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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 11 Feb 2018
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      (I mean, look at these older trains on display at the museum. Those are some good-looking trains!)pic.twitter.com/cXJv1Vk1TN

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      143. How confident you have to be in your train network that your caveat is possibly about arriving somewhere *earlier*!?pic.twitter.com/CTMJAXUjEZ

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    3. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 11 Feb 2018
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      144. There aren’t just millions of train toys. There are toys that are all about train infrastructure, like this car that transports train parts. <3pic.twitter.com/v6MsOaBsi9

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    4. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 11 Feb 2018
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      …or other toys for “boring” transit options. I’d be exactly the kind of kid that’d get excited about “Midtown ticket counter.”pic.twitter.com/BhI0HyxmmJ

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    5. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 11 Feb 2018
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      145. Speaking of transit infrastructure toys… here’s a gruesome dystopian vision that makes Cars feel like a kids movie.pic.twitter.com/OdBGvkMo5s

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    6. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 11 Feb 2018
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      146. This Is The Future That Liberals Want.pic.twitter.com/FOxVQUwVD9

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    7. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 11 Feb 2018
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      147. The tone of this ad is kind of incredible.pic.twitter.com/O1BFEEudi4

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    8. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 11 Feb 2018
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      148. How lucky you must be as a museum to get your mascot designed by Miyazaki!pic.twitter.com/fJsMSRLivs

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    9. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 11 Feb 2018
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      149. At the Gas Museum (sic!), gas range cookers that also look like faces.pic.twitter.com/7bCaxn5uO4

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    10. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 12 Feb 2018
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      150. (150!) This is a particularly Marcin-shaped mystery. I know this clock from my childhood. From Poland. I recreated it in JavaScript. I wrote about it (https://medium.com/the-outtake/the-clock-85e8e3a50e4b …). So why is it here, now, all over the place!?pic.twitter.com/ZakyxPAz23

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      Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 12 Feb 2018
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      (Also, how likely it is for me to take two separate clock photos, on two different days, in two different cities, both at 10:26?)

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        2. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 12 Feb 2018
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          151. A cute relaxed kitten plus a cute pictogram of its startled Schrödinger counterpart.pic.twitter.com/MsUikSiTLu

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          152. What… happened?pic.twitter.com/kW1DkTsndw

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        4. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 12 Feb 2018
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          153. This ticket ordering machine had an impressively large touch screen.pic.twitter.com/w0vJq6ubaO

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        5. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 12 Feb 2018
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          154. I generally liked the convention of lighting up things where you’d insert cards/money or get something out. Not new, but more comprehensive and more elegant. (Some lights would pulsate like old PowerBooks/MacBooks.)pic.twitter.com/P8qAnzSN7r

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        6. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 12 Feb 2018
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          Some machines would (also) show a little diagram on the screen and point to the relevant parts.pic.twitter.com/efAd8KHVNs

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        7. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 12 Feb 2018
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          155. When things came out of the machine – for example an ATM – they would all come out at the same time, instead of sequentially. Here, it was really easy to grab my card and the receipt via one gesture.pic.twitter.com/Lj2nI0ZZlx

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        8. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 12 Feb 2018
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          156. If you’re asking “but can I *insert* more than one thing?” the answer is HOT DAMN YESSSSS. The machines encourage you to just put in the entire phat stack.pic.twitter.com/lxg3xfhjwU

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        9. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 12 Feb 2018
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          (If you’re also asking “Marcin, will this thread ever end?” my answer is I REALLY DON’T KNOW. The discoveries simply don’t seem to ever end.)

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        10. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 12 Feb 2018
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          157. For example, only just a few hours ago I discovered a new type of interaction. Instead of inserting a card or touching it a few times, this ticket machine asks you to place it on a mat for the duration of the transaction.pic.twitter.com/efbCA4zFz0

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          158. Only yesterday, I discovered that as you approach a taxi, the driver can remotely open your door for you, and then do the same as you arrive. There are also many more automatic sliding doors around, even in little stores. Opening a “normal” door seems like a rarity.

