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Robert Shields – Type On

posted Feb 9, 2026 by Tom Fasano

Sunday, March 1, 2026Monday, February 9, 2026 by Tom Fasano

I’ve written about Robert Shields before. What’s amazing in this interview is that he admits he didn’t have a clue why he was doing what he was doing: typing the world’s longest diary on a fleet of IBM Wheelwriters.

Excerpt 1 from his diary

Excerpt 2 from his diary

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