Death to typewriters

Ha, Medium has thrown the gauntlet!
https://medium.com/designing-medium/death-to-typewriters-9b7712847639

"We prize our tools"

A story about Ed Skibba, who repairs typewriters in Milwaukee:

Wall Street Journal story calls us "vibrant"

"While the comeback has been spurred in part by a vibrant online community (whose blogs and websites are collectively known as the 'typosphere'), people of all stripes are rediscovering the virtues of a manual typewriter."

2015 typewriter calendar by Nick Beland

More information here.

Hemingwrite for sale

"The Hemingwrite is a minimalist digital typewriter for distraction free writing composition. It combines the simplicity of a typewriter with modern technology like an electronic paper screen and cloud backups to create the best possible writing experience."

The Hemingwrite is now available to preorder on Kickstarter.

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Kids at the keys ... on the front page

Read the story here.

Toronto Type-In December 10

"Security with a portable typewriter"

A small item from the New York Times.

The link goes to a 1995 story about Smith-Corona's bankruptcy. Today Smith-Corona is still in business, but not the typewriter business — it makes labels for industrial use. The company logo cleverly combines a Corona 3 with a scan code used on labels.

The Interactive Typewriter

You gotta see this. Genius!

Joe Hounsham and the Dico project

read the background story: http://asmarterplanet.com/mobile-enterprise/blog/2014/10/interactive-typewriter.html