Re:Canon Cat
by jfengel on Monday February 22, 2021 @05:14PM
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I was one of the early in-house reviewers of the book, and it absolutely changed my life.
One of the things that really struck me about it: the manuscript was written in double-spaced courier, with sketched out hand drawings. Coming from one of the designers of the Macintosh, the manuscript could have come from a Canon Cat.
And that was the Right Thing. The formatting would be done by professionals. (I learned that after I put in an enormous amount of work formatting my own manuscript.) He did the thing that got the job done, putting the words in my hands and the hands of those who would make it look nice.
One of the things that really struck me about it: the manuscript was written in double-spaced courier, with sketched out hand drawings. Coming from one of the designers of the Macintosh, the manuscript could have come from a Canon Cat.
And that was the Right Thing. The formatting would be done by professionals. (I learned that after I put in an enormous amount of work formatting my own manuscript.) He did the thing that got the job done, putting the words in my hands and the hands of those who would make it look nice.