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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 14 Oct 2018
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      This moment of research is always very fun.pic.twitter.com/IYhkhZcFzY

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    2. 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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    3. 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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    4. 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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    5. 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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    6. 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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    7. 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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    8. 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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    9. 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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    10. 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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      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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        2. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 13 Dec 2018
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          Some great news on the book front, and momentum – after many months of feeling stuck. (Still a bit overwhelmed with the amount of work needing to be done, but I feel I understand what that will be, at least.)

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        3. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 15 Dec 2018
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          One interesting thing about collating a lot of information about a single subject over time is that you see fun patterns, e.g.pic.twitter.com/cZh4hEzXDk

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        4. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 15 Dec 2018
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          Here’s another one (and this is all just tweets that appeared in my timeline or were shared with me without searching):pic.twitter.com/jVmC4CP2wE

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        5. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 15 Dec 2018
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          Or, in a very different realm…pic.twitter.com/n8GDo9lrer

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        6. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 15 Dec 2018
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          (And this, in turn, connected to…)pic.twitter.com/Ix5KT3J4zu

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        7. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 17 Dec 2018
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          😍pic.twitter.com/JRqauw84wR

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        8. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 17 Dec 2018
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          (I have gotten some great comments on my book from a few people who read the current draft. Not just positive, of course. :·) Will credit them and give more of an update when the smoke clears!)

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        9. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 17 Dec 2018
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          When a librarian makes your day.pic.twitter.com/VrykaNSqag

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        10. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 20 Dec 2018
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          That time of year where you have to split a book tower into two smaller book towers to prevent a collapse.pic.twitter.com/73ZNkhyMIP

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        11. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 20 Dec 2018
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          Oh, lord. Remember the fictional character of Jessie K. Board (which was my iPhone AI misidentifying many keyboard photos as an actual person)?https://twitter.com/mwichary/status/1033975439734132736 …

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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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        12. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 20 Dec 2018
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          Now iPhone suggests sharing new keyboard photos with that person. Is this god telling me “you’ve gone too far with this keyboard stuff.”pic.twitter.com/Bn3QVhpZZu

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        13. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 20 Dec 2018
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          These are also photos iOS thinks are of keyboards. It’s actually pretty hilarious!pic.twitter.com/xrjrXRQG5G

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        14. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 23 Dec 2018
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          I suspected the day would come where in my research I’d stumble upon a thing Google knows nothing about.pic.twitter.com/oSNUNwKyWF

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        15. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 28 Dec 2018
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          Major surgery on a few troubled chapters. This is a bit scary; as much writing as rampant copying and pasting, and the feeling I won’t fully know how it all worked out until I re-read it with fresh eyes in a few weeks.pic.twitter.com/CRnB4lUl7I

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        16. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 30 Dec 2018
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          Just wrote the opening chapter from scratch again for the third time. I’m genuinely curious how many times it’s going to take, in the end.pic.twitter.com/IRT85kbjeB

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        17. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 3 Jan 2019
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          Dig deep enough and you will find a (pretty weird) keyboard even in an office espresso machine.pic.twitter.com/Wr3vS2MWOW

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        18. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 11 Jan 2019
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          Guess who I interviewed today! All the clues are in the photo. ^_^pic.twitter.com/jrrGsrTNtL

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        19. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 13 Jan 2019
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          Felt very accomplished with rewriting today. Combined two chapters into one chapter with half the words; it feels leaner *and* I embedded it more into the chronology *and* I centered it all around a cool new person.

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        20. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 7 Feb 2019
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          Ten most cursed folders in my keyboard research database.pic.twitter.com/T7sZRkjJrf

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        21. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 9 Feb 2019
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          True story: my iPhone just autocorrected “was” to WASD.

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        22. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 21 Feb 2019
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          I didn’t expect there to be secret documents in the area of keyboard research.pic.twitter.com/h4tKfxKap5

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        23. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 21 Feb 2019
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          All these is what Artificial Intelligence thinks are keyboards. (The last one is both hilarious and inspired.)pic.twitter.com/I1qmzaA5Gy

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        24. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 25 Feb 2019
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          These kinds of small moments of preservation make me really happy. Here is a booklet from late 19th century you can all read with me: https://archive.org/details/RemingtonTypewriterFurniture …pic.twitter.com/jxmOoK7pvl

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        25. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 25 Feb 2019
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          Very happy with how the latest book newsletter issue turned out, even though I accidentally almost destroyed my camera while filming me typing on the one keyboard in my apartment that’s not meant for typing. Lucky 13!https://www.getrevue.co/profile/shift-happens/issues/the-italian-senate-survival-manual-151502 …

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        26. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 2 Mar 2019
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          Spot an interloper in my new update to the “book skyline.”pic.twitter.com/YqXZRBmYB1

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        27. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 3 Mar 2019
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          Mark your calendars!pic.twitter.com/AlKYj0rWgZ

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        28. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 5 Mar 2019
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          I got this on eBay for very little. I think it hides a really cool 1990s keyboard, but I’m only going to open it up when I’m finished with the third draft of the book. Also, I might do an unboxing video. Let me know if you’d watch such a thing?pic.twitter.com/p4PSAYu6Bx

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        29. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 9 Apr 2019
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          Marcin Wichary Retweeted Marcin Wichary

          A very nice Twitter moment where a bunch of people came together to solve a little keyboard mystery:https://twitter.com/mwichary/status/1114641852022415360 …

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          @enf @glennf What do you think this “r.” is? (Also, note two quotation marks!) pic.twitter.com/rZVuAwFAJk
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        30. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 13 Apr 2019
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          Had it on the docket today to rewrite a chapter a certain way, only to discover *I have already done that at some point.* 0_O Started a five-day effort this morning to finish the third draft. Wish me luck!

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        31. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 13 Apr 2019
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          One of the many fun moments in this process: chatting with Hartmut Esslinger about why computers became beige/grey, how many shades of beige/grey are there (more than I expected), and what role did keyboards play in all this.

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