Albuquerque fall type out, November 3

July & August events! Swindon, Ann Arbor, Fairfax, Haverhill

Four events to put on your calendar:

1. July 14 type-in in Swindon, England:

2. August 4 type-in in Ann Arbor, Michigan, at Literati Bookstore 

(home of Notes from a Public Typewriter)

3. August 5 collectors' meet-up in Fairfax, Virginia:

4. August 11 QWERTY Festival at the Museum of Printing in Haverhill, Massachusetts.

More information here.

More type-ins & type-outs! Portland ME, Grand Rapids MI, Traverse City MI

Type-ins in Ohio and Manitoba

Bexley, Ohio (Columbus area):



Winnipeg, Manitoba:

7th Phoenix Type-In

Digitally detox at the 7th Phoenix Type-In at Changing Hand's First Draft in Phoenix on August 20th, from 1-4pm. There will be typewriters, good people, and excellent food and drink. All are welcome.

Two June type-ins in Michigan

Toronto Type-In December 10

Type-ins! Basel, Riverside, Portland, Cincinnati

Three Upcoming Type-ins!

1. Basel, Switzerland, March 30:

It's spring again, Basel is calling upon the typosphere! See (some of) you, and stay tuned for our report.
 

2. Riverside, California, March 30:

3. Portland, Oregon, April 5:

Join other typewriter enthusiasts for an afternoon of analog fun. Meet interesting people. Share stories. Write letters and poems. Win modest door prizes. Bring your machines, have a drink, and celebrate the age of mechanical writing.

Saturday, April 5, noon-3 pm at Velo Cult, 1969 NE 42nd Ave., Portland, OR

4. Cincinnati, Ohio, April 26:

Saturday, April 26, 2014
 Sitwell's Coffeehouse
 324 Ludlow Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45220
 12 - 4 pm
 Questions? email brian.brumfield@mac.com
 Please reach out if you have any questions. An "RSVP" would be awesome, to give us an idea of who might show up. At the very least it looks like the coordinators (Bryan Sherwood and myself) and Richard Polt has marked his calendar as well. Join us for some savory nectar of the bean, and some awesome machines!

San Francisco Bay Area Type-In on Friday, December 27

The Typosphere's own Richard Polt is arranging a post-Christmas type-in for those in or around the San Francisco Bay Area, on Friday, December 27. Details are slowly coming together via email. Currently we're discussing something in Berkeley-ish territories, though nothing is fixed yet regarding specific time or place. We haven't even managed a snazzy graphic yet -- anyone handy with that sort of thing?

There's a rumor that participants might be involved in another documentary, too. Heck, I might even spring for a haircut in a vague attempt to look respectable (but let's not get our hopes up.)

Richard has posted a not-so-secret note about it on his blog and on the Yahoo groups, too.

UPDATE: the type-in is at 2 pm on the 27th at California Typewriter.

Upcoming London type-ins

Thursday the 25th: meet at 2 pm at the exit of Shoreditch High Street tube station

Sunday the 28th: meet at noon at the main entrance of the Victoria & Albert Museum

Monday the 29th: meet at 1:30 pm at the Morgan Arms:
http://www.morganarmsbow.com/

All typewriter lovers are welcome -- you know what to bring!

I'll be at all three and will share photos on my blog.

Poster by Rob Bowker

"The Typewriter (In the 21st Century)" in San Francisco

"The Typewriter (In the 21st Century)" will screen at the San Francisco Public Library this Saturday (May 25) at 3 pm. Details here.

Meanwhile, here's a great interview with producer Gary Nicholson and other interesting people at the first L.A. Type-In:


 
SCVTV.com 7/2011 Out & About with Roger Martin: Type-In from SCVTV Santa Clarita on Vimeo.

UPDATE July 2013: The whole film is now available on Hulu (for US viewers):

Venice Type-In: The Aftermath

Lots of write-ups and photos on the type-in held this past weekend in Venice, California. Looks like lots of sun and fun was to be had...

