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I think Jimmy Maher set out to be a historiographer rather than a tech writer. He's damned good at it, too.
by throwanem 6y ago
I think Jimmy Maher set out to be a historiographer rather than a tech writer. He's damned good at it, too.
- mwcampbell 6y agoHe's definitely a good historian. But, as shown in his book about the Amiga, The Future Was Here, he's also pretty knowledgeable about programming.
- throwanem 6y agoTrue, but a book from MIT Press benefits from considerably more editing ahead of time than a blog post. It's like the mention of network "broadcast packages" in talking about how Doom's netcode destroyed LANs - yeah, I get that it's not technically accurate, but I also know what he's talking about, and that his commenters will catch it and he'll fix it in post.