Why is the Keyboard Layout What It Is and Is There a Better Version?

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In this episode of The Brain Food Show, we start by looking at a quick fact surrounding what Elton John, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, and Genesis had to do with Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

After the sponsor spot, we then jump into the main part of the show on how the QWERTY keyboard came to be. We also dig into whether the Dvorak keyboard layout is actually superior to QWERTY or if that’s just something people say.

Next up we look at who really invented the mouse and how it languished in obscurity for quite some time before Steve Jobs came along.

A few links for this episode:

⁠The Mother of All Demos (1968)⁠
⁠Remington #2⁠
⁠Canadian First Mouse⁠
⁠First Handheld Mouse⁠

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