Comments on clickthing: Celebrating Typewriter Day: a modest proposal

It's my hope (possibly false) that this can be don...

2008-05-23T15:49:00.000-07:00

It's my hope (possibly false) that this can be done for the price of first-class postage for each hop, so at best you'll be out $0.42 x number of participants. I'm going to guesstimate that about $10 each should be the maximum we're spending on this, assuming all-domestic mail and a ready source of envelopes (hello, supply room!) And that $10 will be spread out over however many weeks this takes to complete.

It's not meant to be a hardship, though. If you can't participate for one reason or another, that's fine. But do consider causing a scene on the 23rd by plopping down in your local (wherever) and typing something for posterity.

One suggestion that's come up elsewhere is sending a (typed) thank-you letter to your nearby repair person, if such a thing still exists nearby. That'll only set ya back a stamp.

Sounds lovely, but cash is gonna be tight enough t...

2008-05-23T14:51:00.000-07:00

Sounds lovely, but cash is gonna be tight enough this summer that I don't know if I dare.

If I don't email you to sign up I'll still be interested in seeing any results anyone might put up.

Exxxxcellent...Please be sure to send an email wit...

2008-05-22T14:15:00.000-07:00

Exxxxcellent...

Please be sure to send an email with your general location over to the above-mentioned Gmail account so I can get a confirmed way to contact you. I'll send you a link to the tracking spreadsheet in return.

Count me in too. I need the practice ;)

2008-05-22T14:09:00.000-07:00

Count me in too. I need the practice ;)

D'oh. Forgot to reply to Duffy.I think a public s...

2008-05-22T09:07:00.000-07:00

D'oh. Forgot to reply to Duffy.

I think a public show-and-tell would be great. I'm surely going to scan "mine" when it comes back to me, and would be interested in seeing others as well.

Hooray! A summer writing assignment. My English ...

2008-05-22T09:06:00.000-07:00

Hooray! A summer writing assignment. My English teachers would have been so proud.

I gave this some more thought, and I think we could get by with using Google documents for coordinating. I can post a spreadsheet showing the various traveling projects, and periodically update it as to location of each.

I've also made an email address to coordinate this:

traveling.type at gmail dot com

Please send a note from your preferred contact email to this address with your general physical location and I'll mark you down.

Will post about this on the NaNo forum as well, in an act of shameless self-blog-promotion. :-)

Wow, you've really thought this out. It sounds lik...

2008-05-22T07:12:00.001-07:00

Wow, you've really thought this out.
It sounds like fun. I still hyperventilate at the thought of sharing something publicly that I've typewritten, but not to the point of syncope, which is what I used to do in the days before I did my first typecast.

Will there be some public sharing of all the finished products at the end of the event? Someone scanning and posting them all? Or leaving it to each individual to publicly post (or not) the piece which they started?

I'm in.

2008-05-22T07:12:00.000-07:00

I'm in.

Oh mp, color me ON BOARD for this little project. ...

2008-05-22T05:19:00.000-07:00

Oh mp, color me ON BOARD for this little project. This has all the delights I love - typewriters, writing, getting mail...

I'm thrilled, I tell you. Let's go.

I really do prefer USENET. I was an active member ...

2008-05-21T16:53:00.000-07:00

I really do prefer USENET. I was an active member of alt.smokers.pipes back in 2005/2006, but haven't used USENET much since getting really busy with school work. All in all, higher quality content and ease-of-sharing, as compared to blogging. But alas, even web forums are taking the blog format, where the top-poster starts an article and the "comments" are just replies to the thread.

Usenet -- wow, talk about "old school." I though...

2008-05-21T16:38:00.000-07:00

Usenet -- wow, talk about "old school." I thought it had been taken over by Viagra spammers years ago. It's a consideration, for sure. All private information (mailing addresses) would go back-channel anyway.

I might be up for such an event. Let me know if yo...

2008-05-21T16:16:00.000-07:00

I might be up for such an event. Let me know if you all work out a place to "sign up" online. Perhaps its time to start, or find, a USENET group?