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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.
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    1. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 8 Sep 2017
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      This is Borgholm Castle, a 13th-century fortress on an island in Sweden. If it looks familiar, it’s because it’s also on your Mac keyboard.pic.twitter.com/60jsR964PP

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    2. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 8 Sep 2017
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      The original Lisa keyboard had a  key, but Steve Jobs flipped out, saying “We’re taking the Apple logo in vain!” https://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&story=Swedish_Campground.txt …pic.twitter.com/duhhNNj3mP

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    3. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 8 Sep 2017
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      Susan Kare leafed through a symbol book, and found a “place of interest” icon used in Scandinavia. She found it “abstract and pleasant.”pic.twitter.com/GSmCOXbJq3

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    4. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 8 Sep 2017
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      They put it on the first Mac keyboard, in the menus, and everywhere else. It’s still there, on your keyboard, thirty-odd years later.pic.twitter.com/3QxMxDxVbD

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    5. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 8 Sep 2017
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      It’s called a “command key,” but it also has a million colloquial names. Cloverleaf key, butterfly key, splat, pretzel, propeller…

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    6. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 8 Sep 2017
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      In some Scandinavian countries, it’s apparently even called “ancient monument key.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command_key …

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      Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 8 Sep 2017
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      Some people still call it “Apple key,” which makes some sense given Mac keyboards sported dual  and ⌘ designations well into the 2000s.pic.twitter.com/y0A54scjWD

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        2. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 8 Sep 2017
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          Kare later mentioned someone local told her that the symbol was not abstract after all, that it was chosen inspired by the Borgholm Castle.pic.twitter.com/TLi8KyCYpV

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        3. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 8 Sep 2017
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          It’s a nice story. It’s also a dubious one; apparently, similar symbols existed for hundreds of years before. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looped_square …pic.twitter.com/fpKEeggwVO

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        4. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 8 Sep 2017
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          But I really like the idea of my keyboard having a CASTLE on it – and so a part of me will quietly believe it. http://www.borgholmsslott.se/en/ 

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        5. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 8 Sep 2017
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          In case you are curious, here’s the location of the castle – and you bet I will visit it whenever I’m nearby.https://www.google.com/maps/@56.870833,16.644167,15z?hl=en …

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        6. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 8 Sep 2017
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          Also, my little contribution to this story: a sign on the road to Borgholm Castle, using the very symbol that could’ve been inspired by it.pic.twitter.com/cxNMuUoyqE

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        7. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 8 Sep 2017
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          And now, excuse me while I go back to writing a chapter on keyboard shortcuts, using a lot of [Castle]+[Z], [Castle]+[X], and [Castle]+[V].

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        2. Steve Troughton-Smith‏Verified account @stroughtonsmith 8 Sep 2017
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          and the bit I didn't know until recently: the [open] Apple key was for backwards compatibility with the IIGShttps://www.macworld.com/article/2867994/think-retro-open-apple-closed-apple.html …

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        3. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 8 Sep 2017
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          Yeah, Apple modifier key evolution is a real rollercoaster of backward compatibility and sadness that feels positively Microsoftian.

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        2. Jesse Vincent‏Verified account @obra 8 Sep 2017
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          Please. The “closed Apple” key. Some of us still remember our Apple // series machines with Open and Closed apple keys.

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        3. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 9 Sep 2017
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          Hahahah!

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