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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 15 Dec 2018
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      Or, in a very different realm…pic.twitter.com/n8GDo9lrer

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

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

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

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    6. 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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    7. 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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    8. 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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    9. 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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    10. 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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      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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        2. 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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        3. 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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        4. 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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        5. 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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        6. 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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        7. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 9 Feb 2019
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          True story: my iPhone just autocorrected “was” to WASD.

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        8. 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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        9. 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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        10. 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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        11. 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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        12. 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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        13. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 3 Mar 2019
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          Mark your calendars!pic.twitter.com/AlKYj0rWgZ

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        14. 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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        15. 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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          Marcin Wichary @mwichary
          @enf @glennf What do you think this “r.” is? (Also, note two quotation marks!) pic.twitter.com/rZVuAwFAJk
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        16. 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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        17. 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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        18. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 15 Apr 2019
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          Just a romantic photo of a sun setting on new research. (It’s one of my favourite parts: finding and reading through the most obscure books on the subject.)pic.twitter.com/M9gHpdVOof

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        19. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 15 Apr 2019
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          First I discover a keyboard on a cable car, and today my spying resulted in discovering a keyboard in the cable car *barn* as well. (A CNC machine, I think?)pic.twitter.com/1FuUDBwAm2

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        20. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 16 Apr 2019
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          So close! Just one more tricky chapter to rewrite, plus a handful of to-do items and TKs to cover.pic.twitter.com/dcSTqYmk4C

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        21. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 17 Apr 2019
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          FINISHED THE THIRD DRAFT!!!!!!!!! Didn’t cut as much as I wanted, plus there are probably at least two more drafts to do… but I don’t want to think about this now. The book is getting better and better, and for some time at least I can focus on visuals, instead of writing. :·)

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        22. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 17 Apr 2019
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          Marcin Wichary Retweeted jeff kisseloff

          Buy my book (eventually) to understand this cryptic conversation!https://twitter.com/jeffkisseloff/status/1118570953410269184 …

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          jeff kisseloff @jeffkisseloff
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          from maybe the most famous typewriter in American history pic.twitter.com/6LqCsAkVSb
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        23. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 25 Apr 2019
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          How is your evening going?pic.twitter.com/i5wPRSj3x4

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        24. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 27 Apr 2019
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          A shot of a key being photographed from something close to the perspective of a key is a bit frightening! (The box on the left is propping up an old iPhone serving as a light source.)pic.twitter.com/SS0F0aDpAd

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        25. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 10 May 2019
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          My book is now leading me to some heavy interlibrary drama and intrigue!pic.twitter.com/daMeGMwfGg

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        26. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 11 May 2019
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          pic.twitter.com/oyjhKiVRQr

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        27. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 19 May 2019
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          That feeling when you persevere, and finally find the photo you want – and then realize it was hard to find because of a *typo*.pic.twitter.com/Moly3yDmA1

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        28. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 19 May 2019
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          Interlibrary chase continues!pic.twitter.com/oRqIjMe4MU

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        29. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 21 May 2019
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          Number of tabs opened in Chrome right now: 688. Most are related to the book and the visual research. I should probably start processing/closing some down? 0_Opic.twitter.com/p9u1DzVGYT

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        30. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 24 May 2019
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          Just another day in keyboard research land! (Art direction and photo by @neobarnabas.)pic.twitter.com/WOwspoQuWQ

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        31. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 11 Jun 2019
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          My friend @GlennF pointed out August Dvorak’s grave (in Seattle) kind of looks like a split keyboard. 0_Opic.twitter.com/B28gjtStci – at Mount Pleasant Cemetery

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