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Marcin Wichary
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Writing a book about the history of keyboards: http://aresluna.org/shift-happens  · Design manager @figmadesign · Typographer · Occasional speaker · He/him

San Francisco, Calif.
Joined October 2009

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    1. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 1 Jul 2018
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      You know what was surprisingly emotional? Seeing a table of contents with page numbers, and then being able to go to that page and just… start reading.

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    2. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 1 Jul 2018
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      A friend of mine was leafing through it on Friday and said “every time I go to another random page I see something interesting.” ^_^pic.twitter.com/L29jqtPov4 – at Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment

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    3. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 1 Jul 2018
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      In the meantime, adding a new keyboard recorder to my 20-plus-year-old awful Pascal code just in time for tomorrow’s newsletter: https://www.getrevue.co/profile/shift-happens/ … (I’ve never before written Pascal while having internet a keystroke away to answer any questions I could had.)pic.twitter.com/HBn1Pf25l9

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    4. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 18 Jul 2018
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      In an old catalogue, yet another illustration that seems to perfectly summarize my life. (Previous one: https://twitter.com/mwichary/status/939584916756369408 …)pic.twitter.com/KyzMwDFGIi

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    5. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 29 Jul 2018
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      An amazing benefit of being loud about the book writing process is that people volunteer little anecdotes and stories like this delightful one:https://medium.com/@capek/a-propos-of-nothing-i-offer-the-following-which-seems-somehow-relevant-34724ae51b58 …

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    6. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 30 Jul 2018
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      I am often amazed and often overwhelmed by the range and scope of tasks necessary to write this book, particularly since I’m also aiming to typeset and design it.

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    7. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 30 Jul 2018
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      This is an example of just one to-do branch I had to traverse today. There are so many more – and I’d lie if I said I fully understand the shape of the entire giant tree.pic.twitter.com/hVOcgSheKv

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    8. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 30 Jul 2018
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      Going back and forth between “the writing part” (strategy) and some, incredibly tactical nuance can be a real challenge.

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    9. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 30 Jul 2018
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      Small tasks provide respite and a sense of accomplishment, but there come in infinite amounts and for a detail-oriented person can easily completely take over. Dealing with larger questions is necessary, but it often feels vague and comes without a progress bar.

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    10. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 30 Jul 2018
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      Today, in the process of getting someone to help me figure out big strategic editing questions, I had to build a Python typesetter *inside a font creating program* to help me create a key font. Otherwise, making 517 necessary glyphs would take an infinite amount of time.pic.twitter.com/IfQaUgAQDd

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      Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 30 Jul 2018
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      It’s a very complicated and large to-do tree, and I keep jumping from one faraway branch to another. I’m not saying it’s bad or even that I know how to do it any other way – but sometimes it’s hard to even wrap my head around what’s going on.

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        2. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 30 Jul 2018
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          My newsletter has become an unexpected forcing function he: every ~50 days I need to step back and give a succinct update. (Also! many thanks and kudos to @djrrb for allowing me to play with the pre-release variable font version of his excellent typeface Output!)pic.twitter.com/dZY9TNQJO3

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        3. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 5 Aug 2018
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          I was at the Computer History Museum today and my keyboard research allowed me to give some advice and background to the IBM 1620 restoration team (which seems awesome), and now I really feel like a historian!

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        4. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 20 Aug 2018
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          If I never had much nostalgia for analogue photography, this might be why: with digital, I can get from farm to table within 10 minutes. It’s almost too much fun. (This is just a test spread. I don’t imagine this particular keyboard making it into the book.)pic.twitter.com/8Nz2laCGqY

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        5. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 27 Aug 2018
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          My lord, I have enough photos of keyboard diagrams that my iPhone thinks a keyboard is a *person in my life*. And when I tap Show Faces, it just creepily zooms in on one random key.pic.twitter.com/qCVMvsatqK

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        6. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 27 Aug 2018
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          (Sigh.)pic.twitter.com/aAjLWPh5sP

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        7. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 9 Sep 2018
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          Even grocery store Q-tips are trolling me. Goddamn Q-TIPS.pic.twitter.com/xGCJ9Sh0zd

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        8. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 13 Sep 2018
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          Unexpectedly giddy about completely randomly stumbling online upon three pages typewritten in 1880s on the first (popular) typewriter, the famed Sholes & Glidden. It has been incredibly rare to see anything coming from that typewriter, particularly in actual casual use.pic.twitter.com/RdkooYhKU6

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        9. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 14 Sep 2018
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          It’s a good night for research. Jumped through many journals (Boston Medical and Surgical Journal » The Lancet » The Birmingham Medical Review) to finally find the detailed description of the first recorded case of RSI, then named “type-writer’s cramp,” from 1898. Thrilling.pic.twitter.com/iC7Cs68C44

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        10. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 14 Sep 2018
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          At the public library: “So you’re the guy who orders all those typewriter books.”

