Electric Word was a bimonthly, English-language magazine published in Amsterdam between 1987 and 1990 that offered eclectic reporting on the translation industry, linguistic technology, and computer culture.
It was the first issue of any magazine to be created with desktop publishing software,[2] in this case ReadySetGo, which Rossetto had carried back from its introduction at that year's San Francisco MacWorld exhibition.
Electric Word's circulation grew to include leading research labs at universities, governments, and high tech companies around the world.
Cover subjects were as diverse as computer visionary Alan Kay, AI pioneer Marvin Minsky, Timothy Leary, and MIT Media Lab founder Nicholas Negroponte.
Whole Earth Review’s editor Kevin Kelley proclaimed Electric Word "the least boring computer magazine in the world," which became its tagline.