Max likes to scan the documents he writes on his typewriter and post them to his blog. He’s not the only one who’s discovered this quirky pastime. Aficionados call it typecasting and they’ve named their Internet subculture “the typosphere.” ...
http://www.salon.com/2012/06/19/a_typewriter_renaissance/singleton/
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Great coverage. Nice to see some familiar names. I met Jesse Banuelos at Berkeley Typewriter last year. Glad to hear business is still good.
The writer of this article is the nice young lady who interviewed me a few months back! It's always nice to see my name in print! haha
Seriously though, I love the coverage of the typosphere. We need it - and we need to make sure that those silly hipsters don't take away all the fun that goes with collecting these great machines!
Excellent read. Pretty cool to see the random mention of typeclack!
Congrats to the 'sphere members for the blog traffic bump! The story just got picked up on Boing Boing as well. Everyone mind your manners and get your feet off the furniture -- we got company!
Oh wow, didn't realize lo-tech was mentioned. ( :
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