RE: A guide to technical writing from 1908

[Erika Yanovich <ERIKA_y -at- rad -dot- com>]

If there ever was such a myth, it's a stupid one. People always needed to describe/explain things. The way they did is not necessarily the way we'd do it today, they are early forms of tech writing. We can even define the ten commandments as a numbered list for how to conduct your life.

I definitely remember tech writers using pencil and paper and real cut and paste.
Erika

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From: techwr-l-bounces+erika_y=rad -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com [mailto:techwr-l-bounces+erika_y=rad -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On Behalf Of Rick Lippincott
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Subject: Re: A guide to technical writing from 1908

Dated 1908?

Another nail in the coffin of the myth that tech writing started with the computer age.

-- Rick Lippincott
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