Sometimes I remember to take a screenshot just before I start writing a new chapter. Here’s a chronological selection:pic.twitter.com/XIeYlopIJT
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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Sometimes I remember to take a screenshot just before I start writing a new chapter. Here’s a chronological selection:pic.twitter.com/XIeYlopIJT
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…
…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.
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:
At least I know it sucked before, many times, and every time I got through it. That knowledge makes it easier to endure.
Just sent my first book newsletter! It’s a thoroughly exciting moment, and I am nervous as hell.
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…
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
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?
I read so many accounts of the birth of personal computing, from writers like Steven Levy who are way more talented than me.
But I feel good about this chapter. I found a new way to connect all this, centered around the keyboard (and UI in general).
In my research, I found little details that nobody ever mentioned before.
And, I will tell the story of the infamous 1969 Kitchen Computer in a new way I have never seen it being told!
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