Introduction

 
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Welcome to my site. I'm an established technical writer and multimedia creative with over ten years of industry experience. This web site showcases my portfolio to help you get acquainted with my background.

Please note that the samples are for demonstration purposes only, and content is owned by the respective companies. For more information about the copyrights, refer to the terms of use.

My philosophy about writing is simple. Good writing:

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All pages at this site were designed, written, and edited, and are copyrighted © by Barry Parmelee.

This web site originates from Charlotte, North Carolina.

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The many forms of technical writing

  1. Lascaux cave paintings. In the caves in southwestern France, the ancient paintings suggest the rites, ceremonies, and hunting strategies of our Paleolithic ancestors.
  2. Sumerian cuneiform, circa 3200 B.C. The Sumerians developed one of the earliest known writing systems in the form of clay tablets. Many of these cuneiform tablets contain records, accounts, sacred scripts, and letters.
  3. Da Vinci manuscripts. The writings of Da Vinci reveal that the Florentine artist and inventor was adept at technical writing.
  4. Galileo manuscript. An image of Galileo's work on projectile motion.
  5. Melville's Moby Dick. Published in 1851, Melville's magnum opus breaks narrative convention with innovative techniques, most notably with its interruption of fictional events by crisp, essayistic prose that discusses cetology. As a result, the novel sometimes reads like a marine biology text book.
  6. Tractatus by Wittgenstein. One of the great works of genius in Western civilization, the Tractatus depicts a haunting view of human communication by showing the paradox of language—namely, that language sets a limit on what we can meaningfully say.