In his book “Shift Happens,” Marcin Wichary explains the innovations that turned the typewriter of 1873 into the keyboards of today. How many hours a day do you spend at a computer typing? Or staring ...

Suppose you want your office to have a retro look, but you can’t give up your modern computers (of course). You need the Qwerkywriter — it has the look of a classic typewriter, but includes an ...

The heavily illustrated book comes in two volumes. “Shift Happens” offers exhaustively researched stories and discoveries about the people, politics, and technology behind typewriters and computer ...