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Re: Humor: are you guys reading the premium jobs, events, and announcements
Subject:Re: Humor: are you guys reading the premium jobs, events, and announcements From:Doc <dlettvin -at- attbi -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 28 Jun 2002 11:08:35 -0400
On Thu, 27 Jun 2002 12:28:23 -0400, "Sean Brierley" <sbri -at- haestad -dot- com>
wrote:
>
>Did you check this out:
>
Despite my orations about simplicity in tech writing, I have one
particular manual that I remember with fondness.
I just wish I could remember what the product was.
I do know that it was for some kind of Mac software that I was using
about 15 years ago. At that time, because of Apple's marketing, many
of the manuals were chatty.
I was reading a section when I suddenly sensed something odd about a
paragraph. I went back and read it again. Just to be sure, I read it
aloud. It was a well-constructed Petrarchan sonnet disguised as a
paragraph. What made it delightful was that it was well written
technically while conforming to the metre and rhyme scheme.
About 15 pages later I found another one in Shakesperean form.
I've often wondered about the motivation behind it. Was it a cry for
help, or just a whimsical exercise.
But as I said, that's all I remember about the product.
-Doc
David W Lettvin
VersaText
South Hamilton, MA
978-468-1105
"You cannot grow a beard in a moment of passion." - G.K. Chesterton
>STORY: Dan and the STC Conference
>
>Dan took a deep breath. How he loved the smell of the STC trade show
>floor.
>
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