Foreword

Perspectives on Technical Brief

 

The following excerpt is taken from Mark Shanda’s article “The ‘Essential’ Technical Direction Library,” which appeared in the August, 2001, issue of TD&T. From time to time we have discussed moving Technical Brief to an electronic format. But, like Mr. Shanda, we always decide that electronic media are complements to — not replacements for — print media, and we consequently recommit ourselves to the Technical Brief mission: to document technical solutions in such a way that others need not reinvent them — and to do it in a form that invites repeated contemplation and further invention. Actually, Mr. Shanda puts it quite elegantly …

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