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Marcin Wichary
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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 8 Nov 2018
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      But, let’s go back to Mignon. Mignon was a very popular “prosumer” index typewriter. (Within that now-completely-forgotten category there were many subcategories!)pic.twitter.com/Ch7E4XCjBE

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    2. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 8 Nov 2018
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      Mignon used a much faster, “2D” indexing. It also came with multiple colours…pic.twitter.com/ESCF0Xi3h4

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    3. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 8 Nov 2018
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      …and with “typesleeves” allowing for many font options. (Each one with a matching keyboard plate.)pic.twitter.com/PEraoyYz0d

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    4. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 8 Nov 2018
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      There was even a Braille version!pic.twitter.com/M1tnKgqQrX

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    5. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 8 Nov 2018
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      Just like home computers in the 1980s found their second wave in East Europe, and third one in Africa (well into the 1990s), the Mignon was sold for many decades in countries where it was harder to afford a “real” typewriter.

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    6. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 8 Nov 2018
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      The funny thing? You probably used an index keyboard at some point. Maybe inputting a password on Apple TV (which alternated between linear and 2D indexing).pic.twitter.com/Qr0xqIUmHm

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    7. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 8 Nov 2018
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      Maybe entering a high score on an arcade game using a joystick.pic.twitter.com/lf1XbY9m3T

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    8. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 8 Nov 2018
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      Maybe labelling stuff in your workshop.pic.twitter.com/j2jH1NUBuZ

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    9. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 8 Nov 2018
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      Index keyboards are a great example of an alternative idea that’s easy to ridicule, but the moment you step outside the mainstream, its deficiencies can become its powers.

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    10. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 8 Nov 2018
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      Japanese and Chinese typewriters? Needing to access thousands of characters before software meant traditional keyboard was impossible… but an index typewriter could work.pic.twitter.com/kAMfApJpOq

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      Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 8 Nov 2018
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      Stephen Hawking used a version of an index keyboard to talk. The very same simplicity and inefficiency that would bother many typists was actually a great benefit here, a cheek twitch being his sole input method.pic.twitter.com/oqrpheBlwq

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        2. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 8 Nov 2018
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          You might also remember a lo-tech version of this idea from Breaking Bad. (“A page a day” is better than nothing.)pic.twitter.com/hqqfkH52Dq

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        3. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 8 Nov 2018
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          Have a limited room on your 1980s wrist? Put a tiny index typewriter in your phone.pic.twitter.com/HyO8p6uOn9

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        4. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 8 Nov 2018
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          Need to communicate with ghosts? How about an Ouija index typewriter. Waitpic.twitter.com/hawROsvq4x

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        5. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 8 Nov 2018
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          Well, next time, be on the lookout for an index keyboard in your life! Maybe, if you’re lucky, it’ll even be as cute as this cutest ever package-labeling machine.pic.twitter.com/NDCgwXlxEb

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        6. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 8 Nov 2018
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          That’s it! I-click-space-H-click-O-click-P-click-E-click-space-T-click-H-click-I-click-S-click-space-H-click-E-click-L-click-O *fuck*

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