https://shifthappens.site/
"
Shift Happens tells the story of keyboards like no book ever before,
covering 150 years from the early typewriters to the pixellated keyboards in
our pockets.
It’s a book about typists competing during the Shift Wars of the 1880s;
Nobel-prize winner Arthur Schawlow using a laser to build the best typo eraser;
August Dvorak – and many others – trying to dethrone QWERTY; Margaret Longley
and Lenore Fenton perfecting touch typing; Soviet agents listening to American
keystrokes; women pouring into offices, eager to do more than typing and
re-typing; people aspiring to make the best mechanical keyboard today by
blending the past and the future.
This is the only book that connects the world of typewriters to the universe of
computers. Whether you’re into vintage typewriters, classic clicky IBM
keyboards, or modern mechanical wonders, it will have something for you. None
of the above? Get ready to become a keyboard nerd anyway, and look at an
everyday boring QWERTY slab with newfound respect.
You’ve never seen a book on technology like this.
Shift Happens is full of
stories – some never before told – interleaved with 1,000+ beautiful full-color
photos across two volumes. This edition features an extra volume of additional
illustrations and “making of” material, and everything comes wrapped in a
slipcase. It’s a great gift for keyboard or typewriter aficionados, but also
suits everyone who cares about design, the stories of everyday objects, or tech
history."
Via Violet Blue’s
Cybersecurity Roundup: January 3, 2023
https://www.patreon.com/posts/cybersecurity-3-76718480
Share and enjoy,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
