{"id":32,"date":"2003-08-02T13:08:00","date_gmt":"2003-08-02T13:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sumankumar.com\/blog\/?p=32"},"modified":"2003-08-02T13:08:00","modified_gmt":"2003-08-02T13:08:00","slug":"and-now-technical-writer-the-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sumankumar.com\/blog\/2003\/08\/and-now-technical-writer-the-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"And now, ‘Technical Writer’: The Movie"},"content":{"rendered":"

And now, ‘Technical Writer’: The Movie<\/h3>\n

A
movie on a technical writer!<\/a>
[Through Usable Help<\/a>]<\/small><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

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