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Nov. 12th, 2008 07:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
prosodicI'm not done with my first online lesson yet, but I finished the reading. I posted an introduction on the discussion board. I seem to be the only person in the local area who is taking the course.
Tomorrow I will take a look at the supplemental materials and possibly take the first quiz.
The assignment for this lesson is to briefly describe the best and most creative technical document I've ever seen. I have to give that some thought.
I am starting to realize that I have *some* technical writing experience. The Germany Survival Guide that I helped research/compile/write is basically an instruction manual on how to live in Germany, how to act in certain situations, what phone numbers to call in emergencies, etc.
I guess I never thought of that as a technical document. Also, I write things at work that could be considered as such, particularly when I have to write out instructions to clients for various things.
Quick and interesting fact:
Geoffrey Chaucer is the first known technical writer for his "A Treatise on the Astrolabe." But this was before the term "technical writer" was ever used.
Ooooh...wait! I have now thought of the most interesting technical document I've ever read. That late 17th century midwifery book that I read for my exam! Oooh...what's it called? *thinks* I mean, it's an instruction manual.
YES! YES! Here it is!
I have to remember to post about that tomorrow.
Tomorrow I will take a look at the supplemental materials and possibly take the first quiz.
The assignment for this lesson is to briefly describe the best and most creative technical document I've ever seen. I have to give that some thought.
I am starting to realize that I have *some* technical writing experience. The Germany Survival Guide that I helped research/compile/write is basically an instruction manual on how to live in Germany, how to act in certain situations, what phone numbers to call in emergencies, etc.
I guess I never thought of that as a technical document. Also, I write things at work that could be considered as such, particularly when I have to write out instructions to clients for various things.
Quick and interesting fact:
Geoffrey Chaucer is the first known technical writer for his "A Treatise on the Astrolabe." But this was before the term "technical writer" was ever used.
Ooooh...wait! I have now thought of the most interesting technical document I've ever read. That late 17th century midwifery book that I read for my exam! Oooh...what's it called? *thinks* I mean, it's an instruction manual.
YES! YES! Here it is!
I have to remember to post about that tomorrow.