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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. Pulp Librarian‏ @PulpLibrarian 9 Jan 2019
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      WordPerfect, released in 1979, was one of the first really successful word processing packages: the use of printer drivers helped it connect with a range of peripherals, however the user manual was 600 pages long! George R.R.Martin still uses WordPerfect to this day...pic.twitter.com/shEqNIJohy

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    2. Pulp Librarian‏ @PulpLibrarian 9 Jan 2019
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      But the eventual champion, as we all know, was Microsoft Word. Launched in 1983 as Multi-Tool Word for Xenix, versions for MS-DOS and Mac were soon released. And it wasn't a bad little package: for the first time you could see line breaks and typeface markups on screen.pic.twitter.com/NexHdt6DqR

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    3. Pulp Librarian‏ @PulpLibrarian 9 Jan 2019
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      But no matter what what word processing software you used, most people were still restricted to a dot matrix or daisy wheel printer to print their results. However in 1985 all that was about to change...pic.twitter.com/uPCsFgyOB8

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    4. Pulp Librarian‏ @PulpLibrarian 9 Jan 2019
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      HP launched a low-cost laser printer in 1984, but it was the 1985 Apple LaserWriter that transformed the market. High quality text, line art and raster graphics were now available to all, and Adobe's PostScript page description language opened up a whole new world of fonts.pic.twitter.com/wFZPoWxD8e

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    5. Pulp Librarian‏ @PulpLibrarian 9 Jan 2019
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      Aldus PageMaker, also released in 1985, launched the desktop publishing revolution. Everything needed to lay out a page was there and teamed with the LaserWriter and Apple's GUI it helped ensure the Mac became the workhorse of the graphic design world.pic.twitter.com/3SPeHAObIM

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    6. Pulp Librarian‏ @PulpLibrarian 9 Jan 2019
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      The stand-alone word processor still soldiered on for a number of years, as a simpler portable alternative for those who just needed to produce professional documents. For students or budding authors it was a cheaper alternative in the pre-laptop days.pic.twitter.com/TuOc8VreWT

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    7. Pulp Librarian‏ @PulpLibrarian 9 Jan 2019
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      Did the word processor change how we write? Some novelists think so. It's strange to say, but words that are not yet on a page are still protean. For a profession fond of procrastination it perhaps changes how we approach putting our thoughts down in print.pic.twitter.com/4Cm8UMJIQv

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    8. Pulp Librarian‏ @PulpLibrarian 9 Jan 2019
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      Has word processing changed our jobs? Undoubtedly. Back in 1971 some believed that secretaries and other office workers would be up in arms as their work became deskilled and repetitive due to the 'march of the machines.' It can feel like that sometimes.pic.twitter.com/nDbDWqSvTX

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    9. Pulp Librarian‏ @PulpLibrarian 9 Jan 2019
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      Will we move on from the word processor? Who can tell. Speech to text and handwriting recognition software has come on significantly. Typing as a skill is less frequently taught nowadays. Maybe soon Microsoft Word will be in a museum along with the Olivetti Valentine.pic.twitter.com/C27EdC6EGL

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    10. Pulp Librarian‏ @PulpLibrarian 9 Jan 2019
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      But for now our working lives seem inextricably bound with the cursor and the caps lock. Word processing is still serious business. Those documents won't write themselves - yet! More stories another time...pic.twitter.com/6SMsW7bcWx

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      Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 13 Feb 2019
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      What is this book, if it exists?

      10:50 PM - 13 Feb 2019
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