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Subject:Re: Anyone tried this in tech writing? From:Lois Patterson <loisrpatterson -at- gmail -dot- com> To:"Janoff, Steven" <Steven -dot- Janoff -at- ga -dot- com> Date:Tue, 22 Apr 2014 19:10:30 -0700
I feel that sense in respect to big data, cloud computing, algorithms, and machine learning. These are incredibly exciting, and there is a lot to say about them.
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On 2014-04-22, at 18:49, "Janoff, Steven" <Steven -dot- Janoff -at- ga -dot- com> wrote:
> This is true of any age. That's not what's unique.
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> Technology is relative. In 20 years, we'll view the iPad in the same way.
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> I think what's missing today is the Wild West sense we had back then. This was before the Internet and the Web took off, and before the dot-com boom. There was a sense of possibility -- the air was really *electric* with it. We felt like we were on the cusp of something.
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> I suppose you could say the same about today but I don't think you could say it about the documentation. And in the technology realm, it feels more like a next level of the same world rather than an entirely new world.
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> Just interesting to note.
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> Steve
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> On Tuesday, April 22, 2014 5:02 PM, Lois Patterson wrote:
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> With so many complex and interlocking systems nowadays, there are so many things to write about that are more interesting than a 3-button mouse.
> Admittedly, finding and persuading the right person that you should write about them for pay can be a challenge. But don't be fooled by the relative ease and ubiquity of consumer software and hardware nowadays.
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> Lois
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