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Subject:Tech Writing folklore and minstrelsy From:Marguerite Krupp <Marguerite_Krupp -at- BAYNETWORKS -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 31 Aug 1998 15:26:38 -0400
Here's something that may sound a little off the wall.
I'm looking for folk songs and stories about tech writing and/or working in
the computer industry. Could be new words (fairly clean lyrics, please) to
well-known tunes. I already have "I Built a Better Model Than the One from
Data General" (AKA "I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major General" by
Gilbert and Sullivan) , Holly Near's "I've Been Laid Off," and Stan Rogers,
"Punchin' Out the Data on the Xerox Line." But I know that there are more
out there, and I figured who would know better than a bunch of tech whirlers.
The objective of this exercise is to put together a sing-along for our
local STC chapter.
Please reply off-list, to avoid cluttering up the bandwidth. If interest
warrants, I will post a summary.
Many thanks,
Marguerite Krupp
mkrupp -at- baynetworks -dot- com
