Sunday, December 19, 2010

Typewriters Make a Return for a Day

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Saturday was the first Philadelphia Type-In which took place at Bridgewater Pub at 30th Street Station. People were able to buy, sell, trade, and test typewriters from other typewriter enthusiasts. I find it amazing that there are still people using these machines for everyday use. Already I can think of one advantage of a typewriter over a PC; there is no temptation to go on Facebook.

Matt Cidoni, 16, attended as he won the event's type off by typing 55 words per minute. Matt has his own blog called Adventures In Typewriterdom. One very cool thing about Matt's blog is that he types up all his posts on one of his 10 typewriters and then scans them onto his computer.
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Also, check out the blog phillytyper.

I hope to find out about the next Type-In before hand and let you all know ahead of time.
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2 comments:

deek said...

If you like Matt's blog, you should check out the rest of the "typosphere". Head over to strikethru.net and check out all the blogs listed under Typosphere. There's a few dozen crazy typecasters that you are sure to enjoy reading!

December 20, 2010 at 2:02 PM
mcget said...

Please note: the next TYPE-IN is now on the sked--
Sat. Feb. 5th. at Fergie's Pub 1214 Sansom St, in Philadelphia.starts
1pm
details at
www.phillytyper.com

January 27, 2011 at 2:38 PM

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