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        11. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 23 Sep 2018
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          Amazed (and a bit frightened) that I’m still learning of new keyboards and so on pretty much every week.pic.twitter.com/7C3V49HmeL

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        12. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 8 Oct 2018
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          Embarking on a preservation mission. Wish me luck!pic.twitter.com/lSFSPjvATf

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        13. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 10 Oct 2018
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          Wouldn’t be research without some microfilm!pic.twitter.com/YTxLx1Jo32

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        14. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 11 Oct 2018
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          Genuinely so thrilling to find some really amazing books on the subject, long after I thought I’ve seen them all.pic.twitter.com/1b5HEdRlcP

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        15. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 11 Oct 2018
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          (I mean, two hundred plus pages on Japanese keyboards, some of the most fascinating keyboards ever! 😍)pic.twitter.com/any0Z1S2pI

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        16. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 11 Oct 2018
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          (I am literally going to stay up late for this.)

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        17. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 12 Oct 2018
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          This book is SO GOOD. It’s like traveling to Japan again, except now with a time machine. (cc @craigmod)pic.twitter.com/XNqRMjok74

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        18. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 12 Oct 2018
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          PS in my latest newsletter, another amazing keyboard-related trip that I was lucky to have accidentally instigated:https://www.getrevue.co/profile/shift-happens/issues/a-time-machine-behind-the-cypress-trees-133223 …

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        19. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 13 Oct 2018
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          (In the middle of reading a book about Japanese word processors and their keyboards, a Japanese word processor and its keyboard materialized themselves on my desk.)pic.twitter.com/XYS3AvwOby

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        20. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 13 Oct 2018
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          I suspect when you dig deep enough, you will always find something at even the most unusual intersection of a bunch of your interests. Here it is for me: a 1990 ad I just discovered that’s ⅓ keyboards, ⅓ typography, and ⅓ education.pic.twitter.com/NYpo9PgcPT

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        21. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 14 Oct 2018
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          This moment of research is always very fun.pic.twitter.com/IYhkhZcFzY

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        22. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 14 Oct 2018
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          1483.00 ELECTRONIC DESIGN V. 30, 1-12 Jan. 7-June 10, 1982 (May Career Extra, Index) Reel 1 of 3 University Microfilms International Duplicate Negativepic.twitter.com/rZHMSU4pp1

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        23. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 14 Oct 2018
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          (If you’re curious what I’m researching, it’s the early days of mechanical keyboards. If this looks interesting, DM me and I’ll send you ~200 of these.)pic.twitter.com/NYNKQG7xWf

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        24. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 18 Oct 2018
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          I learned today there’s a difference between microfiche and microfilm.pic.twitter.com/povzY0BUeE

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        25. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 24 Oct 2018
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          Took a 90-year-old thesis that spent last 60 years on a shelf somewhere in Cincinnati for a ferry ride in California – and it rewarded me with gorgeous vulgar fractions that used to be on every keyboard, but disappeared long ago.pic.twitter.com/RohTa4ZM2l

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        26. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 24 Oct 2018
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          We are now on a vintage Italian trolley for a final ride back to the library. PLOT TWIST: Even the trolley has a keyboard.pic.twitter.com/EopXDLICZ6

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        27. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 24 Oct 2018
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          Returned the thesis to be sent back to its home and likely never ever again leave its shelf, except PLOT TWIST I also scanned it so you can all read it now: https://archive.org/details/TheRemingtonRandConsolidation …pic.twitter.com/19YwlC3Z1m

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        28. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 30 Oct 2018
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          Walking past library stacks, on a lark I randomly picked up a volume of Time and then let it open wherever it wanted. Of course it was something related to keyboards.pic.twitter.com/jMStoIeYYi

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        29. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 1 Nov 2018
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          Uploading scanned papers to @internetarchive while waiting to board my plane like a goddamn *pro.*pic.twitter.com/erdEhnCWo7

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        30. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 1 Nov 2018
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          …and I immediately spent whatever karma I gained by finding an accessible keyboard with a nice 16-segment display.pic.twitter.com/57md66Nbyx

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        31. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 14 Nov 2018
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          My interurban bus got pulled over by German police earlier today (routine Schengen Area passport control, it turned out) and I’m immediately like “oooh, what is that keyboard?”pic.twitter.com/wQnGtO5kLH

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