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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 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

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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?

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    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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    4. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 31 Aug 2017
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      But I feel good about this chapter. I found a new way to connect all this, centered around the keyboard (and UI in general).

      1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
    5. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 31 Aug 2017
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      In my research, I found little details that nobody ever mentioned before.

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    6. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 31 Aug 2017
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      And, I will tell the story of the infamous 1969 Kitchen Computer in a new way I have never seen it being told!

      1 reply 1 retweet 11 likes
    7. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 1 Sep 2017
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      Marcin Wichary Retweeted Keith Houston

      Someone (@OrkneyDullard!) just reminded me of my first truly long-form piece, which I wrote in 2012:https://twitter.com/orkneydullard/status/903737224767963140 …

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      Keith Houston @OrkneyDullard
      Finally got a chance to read this, by @mwichary: In the Footsteps of Robert Moses https://medium.com/re-form/in-the-footsteps-of-robert-moses-2780ee00a648 …. Well worth it!
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    8. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 1 Sep 2017
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      It felt like such a complex piece, a personal milestone as a writer, and was one of the big building blocks that led to the idea of a book.

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    9. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 7 Sep 2017
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      When you’re planning for a new chapter and realize you might have a small continuity problem.pic.twitter.com/8cbS2085af

      5 replies 1 retweet 16 likes
    10. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 8 Sep 2017
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      Just had to descend into the murky waters of ~/Library/Group Containers/group.com.apple.notes/NoteStore.sqlite, to recover a timeline of…

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      Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 8 Sep 2017
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      …keyboard shortcuts I painstakingly constructed – and then lost owing to a careless use of ⌘X without a matching ⌘V. How deeply ironic.

      10:09 AM - 8 Sep 2017
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        2. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 9 Sep 2017
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          Marcin Wichary Retweeted Marcin Wichary

          In February, I posted this sticky note, saying that untangling all of this will be the biggest challenge.https://twitter.com/mwichary/status/827303721528811520 …

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          Feel like the most complex puzzle. Sequencing just this – everything that happened between typewriters and PCs – will be a great challenge. pic.twitter.com/W8L3JDWj2A
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        3. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 9 Sep 2017
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          Today, I finished untangling it, reaching an amazing milestone of finishing the last chapter that ties this whole arc together. (Sic!)

          2 replies 0 retweets 17 likes
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        1. Matt Sephton 🎴‏ @gingerbeardman 4 Nov 2017
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          You should use a clipboard history app. I use Alfred, which adds so much more

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