Book idea: The history of tech from the perspective of a shirt pocket. (Inspired by https://twitter.com/Sierra_OffLine/status/1018595347369791489 …)pic.twitter.com/7ogA82Sa5u
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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
(I am very, very into the aesthetic of American intercoms and doorbell banks.)pic.twitter.com/W5FbCpuuEp
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 …
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
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 …
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, @arikaokrent?)
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.
One of my favourite moments in tech was pulling an old 3.5” floppy disk out of a drawer and my daughter exclaiming, “Wow! A real save icon! Where did you get that?”
I'm writing a book about UI writing, and just finished a big section on metaphor. It's fascinating how it has evolved, and metaphor has been built on metaphor. Look at Photoshop, for example!pic.twitter.com/w1k9E4VVVf
I wonder how many people don’t even understanding “saving” as a necessity, since most things autosave.
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