Book idea: What he said.https://twitter.com/mwichary/status/1015665349545508864?s=21 …
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Book idea: This thread, as a recursive book. History of tech through its words. You start with a word derived from old technology (e.g. “dialing”), and explain it. That definition uses words derived from *older* technologies, and you have to do it again.https://twitter.com/mwichary/status/1079608499083059200 …
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Book idea: Intercoms across time and space. Their evolution, adaptation, meaning in different countries, and esthetic. Tons of photos, but also some stories.pic.twitter.com/SyP4190qbM
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(I am very, very into the aesthetic of American intercoms and doorbell banks.)pic.twitter.com/W5FbCpuuEp
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Book idea: Photographic appreciation of little devices and helpers like this one; small, highly specific tools that appear to solve very particular problems in various industries. (Each one with a short story/explanation by someone from that industry.)https://twitter.com/mwichary/status/1124199670320787456 …
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Book idea: A collection of ads like these (do they have a name?), with necessary context and explanation what happened since.pic.twitter.com/AUSpXzXHJV
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Book idea: The history of traffic signs throughout the world – the culture, the typography, the differences, the quirks. Photos interspersed with various traffic manual standards pages.https://twitter.com/mwichary/status/1171835327691948032?s=21 …
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Book idea: A celebration of (human) languages – a journey through quirks/delights/exceptions of various languages written and spoken today. Casual, not academic. To give perspective and open minds. (Please tell me this book already exists,
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For example, the Dutch write “2 t/m 8,” which stands for “tot en met,” or “up to and including.” It’s kind of like a smarter range hyphen – so useful to avoid confusion, and you see it everywhere.
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is "for entertainment" a valid section of this book because oh boypic.twitter.com/7HiXAWZ2iY
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Oh, no.
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