• What I learned from Woody Leonhard

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    By Brian Livingston

    The newsletter you’re reading today is here primarily because of one man: Woody Leonhard. He passed away on March 8, 2025. May he rest in peace.

    Woody’s early days in the tech business included a stint as a beta tester for Microsoft’s Word for Windows 1.1. That experience enabled him to publish his first book in 1994: The Underground Guide to Word for Windows.

    Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (22.11.0, 2025-03-17).
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