A project on the art, acts and technologies of writing, editing and publishing
Apparently the seed for this project was already planted 20 years ago. Posting something this old poses the risk of making a fool of myself, but I’ll do it anyway. This was from one of my grad projects when studying at Emily Carr. I proposed that ‘text’ is always ‘virtual’ (non-material?), and that it is …
Bookmarked List of word processors – Wikipedia
Although the author has long been dead, the author still carries some sort of aura (authority?) perhaps, to have something in print or in wide circulation. Or does authority lie in the publisher who holds the resources necessary to get one’s work out there, or indeed the editor or reviewer who decides whether the work …
The Olympia typewriter I had when I was 10 or 11 Typewriter – Olympia AG, Carrera, Daisy Wheel, Portable Computer System, circa 1989Photographer: David ThompsonSource: Museums VictoriaCopyright Museums Victoria / CC BY (Licensed as Attribution 4.0 International)
I love typewriters. In fact anything with a keyboard on it, for as long as I remember. I asked for an electric daisy wheel typewriter (fancy!) for my 10th or 11th birthday. My mum taught me how to type on it (of course with two spaces after full stops). I think this was the one