January 2009
2 posts
JSTOR: Clio and the Economics of QWERTY →
You will have to have access to JSTOR in order to read this article, and it’s worth the read if you do. If not, the article goes on to explain how today’s ubiquitous QWERTY keyboard was first introduced on typewriters decades ago. And you can spell “typewriter” using the top (QWERTY) row.
Boost Private Investment to Boost the Economy →
A good article written by Berkeley economics professor Hal Varian. He spoke in our Info 141 class during the Fall 2007 semester about search engines and advertising auctions. I’d provide a sample of the essay, but I think it’s best read in its entirety.