There is so much to learn from older technology.
Pictured is my Remington Standard 12 typewriter from circa 1925, with a Swedish keyboard.
Remington is notable as a brand of typewriter because their first two #typewriters had features that are still in use today on computer keyboards across the world.
Note the text in the brand label: ”To save time is to lengthen life.”
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The first of those features that has sustained throughout the decades is the QWERTY keyboard, invented by Christopher Latham Sholes.
The second of those features was added to the Remington no. 2, released in 1880 and later used by Agatha Christie: the SHIFT key.
And yes the tale is true: the QWERTY keyboard was thus designed to solve jamming problems. If you typed too fast the hammers would get stuck on each other.
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Some typewriter trivia to throw around: The first mechanical typing machine was invented by italian Pellegrino Turri for his blind friend Countess Carolina Fantoni da Fivizzano so she could write him letters. It's suggested they were love letters.
Attached is an image from one of the surviving letters.
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If you enjoyed that bit of trivia about typewriters, you should read on to learn more about the The Technology of Compassion.
Many typewriter innovations were driven by a desire to help those who can not see.
https://parisianfields.com/2012/09/30/the-technology-of-compassion/
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