- TIME: Whenever you can
- PLACE: Wherever you are
- EVENT: Type
Typewriter Day NAQ (Never-Asked Questions)
What should I type?
- How about a letter to someone else in the typosphere?
- Got a friend with you tomorrow? Have a speed-typing contest with pangrams.
- Puzzle-masters take note: you've got an assignment due.
- There's good precedent for only showing your hands. (Barbie typewriter not required.)
- Upload your video/photo gallery/radio interview to your favorite sharing service. Tag it, if you can. Post a link here in a comment. Check out the other links that have already been posted, and then wait for the super-mega-after-the-fact-roundup-post here.
- Any public sharing service will do, as long as we're allowed to link to the content. Embeddable content would be better, but not required.
- If you have a Yahoo address and a typewriter blog, you can request to join the "Anablogger Archives" group that I administer. Please include the URL of your blog so I can sort out the real requests from the random ones. Flickr can host videos as well as slide shows, though be aware of their upload limits for free accounts.
- Most services allow you to attach keywords to uploads. TypewriterDay2011 was suggested in the comments, and I think this sounds excellent. Feel free to use a hashtag if you're tweeting, too. #TypewriterDay2011
- It's a little late now, but I think t-shirts decorated with Sholes' patent drawings would be an excellent idea. Any typospherian who is both highly creative and independently wealthy is encouraged to follow up on this. (Click the above image to jump a Sholes patent.)
23 comments:
No pressure then. Let's see what tomorrow brings - aaargh it arrives here earlier!
G"day Mike. The two videos I put on YouTube for Typewriter Day are at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCzVlMFNRJ0&feature=youtube_gdata
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fh5yba2hJGY&feature=youtube_gdata
Hope they are OK. Let me know if not. Cheers. Have a good Typewriter Day.
Robert Messenger, Canberra, Australia
Hi guys, didn't realise this was on - only found your site this afternoon. Great idea for the video uploads and viral explosion of people using typewriters in the computer age. I can only supply a photo taken today though at http://carolinesully.wordpress.com/2011/06/23/and-still-on-typewriters/
I've only just remembered and rediscovered my old typewriter so you may see more of it.
Best wishes
Caroline Sully
Okay, I thought the link would have worked, but it looks like you may have to cut and paste it into your browser to view the photos. What can I say? I'm 45 and the internet arrived at a time when I was too old to figure it all out.
I should have been driving to the train station to get to work, but how could I resist? My wife was kind enough to take the pics.
Cut and paste;
http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k151/teeritz/Typewriter%20Day%202011/Tday1.jpg
And;
http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k151/teeritz/Typewriter%20Day%202011/Tday6.jpg
The keys are pretty faded ( I hope it's from spilled bourbon), but I plan to replace the keytop inserts one day soon.
Happy Typewriter Day, everybody, and keep tapping at those keys!
Love the old Fox, Robert! And delighted to know there is a Typewriter Museum in Canberra. Will visit next time I'm there.
Couldn't see the pix, teeritz.
Darn it!
How's this?
[IMG]http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k151/teeritz/Typewriter%20Day%202011/Tday1.jpg[/IMG]
and
[IMG]http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k151/teeritz/Typewriter%20Day%202011/Tday6.jpg[/IMG]
Thanks for letting me know, Carinthia!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdhJW49QQoM
http://youtu.be/rfHJvMWg8Es
Hi teeritz,
I'm still seeing 'this image or video has been moved or deleted.' Not a photobucket user so I can't offer any tips there.
That Crandall is superb, Richard. What's its vintage?
Very cool work with the Olympia Ryan - love the soundtrack too!
I dream vid
Cheers, typospherians!
@carinthia: Around 1900, but I need to do some more research.
@I dream lo-tech: a well-tempered video!
My Video is online:
http://maschinengeschrieben.blogspot.com/
Is it here we are posting links to videos? If so, here's mine: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zt4EuLO2hU8
Happy Typewriter Day 2011 (I hope this link works):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/holoworld/5863981839/
-- Frank
Video is coming when I get it edited together, but here's a photo of where I set up for my lunchtime typing:
http://flic.kr/p/9WbE1c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pwa2MHSZBOU
Happy Typewriter Day 2011!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY2s4xfLqQc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LR_7XaPvxUg
Me typing on my beloved garage sale acquisition, my '71 Hermes Rocket!
I'm 17 and love my typewriter.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LR_7XaPvxUg
I'm 17 and love my Hermes Rocket.
This website is awesome.
Got mine spliced together and uploaded at last:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAvZE0gXpuU
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