Some user manuals are a frustration, some are a pleasure – and all reveal more about us than we might think. Maybe you diligently read an instruction manual from cover to cover before you even turn on ...

You might think of instruction manuals as too dry and too technical, a necessary evil that’s in the way of what you really want to interact with: the purchase itself. But instruction manuals don’t ...

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Sometimes writing is used to tell us how to do things, like in an instruction, or a manual. This alien wants to build a deckchair, but every time she tries, she ends up making something different. So ...

In 1987 as I bought my first Haynes instruction manual, I was quite unprepared for the look of respect that I got from the mechanic who sold it to me. At the age of 18 I was only used to looks ranging ...