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My humblest apologies. I didn't think that one through before posting. (The father/husband was indicated as having passed in 2006, yet I knew people who had attended the son's seminars, and received free copies of all three of the big books, in the intervening years!)
In that case she also gets kudos for being an esteemed mama!
And my apologies to Mr. Edward R. Tufte, reports of whose demise were greatly exaggerated.
Steve
PS - You can file this error under "What do you do when you don't have anyone with the time to review and edit your e-mails."
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From: Janet Swisher [mailto:jmswisher -at- gmail -dot- com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 11:22 AM
To: Janoff, Steve
Cc: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: Re: A Better Technical Writer/Communicator Library
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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