Re: A Better Technical Writer/Communicator Library

Subject: Re: A Better Technical Writer/Communicator Library
From: Janet Swisher <jmswisher -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: "Janoff, Steve" <Steve -dot- Janoff -at- teradata -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:21:53 -0600

On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 1:06 PM, Janoff, Steve
<Steve -dot- Janoff -at- teradata -dot- com> wrote:
> Ordered the Tufte book based on your note, was reading it last night --
> very, very nice.  I like the way she starts out with short sentences and
> builds from there into more complicated ones.  It's so rare to be able
> to just read for pleasure, even when reading a book on writing.  (Bonus
> points:  She's apparently the wife of the late Edward Tufte, he of "The
> Visual Display of Quantitative Information" et al fame.)

Two small corrections: He's not dead, and she's his mother.

I agree, it's wonderfully crafted book, and a joy to read.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: techwr-l-bounces+steve -dot- janoff=teradata -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> On Behalf Of Paul Goble
>
>> What are your suggestions and "must reads" for a Technical Writer /
> Communicator?
>
> A few obscure treasures which aren't on most lists:
>
> Syntax as Style by Virginia Tufte
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References:
A Better Technical Writer/Communicator Library: From: david hendler
Re: A Better Technical Writer/Communicator Library: From: Paul Goble
RE: A Better Technical Writer/Communicator Library: From: Janoff, Steve

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