When looking at old typewriters, you’ll notice the key for number one is missing. It’s not because someone took it out or because it broke. Here is another one: So did you find out why the one key is missing? Here is the answer: the number one key was not implemented by design. Instead, the…
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Why did old typewriters not have a number one key?
Reassembling Das Keyboard: Tricky Key Cap Angle of Curvature
Andreas went through some “oops!” while reassembling his Ultimate keyboard after cleaning. He realized all keys are not the same shape – not talking about the space bar and return key here – but letters and numbers. Even though they have the same size, they don’t have the same angle of curvature. The angle of…
Maybe the end of email overload: Gmail Priority Inbox
Google is about to release a feature that I am looking forward to: Gmail Priority Inbox. It is supposed to make important emails more visible in our overloaded inbox. A few years ago we had lots of spam: the spam filter was born and saved us from insanity. Nowadays, email overload is the problem and…
iPad Contest Winner Named
Thanks to everyone who entered our contest to win an iPad. We enjoyed reading about your experience using Das Keyboard, how it has improved your typing and speed, and how many of you simply enjoy typing on it for the tactile feedback and “click.” Our very scientific approach to selecting a winner was to drop…