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Can you imagine how muscular your fingers would get from using this as your primary work keyboard? Or how quickly any coworkers within earshot would want to ki

• zyxley 12y ago
  Coworkers? Don't be silly. What you do is take it to a coffeeshop for typing on your iPad.
  • avn2109 12y ago
    In Williamsburg or Bushwick this would be the ultimate social status indicator and it would probably get your band signed to an indy label immediately.
    • mhink 12y ago
      Pssh, it's already passé. I've seen four in Seattle already: three in Capitol Hill and one in Fremont. The Stranger's already speculating about the possible opening of a coffee shop/bar down in Georgetown with teletypes available for rent by the hour. If you're not carrying printouts of your Node.js microservice written using 'ed', you might as well be using Windows.
• 6stringmerc 12y ago
  Point one: Yes, a manual typewriter is an incredible workout and actually enhanced my finger strength for guitar playing by a noticeable margin. Also, accuracy is of supreme importance. As I'm fond of saying, "there's really no delete key on a typewriter" because while there is a way to white-out errors, there's a certain gratification in creating an full page of text without scars. Mmmm. Point two: That's why I don't have a mechanical keyboard here at work, even though I want one. When rattling out words at 150 WPM or so, it would sound like a string of black cat firecrackers going off...I'd enjoy it immensely, but alas, it's not to be.