Today marks the 17th anniversary of this weekly column. A frequent question I am asked is, “How did all of this column writing and book publishing start?” As with many things in my life, I fell into ...

What is that gibberish? Typists will recognize it as the “home row,” the letters (plus one symbol) struck by the fingers when they rest on a typewriter — excuse me — a keyboard. These letters run left ...

One of the simplest ways to make a page more attractive and easy to read is to place the text in columns. Editor’s Note: This article was originally published in Apr. 2013 and the video tutorial for ...

Have you ever wondered how many texts and emails you send a week? In my case, it has to be in the hundreds. But how many of those messages are typed solely for the purpose of making someone feel loved ...

I was asked the other day if I still used a typewriter. Actually, I am trapped somewhere in the 20th century. I use the familiar typewriter keyboard, but now it is attached to a laptop computer. There ...