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@ChrisPirillo@mastodon.social 44 min. ago

Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing Was Taught by Nobody: The Software Toolworks Invented Her and Paid a Model $500 for the Face

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Chris holds an empty picture frame above a keyboard where a typing teacher's face would be

Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing Was Taught by Nobody: The Software Toolworks Invented Her and Paid a Model $500 for the Face

The typing teacher on the box of one of the bestselling programs ever was a marketing creation; the woman in the photo, Renee L'Esperance, was paid for the photo sessions and got no royalties.

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