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November
Burning keys as a sales tool.
What better way to promote a theatrical performance than use keys on fire? I’m tempted to go to this play just because of the way they promoted typewriters. Please Share
The Art of Thank You Blog
5
November
Louise Marler, a “typewriter artist” shares one of her favorite moments..
I’ve never met LOUISE MARLER, but we’re linked by our favorite typewriter mechanic, Ermanno. We are trading times for me to go to her studio … but meanwhile, I’m using stationery she designed… and she’s sending me some of her favorite moments that involve you know what. Thank you, Louise! Please Share
2
October
A Paperaholic’s Paradise — and I’m going on Saturday!
Re-posted from Print Museum’s site: http://www.printmuseum.org/ Latest News 2013 LA PRINTER FAIR, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5TH . . . Photo by Becca Thongkham The Los Angeles 2013 Printers Fair Saturday, October 5th at the Printing Museum!Billed as a “Celebration of Paper and Printing,” the Los Angeles Printers Fair at the International Printing Museum in Carson is…
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September
Typewriters fly – on Delta.
We were on a conference call for Rhode Island School of Design and waiting for it to begin. My friend Jon K. mentioned he liked a letter I’d done — on the typewriter — and asked how I’d transmitted it to various folks on the Board. “Was it an app?” he asked. “Typewriter,” I chirped….
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September
What’s that?
As Dennis the Menace notes in wonderment, what’s the “IT” needed on a typewriter? Please Share
3
September
Outgoing mail after a one-day holiday…9 total.
I’m not generally very numerically-oriented. Math was always my worst subject and it was only thanks to Gregory M. helping tutor me in high school that I made it through Alegebra and Geometry. Even so, I have one small but happy counting ritual. After my nightly meditation — after I’ve written my letters to whomever…
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August
The search begins.
After thirty-plus years of television, where I worked my way up from a secretary in the CBS Newsroom to being an Executive in Charge of Problems, I’m ready to take on my first interviews again. This time in a new field. Development/fundraising/corporate cheerleading. I’m not sure what, exactly, I’ll find that will be a match…
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July
A million dollar impression.
Dr. Ruiz usually eschews charity events. He knows too many patients, he says, it’s not his scene. He broke his rule, though, to attend a UCLA fundraiser for cancer and support a patient of his named Ted. Ted spoke beautifully, my doctor said, advocating for the importance of funding research. Ted put his money where…
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July
“Thank You” to teachers…from a college President.
https://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20130723105108-34374336-what-inspires-me-the-proof-that-great-teachers-like-parents-can-change-a-life?trk=tod-home-art-large_0&_mSplash=1 President John Maeda of Rhode Island School of Design just shared this story about inspiration with me. I admire how he always has a “Thank You” for unsung heroes — the teachers who helped show his parents he could create another destiny for himself. Please Share
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July
Old style meets new… AKA: “When a fish & a bird fall in love, where will they live?”
http://kottke.org/12/08/typewriter-accessory-for-the-ipad My Harvard colleague Geoffrey — who works at Firefox — sent me this link … it’s a clever way to use old-school typewriter techniques on an ipad. I was going crazy watching how slowly the demonstrator typed — but other than that, it’s a fun mash-up. (It reminded me of my first typing job…