Here's a story I think is a bit nice. Sarah and I have been helping our team here manage the fulfillment of thousands and thousands of books. A large percentage of those get signed.pic.twitter.com/5Zu8ELukVu
Writing a book about the history of keyboards: http://aresluna.org/shift-happens · Design manager @figmadesign · Typographer · Occasional speaker · He/him
You can add location information to your Tweets, such as your city or precise location, from the web and via third-party applications. You always have the option to delete your Tweet location history. Learn more
Add this Tweet to your website by copying the code below. Learn more
Add this video to your website by copying the code below. Learn more
By embedding Twitter content in your website or app, you are agreeing to the Twitter Developer Agreement and Developer Policy.
| Country | Code | For customers of |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 40404 | (any) |
| Canada | 21212 | (any) |
| United Kingdom | 86444 | Vodafone, Orange, 3, O2 |
| Brazil | 40404 | Nextel, TIM |
| Haiti | 40404 | Digicel, Voila |
| Ireland | 51210 | Vodafone, O2 |
| India | 53000 | Bharti Airtel, Videocon, Reliance |
| Indonesia | 89887 | AXIS, 3, Telkomsel, Indosat, XL Axiata |
| Italy | 4880804 | Wind |
| 3424486444 | Vodafone | |
| » See SMS short codes for other countries | ||
This timeline is where you’ll spend most of your time, getting instant updates about what matters to you.
Hover over the profile pic and click the Following button to unfollow any account.
When you see a Tweet you love, tap the heart — it lets the person who wrote it know you shared the love.
The fastest way to share someone else’s Tweet with your followers is with a Retweet. Tap the icon to send it instantly.
Add your thoughts about any Tweet with a Reply. Find a topic you’re passionate about, and jump right in.
Get instant insight into what people are talking about now.
Follow more accounts to get instant updates about topics you care about.
See the latest conversations about any topic instantly.
Catch up instantly on the best stories happening as they unfold.
Here's a story I think is a bit nice. Sarah and I have been helping our team here manage the fulfillment of thousands and thousands of books. A large percentage of those get signed.pic.twitter.com/5Zu8ELukVu
"How big a deal is it to throw a signature in a book?", most people think. Turns out, it's a bit of a big deal. We have to ship books here to Chicago, sign them, then send them back to a fulfillment warehouse to head off to customers. It looks like this:pic.twitter.com/eN8OtjQXmv
We've had to do this in waves, for a number of reasons. 1) we're throttled by how many books we can actually fit into our space here. 2) we're throttled by the schedules of Nick, Chef, and Micah, who need to run multiple businesses at once...
...and 3) damage. Some books show up dinged up, from a careless forklift driver, or an errant wave shifting cargo on the ship, or who knows what else. We have to prune these. This phenomenon is referred to as "shrinkage" in the biz...inventory that becomes unsellable.pic.twitter.com/p8H5LmUiz6
Seeing the waste generated by this is pretty sobering. And this says nothing of books that get damaged during transit to customers by overworked postal systems this time of year (many ask for a replacement). Hard to stomach.
Anyway, this whole process is kind of a slog. When not signing/shipping books, Sarah and I help Alex (@aehazelnut), our badass teammate who is managing this massive affair.
Mostly this takes the form of answering emails from customers asking (in varying degrees of curiosity/frustration) where their book is. We try to explain the situation, but this time of year, tensions are running high.
Anyway, a few weeks ago, Sarah and I needed to do some signing, but our babysitter fell through. So we had to take our kid in with us. At one point, I turned around to discover she'd managed to snag a marker and was autographing a book of her own.pic.twitter.com/nk10H9I8wN
"Ugh," I thought...to add to the stress, now we just wrecked a book. We set it aside and finished, then left. Yesterday, I remembered the book and asked Alex what happened to it. He responded "I pulled it aside. Gonna mail it to your kid when she turns 21."
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.