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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 22 Jul 2017
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      The pink (finished) sticky notes slowly taking over the orange (unfinished) ones.pic.twitter.com/PLaYKMAliS

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    2. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 22 Jul 2017
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      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

      1 reply 1 retweet 11 likes
    3. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 11 Aug 2017
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      A lot of the work is just jumping between three different apps, each one looking exactly the same if you squint.pic.twitter.com/MIWKync0QQ

      1 reply 1 retweet 11 likes
    4. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 27 Aug 2017
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      Sometimes I remember to take a screenshot just before I start writing a new chapter. Here’s a chronological selection:pic.twitter.com/XIeYlopIJT

      1 reply 1 retweet 9 likes
    5. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 27 Aug 2017
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      It’s funny (for me, at least) to notice how I learned I don’t need to be so precious about whitespace and visual noise…

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    6. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 27 Aug 2017
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      …and having two side-by-side panes (one for writing, the other for notes) is easier than having them in one file and moving above and below.

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    7. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 27 Aug 2017
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      Also, one thing I learned about my process… starting a new chapter is always painful. Every Single Time, it’s an abyss of a blank page. But:

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    8. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 27 Aug 2017
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      At least I know it sucked before, many times, and every time I got through it. That knowledge makes it easier to endure.

      1 reply 0 retweets 12 likes
    9. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 29 Aug 2017
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      Just sent my first book newsletter! It’s a thoroughly exciting moment, and I am nervous as hell.

      7 replies 0 retweets 26 likes
    10. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 31 Aug 2017
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      I hate when I *really* want to continue, but my eyes, my brain, and my body are giving up since I have already been writing for five hours…

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      Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 31 Aug 2017
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      I powered through it. Seven hours of writing, and I’m exhausted, but I covered the story of computer keyboards coming home. *drops dead*pic.twitter.com/NwBsigxFUf

      3:32 PM - 31 Aug 2017
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      • épinards & caramel Eduardo Escárez neil shankar Rich Cheng Rafal Kruk Tomasz Janeczko Winnie Lim Scott Stanfield 🤖🏓 Matt Godbolt
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        1. Saulo Pratti‏ @blude 31 Aug 2017
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          I sincerely love how you develop your threads! I guess now I’m excited to read the end result? :D

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        2. David Chiang  🇹🇼‏ @chd_ch 31 Aug 2017
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          What apps are you using to write the book?

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        3. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 31 Aug 2017
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          DevonThink for compiling research, and Scrivener for writing. Tactically, Apple Notes during writing.https://twitter.com/mwichary/status/896102768095539202 …

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          A lot of the work is just jumping between three different apps, each one looking exactly the same if you squint. pic.twitter.com/MIWKync0QQ
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        2. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 31 Aug 2017
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          I am actually really happy about this. One of my fears when sitting down to this project was: what new can I even add to any of this?

          2 replies 0 retweets 5 likes
        3. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 31 Aug 2017
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          I read so many accounts of the birth of personal computing, from writers like Steven Levy who are way more talented than me.

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