The current list of chapter titles; a lot of them written already. Really happy with how some of them turned out so far.pic.twitter.com/vt67ay3tX0
Writing a book about the history of keyboards: http://aresluna.org/shift-happens · Design manager @figmadesign · Typographer · Occasional speaker · He/him
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The current list of chapter titles; a lot of them written already. Really happy with how some of them turned out so far.pic.twitter.com/vt67ay3tX0
Since I’m writing out of order, after finishing a chapter I need to revisit other chapters and tie them closer together.pic.twitter.com/6FxX1YxKJs
Just spent three days immersed in the research of the world of mobile keyboards. Writing tomorrow! (
= done with the folder)pic.twitter.com/pX6J7FKfHa
(Let’s see if I can get Optimus keyboards, FingerWorks, rotary phones, BlackBerry, and the iPhone into one coherent story.)
A small/big milestone today: fifteen chapters and 100,000 words done!
Had a privilege today to talk on the phone with someone who used one of the earliest computers, a Univac.
One quote that blew my mind: “Getting work in government during World War II was easy.”
If you’re wondering the lengths I’ll go to to finish this book… it sometimes entails going through an entire website set in Comic Sans.pic.twitter.com/pACKNkwr7U
Oh my god – this website is not just useful, but it’s from 1999, it has a site counter, and a web ring.
(With love to @internetarchive.)pic.twitter.com/ZdV1Xr4Z4q
…and a guestbook to complete the Old Internet trifecta.pic.twitter.com/9MBqD8JsFQ
20 chapters, 130,000 words. It’ll be interesting/painful to see what happens. It is much more than enough for a book, and I’m not even done.
The pink (finished) sticky notes slowly taking over the orange (unfinished) ones.pic.twitter.com/PLaYKMAliS
What do you think are the most popular words in my (non-paper) database? Here’s Top 100, non-generic words highlighted. 45M words in total!pic.twitter.com/zkKLHorWCg
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