many folks in these forums, I turned to RoboHelp as the h.a.t. of choice. I'm glad I did so, and all the happier that I stayed with it during the uncertainty that led to Adobe's current commitment to build a better mousetrap in close cooperation with the mice . . . or with the mice trappers, at least.
Let's move away from that metaphor.
Whatever my accomplishments, to the extent they were successes, I owe gratitude to colleagues in RH general discussion, WebHelp and printed doc forums. I've come to think of several as old chums and greatly regret that I couldn't travel to meet you in some professional setting. For now, let me just say thanks, and goodbye.
It may happen that I'll pick up some temp or part-time gigs, requiring me to stay on top of RH and Captivate and hang around here from time to time. But if not, I've had a heck of a good time here.
Harvey
harvey.kabaker@verizon.net
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