TechWhirl (TECHWR-L) is a resource for technical writing and technical communications professionals of all experience levels and in all industries to share their experiences and acquire information.
For two decades, technical communicators have turned to TechWhirl to ask and answer questions about the always-changing world of technical communications, such as tools, skills, career paths, methodologies, and emerging industries. The TechWhirl Archives and magazine, created for, by and about technical writers, offer a wealth of knowledge to everyone with an interest in any aspect of technical communications.
This is sort of like saying that Gene Roddenberry "contributed" to the
development of big-screen television because there was one on the
bridge of the USS Enterprise. Al Gore would have a better claim
to the Internet, if he had ever actually tried to make it.
Gene Kim-Eng
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Borokowski" <athloi -at- yahoo -dot- com>
> "Like many developments in the history of computing, some of the ideas
> for a GUI computer were thought of long before the technology was even
> available to build such a machine. One of the first people to express
> these ideas was Vannevar Bush. In the early 1930s he first wrote of a
> device he called the 'Memex,' which he envisioned as looking like a
> desk with two touch screen graphical displays, a keyboard, and a
> scanner attached to it. It would allow the user to access all human
> knowledge using connections very similar to how hyperlinks work. At
> this point, the digital computer had not been invented, so there was no
> way for such a device to actually work, and Bush's ideas were not
> widely read or discussed at that time."
Create HTML or Microsoft Word content and convert to Help file formats or
printed documentation. Features include support for Windows Vista & 2007
Microsoft Office, team authoring, plus more. http://www.DocToHelp.com/TechwrlList
True single source, conditional content, PDF export, modular help.
Help & Manual is the most powerful authoring tool for technical
documentation. Boost your productivity! http://www.helpandmanual.com
---
You are currently subscribed to TECHWR-L as archive -at- web -dot- techwr-l -dot- com -dot-