Did You Know?Trivia for typewriters
- Mark Twain enjoyed and made use of new inventions. He was the first author to submit a typewritten manuscript to his publisher.
- In 1868 Christopher Latham Sholes patented the typewriter that we commonly use today with the QWERTY layout.
- In 1877 the Remington Company mass marketed the first typewriters.
- In 1886 George K. Anderson of Memphis, Tennessee patented the typewriter ribbon.
- In 1944 IBM designed the first typewriter with proportional spacing.
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bltypewriter.htm
Quote of the Month
"Technology is like fish. The longer it stays on the shelf, the less desirable it becomes."
Andrew Heller, IBM
Source:
http://thinkexist.com/quotes/andrew_heller/
