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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 8 Jan 2018
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      3️⃣ to go! This is a keyboard I actually made. It only outputs spaces. Since this is my first keyboard, I call it a “space cadet keyboard.” I might actually be done with the first draft in a week which is… surreal.pic.twitter.com/BQd8YRJgho

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    2. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 9 Jan 2018
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      A theme from one of my many, many folders: Languages did never not change, and we did never not worry about them changing.pic.twitter.com/XjoQMl9Skz

      1 reply 4 retweets 13 likes
    3. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 9 Jan 2018
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      Just now, for the first time, I put together in my head the words that will end my book. It was a surprisingly emotional moment. (They might still change, but it doesn’t matter.)

      3 replies 1 retweet 20 likes
    4. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 11 Jan 2018
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      Things I didn’t expect to be doing while writing this book: helping the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum identify a teleprinter keyboard that was used in the Washington–Moscow cold war hotline.

      2 replies 1 retweet 26 likes
    5. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 12 Jan 2018
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      So. 0️⃣ Yes, I’m not kidding. I just finished writing. (I… I don’t know what to say. I’ll follow this up with something more useful/interesting/poignant/whatever – eventually – but… I just finished writing.)pic.twitter.com/M58Y21jf3g

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    6. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 15 Jan 2018
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      Some first draft stats! Each key I mention at least three times, word count, and specific word battles. (If you like those, there’ll be quite a few more + commentary in the new newsletter in a week or so: https://www.getrevue.co/profile/shift-happens/ …)pic.twitter.com/jyuJt6mGCc

      A “key cloud” of keys like Shift or Ctrl mentioned in the book at least three times
      Chart of word count of my book as compared to other books such as War and Peace
      Chart comparison of specific word pairs, e.g. joystick vs. mouse
      3 replies 0 retweets 19 likes
    7. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 15 Jan 2018
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      There’s still a lot of work ahead – rewriting, editing, production, publishing – and still many unknowns, but I don’t think anything that follows will require nearly as much effort as this first draft.

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    8. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 15 Jan 2018
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      (Please don’t stop sending me interesting keyboard-related things you stumble upon!)

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    9. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 15 Jan 2018
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      It’s funny how the pile of the books I still want to read *alone* is larger than all the books I had when I started. (Although, to be fair, the remaining books are much more specific – they might just have one or two details I want.)pic.twitter.com/tshdOMZUbg

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    10. bryan kennedy‏ @xbryanx 17 Jan 2018
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      Today's newsletter about the prevalence of sentences with commas, dashes, etc., made me wonder if you've read Nabokov's Favorite Word Is Mauve by @BenBlatt. Quite fun read on using data to parse writing styles.

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      Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 17 Jan 2018
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      Haven’t heard of it! Thank you. Ordering now!!! ^_^

      8:22 AM - 17 Jan 2018
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        1. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 9 Mar 2018
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          Finally came! In a cool envelope, too.pic.twitter.com/XBNUz49pcE

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