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        12. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 12 Feb 2018
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          159. When you pay, even to a cashier, you don’t hand someone the money. You put it on a special tiny tray. It feels elegant and refined. (I went to a coffee shop really early and they didn’t put one out yet, and really scrambled, not wanting to do the transaction without it!)pic.twitter.com/kbag6n9c74

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        13. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 12 Feb 2018
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          160. Also, in bakeries and so on you’re supposed to just grab a tray and put your stuff directly on it? It was kind of weird. As you bring it all to the cashier, they transfer them onto a plate or basket for you, or into to-go bags. PLEASE TELL ME I DIDN’T DO ANYTHING WRONG.pic.twitter.com/kohGm8ngvs

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        14. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 12 Feb 2018
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          161. Two beautiful things in another bakery’s placard. One is a list indicating the presence of allergens (milk, peanuts, and so on). The other, and I miss it so much from Europe: the price with tax included! (Which is typically usually even the default here?)pic.twitter.com/kyivr1KBRi

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        15. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 12 Feb 2018
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          162. Speaking of beautiful… look at these manholes, even the tiny ones!pic.twitter.com/QfDIuRyugc

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        16. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 12 Feb 2018
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          And those above, in turns out, are the ones when they phone them in.pic.twitter.com/IaqaZV5D3m

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        17. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 12 Feb 2018
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          Because when they don’t phone them in… I seriously have no words.pic.twitter.com/zoxouAqCi6

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        18. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 12 Feb 2018
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          163. Amidst all the high-tech restrooms, it’s fun to see ones that are really old. Here is a cool retro hand soap dispenser, and a vintage flush handle that nevertheless already allows you to choose between a weak and a strong flush.pic.twitter.com/wnV7DLvQPC

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        19. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 12 Feb 2018
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          (By the way, no paper napkins or towels ever in restrooms! There are scant hand dryers, but I think many people just walk out with their hands wet…? Or are you supposed to carry a handkerchief?)

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        20. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 12 Feb 2018
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          164. Typography! From whatever little I understand, I believe Japanese writing system(s) have an unprecedented flexibility: they could go left to right, right to left, or top to bottom. Here’s an example from the side of a (modern) bus and a (vintage) tram.pic.twitter.com/QWeV1649e7

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        21. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 12 Feb 2018
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          It seems that flexibility can be used when you’re out of particular type of space. These displays show the interim stations that the train will stop at. You can immediately sense whether it’s a local or an express, but it also gives you more!pic.twitter.com/9RtH1TpHcD

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        22. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 12 Feb 2018
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          165. Here are some beautiful station indicators from a local commuter line. Showing the terminus to the left/to the right of a given station can be achieved with a pretty narrow sign.pic.twitter.com/HXATT781RG

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        23. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 12 Feb 2018
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          166. It’s really fun to see when Japanese and English coexist, and Latin letters are forced to do things that makes them rather awkward. Look at “cars” here!pic.twitter.com/viGl4zpfzq

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        24. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 12 Feb 2018
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          Or here!pic.twitter.com/6VbB9Z2dHL

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        25. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 12 Feb 2018
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          (I’m not an expert, but diagonal Japanese feels much more natural than Latin would!)pic.twitter.com/SjRJWgNFW5

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          (It’s actually really refreshing to see English as a second-level citizen for once! Here is an archive of a guestbook from a small museum. Japanese entries have been retyped, but English ones just copied and pasted.)pic.twitter.com/Eo6x0iACvv

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          167. “Horizontal” Japanese can be beautiful, also. Here’s a small collection of barriers with text.pic.twitter.com/fFBESohpjZ

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          168. Just as I wasn’t really sure what those said, I am not sure how I’m supposed to feel after seeing this.pic.twitter.com/E6Ak5MVT69

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        29. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 12 Feb 2018
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          169. Seeing elevator buttons described in three different ways – none of them being English – just made me so happy.pic.twitter.com/XOYyol7GIO

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        30. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 12 Feb 2018
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          (Although in another instance, I was confused why two different Japanese writing systems were used at the same time?)pic.twitter.com/P7YEodoA8I

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        31. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 12 Feb 2018
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          170. This ATM has a little tactical dynamic Braille display to – as far as I understand – communicate numbers. It’s a really interesting ATM in a number of different ways…pic.twitter.com/R11xe2VwEj

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