stackyFACTSBefore it became a dusty mechanical antique, the word applied entirely to the person mashing the keys. In the late 19th century, companies would specifically hire female clerks and officially designate their human job title as 'Typewriter' rather than naming the machine itself.
Keep exploring facts in this topic.
Technology →STACKY FOR IPHONEKeep discovering with Stacky. Interesting facts in an app that is always within reach.
Before word processors could magically wrap text to the next line, machines just screamed at you. Mechanical typewriters utilized a literal physical bell that…
Discover more
Internet shouting wasn't born out of rage, it was born out of mechanical laziness. Early typewriters required you to hold down a heavy shift key to physically…
Discover more
Long before tech bros were early adopting VR headsets, Mark Twain was flexing his mechanical keyboard. He purchased a Remington typewriter in 1874 and…
Discover more
We blindly mash both to erase our terrible typos, but they are sworn directional enemies. The backspace key pulls your cursor backward to consume the…
Discover more
Giving users a button titled 'Turbo' makes them feel incredibly powerful, until they realize it does the exact opposite. This famous button didn't speed…
Discover more
If you think municipal government tech is hilariously outdated now, you should have seen it in the 1930s. Long before software could automate mass mailings,…
Discover more