Is Technical Writing Boring?
http://www.idratherbewriting.com/2007/02/13/is-technical-writing-boring/

Johnson, Tom H.
I'd Rather Be Writing
2007

Abstract:

While the content of what I write at work is not all that interesting, and even the paradoxes or other conundrums about technical writing sometimes dull, I really get excited about the technology side of my job. New technologies are emerging each day at a rapid rate. It’s like we’re living in the internet era before the dot.com burst. This is a Web 2.0 land, where even Google threatens to become the next operating system. I am really eager to use a wiki to write my next set of documentation.