Typewriters

A New York Story: Gramercy Typewriter Co.

Nick Barnicle | Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: New York Small Business, Gramercy Typewriter Co., New York Film, New York City, Typewriters, Paul Schweitzer, New York News

Paul Schweitzer stands like a relic from a bygone era in a three-piece suit and tells us that he ﬁxes typewriters for a living. His story needs to be told precisely because he makes up the fabric of this city.

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The First Laptop: Corona 3

Caroline Preston | Posted 12.21.2011

Read More: Laptop, Frankie Platt, Corona 3, The Scrapbook of Frankie Platt, Typewriter, Typewriters, World's First Laptop, Books News

It was sleekly engineered, came in cool colors, and folded up into a compact square that you could hold with one hand. You could use it on a train or a plane, or in a café in Paris to tap out a novel. The first Mac laptop? No, it was the Corona 3 Portable Typewriter invented in 1912.

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The Typewriter That Changed Everything Turns 50

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Needham | Posted 09.21.2011

Read More: Industrial Design, Mad Men, Postage Stamps, Nancy Worden, Eliot Noyes, Ibm, Selectric, Usps, Typewriters, Design, Ibm Selectric, Ibm-Selectric, Derry Noyes, Technology, Smarter Ideas, Bblog-Ibm, Culture News

Fifty years ago this month, the IBM Selectric typewriter was introduced to the public. In the 25 years that followed, more than 13 million of the t...

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Famous Authors And Their Typewriters

flavorwire.com | Posted 06.04.2011

Read More: Langston Hughes, Authors, Ernest Hemingway, Dorothy Parker, George Orwell, Typewriters, Sylvia Plath, William Faulkner, Tennessee Williams, Authors Typewriters, Marlon Brando, Bob Dylan, Books News

There’s something magical about catching a glimpse of one of your favorite authors at work – even a photo of the epic event can send an anxious th...

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iPad With A Manual Typewriter Keyboard?

frecklednest.blogspot.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ereaders, Apple Ipad, Amazon.com Kindle, Kindle, Typewriter, Ereader, Typewriters, E-Books, E-Readers, E-Reader, Ebook, Amazon Kindle, E-Book, Ebooks, Ipad, Books News

Jack Zylkin has invented a Typewriter Convertor process that turns any manual typewriter into a keyboard for your computer! He sells ready to purchase...

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One Complete Idiot's Guide to Hospitality Suite Scrapbooks

Dave Astor | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tea Party, Nebraska, National Society of Newspaper Columnists, Bloggers, Twitter, Zoology, Basketball, Democratic Party, California, Indiana University, Mickey Mantle, New Jersey, Typewriters, Scrapbooking, BP Oil Spill, Bloomington Indiana, Detroit, Comedy News

My misleading last name (I'm not rich!) begins with "A." I hold a position (archivist) on the National Society of Newspaper Columnists board that also...

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Jack Kerouac's Typewriter Up For Auction

Village Voice Blog | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Auction, Jack Kerouac Typewriter, Christie's, Jack Kerouac, Books, Typewriters, Books News

History-philes and Beat-philes will love this one: Christie's is auctioning off Jack Kerouac's last typewriter....

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Is the PC a Buggy Whip?

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obsolete Technology, All Things Digital, Buggy Whips, Typewriters, Faxes, Pcs, Technology News

In the future, it is thought, we will all be tethered to the great teat of the collective mind by some teeny implement that is smarter than we are. This seems counter-intuitive to me, but then I've always bet against sea changes.

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Is Print Dead?

J.A. Konrath | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Print Media, Book Publishing, Print, Future of Publishing, Ebooks, Books, Print Industry, Typewriters, Print Is Dead, VHS Tapes, Newspapers, Old Media, Books News

Moderator: Welcome to Obsolete Anonymous! I've gathered you all here to welcome our latest member, the Print Industry.

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Last Typewriter User Gets Kicked Out Of Manhattan 'Writers Room'

NY Daily News | By Rich Schapiro | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Writers, Writers Room, Typing, Writing, Books, Typewriters, New York, Books News

Skye Ferrante has spent six years at the Writers Room in Greenwich Village, blissfully banging away on his grandmother's 1929 Royal typewriter. The 3...

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The Story of Another Manual Typewriter's Journey

Carol Hoenig | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Olivetti Typewriter, Barbie, Writing, New York Times, Upstate New York, Smith & Corona, Passion, Long Island, Cormac McCarthy, Pulitzer, Writers, Authors, Books, Typewriters, Manual Typewriters, Books News

When other girls were asking for Barbie dolls, I was wishing for a typewriter, one that would actually tap out a world of my own creation.

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Post Recession Economic Growth Means Challenging Our Concept of "Normal"

Jenny Darroch | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Telephones, Supermarkets, Economic Growth, Innovation, Strategies for Growth, Marketing Strategy, Recession, Typewriters, Home News

In my last blog, I wrote about the contribution of marketing strategy, and more specifically marketing research, to develop new recipes and ideas that...

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Cormac McCarthy's Typewriter Goes To Auction

The New York Times | PATRICIA COHEN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Authors, The Road, Manual Typewriter, Books, Writing, Typewriters, No Country for Old Men, Christie's, Cormac McCarthy the Road, Cormac McCarthy, Books News

Cormac McCarthy has written more than a dozen novels, several screenplays, two plays, two short stories, countless drafts, letters and more -- and nea...

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NYPD Spends $1M On Typewriters

New York Post | Jeremy Olshan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nypd, Typewriters for City Police, Nypd Typewriters, New York Police, New York, New York Police Department, Typewriters, New York News

The city is plunking down nearly $1 million on typewriters for its keystroke cops. That's right -- typewriters. ...

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A Preposterous Pre-Digital Primer

Dave Astor | Posted 05.25.2011

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In the days before the internet, how did out-of-town journalists transmit typewritten stories to their editors? They folded the stories into paper airplanes and hurled them out of hotel windows.

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