Re: Wordless Workshop (was RE: What do you call wordless technical procedures?

Subject: Re: Wordless Workshop (was RE: What do you call wordless technical procedures?
From: Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 10:54:21 -0800

I can state unequivocably that it was *Popular Science*. Compliments of Hank
the Deuce, we had a subscription to it and a large number of other
periodicals when I was a kid, but didn't get any of the other rags mentioned
in this thread.

> Chris

On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 10:33 AM, McLauchlan, Kevin <
Kevin -dot- McLauchlan -at- safenet-inc -dot- com> wrote:

>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mike Starr
>
> > Don't know the specific term you're looking for but I'm
> > reminded of the timeless Roy Doty cartoon series Wordless
> > Workshop (http://www.roydoty.com/syndicated/syndicated-cartoons.htm).
>
> Hey! Nostalgia hit!
>
>
> What magazine did I used to see that in? Popular Mechanics?
> Mechanix Illustrated? other?
>
> Paradoxically, perhaps, Wordless Workshop might have been one
> of the things that nudged me toward my current line of work.
>
> Well, that and Rube Goldberg... :-)
>
> IKEA, on the other hand, kinda took some of the fun out of it.
> Not my job, the wordless instructions...
>
> - Kevin (how old IS that guy??)
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References:
What do you call wordless technical procedures?: From: Svi Ben-Elya
Re: What do you call wordless technical procedures?: From: Mike Starr
Wordless Workshop (was RE: What do you call wordless technical procedures?: From: McLauchlan, Kevin

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