Recently I was moving and in my garage came across something that I thought had been lost years ago. It is a hardcopy of the first thing I ever wrote about LabVIEW for public consumption. The year was 1989 and the event was the first (and I think only) NI User’s Symposium. It was held at the Adam’s Mark hotel in Austin. Reading the paper, I was struck by two things: First, not only have I been using LabVIEW for 29 years, but I have been writing about it for 25 years! Ye Gads!

Second, what that although I alternately cringed and laughed while reading it, I also spent a lot of time nodding. Although the paper is clearly dated, many of the basic concepts have held up very well over the years.

Consequently, I have scanned it into a PDF and have posted it on the site in the White Paper section. Enjoy.

Until next time…

Mike…

PS: Before anybody asks: No, I am not going to post any pictures of me from 1989…