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Subject:TOOLS and TECHNOLOGY From:Rebecca Carr <rebecca -at- WHITE -dot- SC -dot- TI -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 28 Jan 1998 19:14:56 -0600
If I had to do technical writing with a pencil, paper, and a typewriter,
I wouldn't mind at all. I enjoyed writing that way before the technology
boom. In my first tech writing job, I used a Xerox 860 Word Processor, even
though PCs were out and being used at other companies. One of my co-workers
could not TYPE. He wrote everything on a yellow pad and the
typesetter/formatter entered it all for him.
I wonder if anyone writes in such a primitive environment today? Are there
any holdouts from the bygone days out there?
I do think the technology draws a significant number of people who think
they can write, but really cannot. But, if they don't write well enough,
they can always do desktop publishing, web site design, marketing, or a
number of other creative endeavors.
