Bastian Greshake Tzovaras's review of Track changes : a literary history of word processing

Bastian Greshake Tzovaras reviewed Track changes : a literary history of word processing by Matthew G. Kirschenbaum

Matthew G. Kirschenbaum: Track changes : a literary history of word processing (2016)

The story of writing in the digital age is every bit as messy as the …

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4 stars

Nope, this is not about emacs vs. vim. Rather you can learn about the long road that started at (electrical) typewriters, lead to typewriters that feature magnetic tape storage all the way to the first versions of MS Word.

If you're someone who spends a lot of time doing word processing - and if you're reading this the chances for that are good - then you'll find a super interesting history in this book.