Title :
A peak into the past: 90 years of technical communication
Author_Institution :
RGI Int., Winnipeg, Man., Canada
Abstract :
Take a look at your bookshelf: what is the copyright date of your earliest book on technical communication? I doubt whether you will find anything much earlier than 1965. I describe and comment briefly on several well-reputed technical writing books published between 1908 and 1965. Then I lead into the changes that have been occurring in the technical writing scene, and the impact these changes have had on us as professional technical communicators
Keywords :
technical presentation; history; professional technical communicators; technical communication; technical writing books; Aerospace electronics; Books; Centralized control; Communication system control; Force control; Layout; Manuals; Navigation; Professional communication; Writing;
Conference_Titel :
Professional Communication Conference, 2000. Proceedings of 2000 Joint IEEE International and 18th Annual Conference on Computer Documentation (IPCC/SIGDOC 2000)
Conference_Location :
Cambridge, MA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6431-7
DOI :
10.1109/IPCC.2000.887284
