The Gregg Group was founded 22 May 2004, prompted by the lack of online shorthand resources. As the primary use for shorthand — business and legal recording — has waned in recent decades, we generally acclaim the skill as a hobby or personal tool. The purpose of the group is to promote the use of Gregg systems of shorthand by providing advice to beginners, support for students, and an association of users of this efficient, attractive, and enjoyable method of writing.
I came across this a little while ago: https://blog.archive.org/2017/10/10/books-from-1923-to-1941-now-liberated/ This appears to be a *legal* option for sharing books that were published between 1923 and 1941, which opens up the possibility of legal digital access to, for instance, the anniversary edition functional method books, which were published in 1936 (and renewed in Oct 1963, dang…
I came across a couple of blogs that had recent articles about shorthand. The first one is about using shorthand to write a novel: Get Your Story in Hand Using Shorthand The second is about genealogy and shorthand: WRITING YOUR FAMILY HISTORY-IN SHORTHAND? Happy reading!
This is just a heads up that a book came out last year called To Labor Less & Accomplish More. Part 1: A Brief History of English Shorthand by Kenneth Wick. It’s not very often that a new book about shorthand comes out!
Last year I posted about the Deseret Alphabet created by George D. Watts. The alphabet appears to be alive and well. There’s an article about it this week on the Atlas Obscura website. I’m rather envious: they have published many classics and even the Bible in this alphabet. If only someone was doing that…
The BBC has a nice article about paper and pens. It doesn’t mention shorthand, but it talks about bullet journaling, note-taking, mapping goals, etc. Why paper is the real ‘killer app’
If you’re able to read this, then you know our new home address: gregg-shorthand.com! 🙂 I will be updating this post with WordPress or any other blog-related information. If you have any questions about WordPress navigation or usage, use the comments below.
I thought I’d briefly share a fun gadget that can be used for shorthand note-taking. It’s the Boogie Board 9.7 Sync eWriter. You can think of it as a paperless digital notebook. Its screen and stylus were designed to have more of the feel of pen and paper, so it’s less slippery than writing on…
This booklet is available on Ebay . . . intriguing title. And I can’t even speculate about what the answer might be, despite the name of the publisher . . .
I recently stumbled across an interesting documentary on Amazon Prime called The Voynich Code: The World’s Most Mysterious Manuscript. No one has been able to crack its code — is it shorthand? Encrypted text? Gibberish? Even the illustrations are other-worldly. Some wonder if the author was the young Leonardo DaVinci, but no one really knows…
I received a request for assistance in the transcription of some shorthand notes from a diary of a British WWI soldier. Mr. William Pritchett fought in France during WWI and ended up a prisoner of war in Germany. He kept a diary: most of it is in plain English, but some parts are written in…