• Venice Type-In
  A Typewriter A Day Keeps the Doctor Away
• Venice Type-In...
  Streamlines DeLuxe
• The Venice Type-In and Plumeria: The Grand Debut of the Oliver No. 5 Print Type
  A Machine for the End of the World

Plus, some coverage in the LA Weekly blog:

While some of the folks featured [in the film] had an almost mockable naivete -- earnestly wondering why the typewriter went out of fashion -- others recognize them for what they are: really cool antiquated devices that combine nostalgia and literary functionality.

I'll let you decide which category yours truly falls under. (I'm hoping for geeky naivete, personally.)

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Did you attend the type-in or the movie screening? Drop a note in the comments and let us know how it went.

Southern California Type-In, Sept 23

There's a type-in planned September 23 in Venice, California, if anyone finds themselves yearning to lay hands on some famous keys (for a donation.) As Gary from the typewriter movie sent this my way, perhaps his is one of the films being shown?

SoCal Typospherians, gotta represent!

3rd Phoenix Type-In, March 31

Son of (Philly) Type-In, Dec 10th

I've been lax in the shameless promotion department, so just a reminder that there's another Philadelphia-area type-in this Saturday, December 10 at Bridgewater's Pub, starting at 1:00 PM. (I'd like to remind all attendees that the Typosphere Management has a particular soft spot for cheesesteak sandwiches with onions.)

If you go, take pictures! And if you've got a type-in planned for your neighborhood, just post a comment.

Olympia (WA) NaNoWriMo typewrite-in

The Olympia typewrite-in is set for 11:00 am Sunday November 13, 2011 at Sizizis coffee house.

This coffee place doesn't seem to have a web presence so I have started your search for you instead.

I hope to see a typewriter platoon, but would settle for a squad.

The write-in captain down there is enthusiastic, saying "Wow! that sounds delightful! I'll totally be staying to soak up some of that twentieth-century goodness. Thanks for the heads up!"


I want to impress them - Old School.

Oct. 15 events

1. Collectors' meeting at Herman Price's home in West Virginia. Contact Herman at typewriter.museum@gmail.com.

2. "Tape 'n' Type" event in Philadelphia. Details here.

Tiny Tiki Type-In

Just a reminder if anyone out there in the 'sphere has a business trip coming up: consult the map page to find a friendly face near your destination. Peter of Manual Entry caught up with Ted and Tori in Phoenix and held a mini-type-in at a local Chinese place. And thanks to Bill at Mesa Typewriter Exchange, Peter had a nicely functional machine to bring along.

The Typosphere: bringing people together one pineapple drink at a time.

Weekend Virtual Type-In?

Looks like there's some interest in having a virtual Type-In over the weekend using the Google+ video chat. If anyone is interested or would like an invite to Plus, drop a note in the comments. Leave an email address for the Plus invite if you're looking for one.

July 30 Seattle Type-In: Recap

For a few moments on Saturday, the Typosphere witnessed the very first trans-oceanic type-in. Adwoa and yrs truly attended via a Google+ "hangout" (videoconference) and some of the actual attendees wrote up their experiences as well

• SnohomishWriter
• Strikethru
• Little Flower Petals
• Just Write
  

Despite some technical hiccups, I'll call this a success, and strongly encourage folks to consider a virtual type-in if you can't make a physical one. Or we could even have standing times to hold them, if you like -- "second Saturday of the month," for example. The hangout software is well put-together (though I say this having had no luck with Skype in the past.) Anyone needing a Google+ invite can pester me or many of the others in this list. I'm mpclemens@gmail.com if you want to drop me an email (and remind me which blog you belong to so I can circle you appropriately.)

UPDATE: innocent bystander Madelyn got drawn in by the sight and sound of a table-full of typists, and wrote up a little something on her blog, including a brief cell-phone video clip of the typing action in full swing.