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.
Re: Have We Entered a Post-Literate Technological Age?
Subject:Re: Have We Entered a Post-Literate Technological Age? From:Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:25:00 -0700
That's quite true. When a modern car won't start, typically they have
to hook it to a brand-specific computer to see what's wrong.
On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 12:16 PM, <Brian -dot- Henderson -at- mitchell1 -dot- com> wrote:
> Increasingly the manufacturers of machines do not design them to be
> repaired, and so it is often cheaper and easier to throw the mobile
> phone, fridge or toaster away rather than repair it."
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Free Software Documentation Project Web Cast: Covers developing Table of
Contents, Context IDs, and Index, as well as Doc-To-Help
2009 tips, tricks, and best practices. http://www.doctohelp.com/SuperPages/Webcasts/
Help & Manual 5: The complete help authoring tool for individual
authors and teams. Professional power, intuitive interface. Write
once, publish to 8 formats. Multi-user authoring and version control! http://www.helpandmanual.com/
---
You are currently subscribed to TECHWR-L as archive -at- web -dot- techwr-l -dot- com -dot-
