Book idea: What he said.https://twitter.com/mwichary/status/1015665349545508864?s=21 …
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Book idea: The history of tech from the perspective of a shirt pocket. (Inspired by https://twitter.com/Sierra_OffLine/status/1018595347369791489 …)pic.twitter.com/7ogA82Sa5u
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(A few more interesting ones I found.)pic.twitter.com/psEmo2NEW8
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Marcin Wichary Retweeted Chris Labarthe
Book idea: User interfaces for various modes of transportation: cars, trains, planes, buses. Not just pretty pictures, but also principles of operation, good stories, and – most importantly? – hacks and conventions. (Inspired by: https://twitter.com/chris_labarthe/status/1020534582406393856 …)
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(Here’s an example of a San Francisco Muni bus with some interesting foot UI, but also a rogue cardboard extension of the most important switch.)pic.twitter.com/RKej4dNKe0
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(And here’s some hand labeling on a control panel of a movable bridge in Chicago. Imagine all these with annotations, explanations, and stories!)pic.twitter.com/fcrIXc52H2
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Book idea: Older PR photos of computers/technology with modern observers giving context or lamenting the inaccuracies. For example, Christmas lights (sic) installed in the Univac console for TV in 1952 so it looked more interesting. (Inspired by https://twitter.com/therealfitz/status/1027201872510308353 ….)pic.twitter.com/VwvFnMWwzJ
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Book idea: no-signal states, error states, start- and end-of-program states… throughout ages. Coffee table book, probably? But with context and stories.pic.twitter.com/NDFgTxEkIN
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Hey, that's the Dutch public broadcast emergency / no program screen, which they adapted from the BBC (I guess)
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…and Italy, apparently:pic.twitter.com/U7osm7ipNz
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