Monday, May 2, 2022

EOTO 1: What I Learned


        Typewriters, while old news now, were a big deal for those back in the late 1800’s. Going from writing papers, news articles, and even novels by hand to having the ability to simply push a button to create a letter on paper was a big step forward in technology back then, as typewriters are clearly much more efficient than using a quill and ink.

        This new piece of technology was quickly adopted and incorporated by the government and businesses for it’s easy usage and efficiency. It was certainly helpful when you needed a lot of copies of the same piece of paper at any given time.

        Typewriters were also seen as a faster form of communication, as you could now write a letter in a matter of minutes and it would be ready to send. Basically, the typewriter was like a personal printing press.

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