As a writer I’m supposed to be good with words, so with a mild embarrassment I’m reporting that it took me *two solid days* to realize people saying “progamers” was not a typo for “programmers,” but rather a shortening of “professional gamers.”
-
-
Replying to @mwichary
In my defense, there’s a huge overlap between keyboards for professional gamers and programmers. (Also, a chapter title “Programmers and pro-gamers” has a nice ring to it.)
1 reply 0 retweets 10 likes -
Replying to @mwichary
chapters to go!
Here’s me with the Cambridge Z88 (lent by @scottjenson) and an appropriately British background.pic.twitter.com/Oxblr3vXJi
3 replies 0 retweets 7 likes -
Replying to @mwichary @scottjenson
One of my favourite moments in this process is when what seems like a forgettable artifact reveals its actual incredible meaning – but only once you look closer and put time in getting to know it.
1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @mwichary
This is a 1928 thesis about typewriting errors, by Gertrude Ford. On the surface it looks pretty boring… but this is the actual research that inspired a certain August Dvorak to try to reinvent the keyboard. I just got a rare copy of it from the University of Washington!pic.twitter.com/UGJxHkfF43
1 reply 3 retweets 14 likes -
Replying to @mwichary
Also, it bothered me it was so rare, so I just scanned it and put it on Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/AStudyOfTypewritingErrorsThesis …
2 replies 3 retweets 19 likes -
Replying to @mwichary
Just finished another one, and now it’s just
chapters remaining.
This is my poor Olivetti Praxis 48 with a spacebar broken in half. (I might 3D print a replacement one day!)pic.twitter.com/OCUZdCyQvJ
2 replies 0 retweets 12 likes -
Replying to @mwichary
For the chapter I’m starting to write today, I am tying Enigma, stenography, and assistive keyboards. If you’re thinking “are those really related?”, I have the same doubts. I guess I’ll find out as I’m writing…?
1 reply 0 retweets 7 likes -
Replying to @mwichary
Had to split it into two chapters in the end. Wrote both via 11,000 words during the last two days, which is some sort of a personal record that I never want to repeat. So,
. This is me with the worst keyboard I ever wrote on.
ᴵ ᵃᵐ ˢᵒ ᵉˣʰᵃᵘˢᵗᵉᵈpic.twitter.com/V3kmOasF1e
3 replies 0 retweets 6 likes -
Replying to @mwichary
But that’s the better of the two that system saw in its short life!
1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
Disagree! I typed for a day on both versions.
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.