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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 12 Feb 2018
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      186. Public phones with distinctive green colour and shape are much more pervasive than I’d expect. (I am not sure what the gray ISDN phone is about! But I didn’t see those that often anyway.)pic.twitter.com/m21fShzt5R

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      187. More tech survivors: I was surprisingly thrilled to be in a car that had a MiniDisc player! (Also, it was fun to spot one button with kanji amidst icons and all the Latin.)pic.twitter.com/2imxJcmRbZ

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    3. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 12 Feb 2018
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      188. *resists the urge to vandalize*pic.twitter.com/vY54XwHDTd

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    4. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 12 Feb 2018
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      The last one was in this tiny underground store whose branding and 18+ label got me worried!pic.twitter.com/HmUImt9N1W

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    5. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 12 Feb 2018
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      But it was just a retro computing and gaming store with a slice of parallel home computing history I really wish I knew better.pic.twitter.com/NM976DXB4R

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    6. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 12 Feb 2018
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      (I had this feeling too many times: “I wish I could read this book!”)pic.twitter.com/GfjG6RTdd1

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    7. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 12 Feb 2018
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      189. If trash is not subdivided even further (see the android trash cans before), it’s typically split between “combustibles” (red) and “incombustibles” (blue). (Good thing they didn’t go with “flammable” and “inflammable,” I guess? Har har.)pic.twitter.com/Ml0kRvceGb

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    8. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 12 Feb 2018
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      190. The same colour scheme is often used for restrooms, but there is no relation. By the way, restrooms are everywhere! Malls, tiny convenience stores, minuscule train stations. EVERYWHERE. They are free and clean. It’s REALLY glorious.pic.twitter.com/HpcHyKnN1E

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    9. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 13 Feb 2018
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      191. All the maps seem to always be facing your orientation, instead of up = north.pic.twitter.com/q5n8iEcSlB

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    10. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 13 Feb 2018
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      I even found this amazing map of auditorium seats, also presented from your perspective.pic.twitter.com/Ji0G7wX9JS

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      192. Japan seems to have a secondary official calendar where the years are counted in eras matching the reigning emperor. Here, 1964 was the 39th year of the Shōwa era, 1993 the 5th year of the (still current) Heisei era. More: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_era_name …pic.twitter.com/t5Ft6aQhG9

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        2. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 13 Feb 2018
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          193. A lot of subway stations have (vanity) mirrors.pic.twitter.com/UJ0h7E4opJ

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        3. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 13 Feb 2018
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          In one mall I actually stumbled onto a little mirror corner called “vanitory.” I laughed it off as an example of amazing flawed translation – but it turns out this is an actual English word. It’s funny that I didn’t expect that trip to teach me English, and yet it did.pic.twitter.com/L4JvgtWROI

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        4. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 13 Feb 2018
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          And it definitely made me reflect on English the way seeing foreigners use a language tends to. Of course “height” is going to be misspelled since it’s so inconsistent with “width” and other words! Of course “here is not parking” seems like it’d make perfect sense!pic.twitter.com/psMZwtQtSu

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        5. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 13 Feb 2018
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          194. Here are some of my favourite translation, and also that pictogram in the last photo is beyond priceless.pic.twitter.com/tXfrBb9Tmy

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        6. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 13 Feb 2018
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          I mean, sticky people get in all sorts of trouble here.pic.twitter.com/6aj7RtXPrN

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        7. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 13 Feb 2018
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          195. I gave Google Translate hard time before, and indeed, things can be rough. (Although I like the idea of a “very button”!)pic.twitter.com/IMdkleEXMT

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        8. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 13 Feb 2018
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          Google Translate told me about “Moses following children” in a restaurant menu, “The Russians” on an air conditioning panel, and “the peregrine falcon per cent” in a post office.

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        9. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 13 Feb 2018
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          Some appear and quickly disappear as I slightly shift my position, including this hilariously inappropriate translation of an ATM label.pic.twitter.com/Fd7v9TjVG5

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          But there are many genuinely amazing moments where I can at least get the *gist*. Walking through the otherwise completely incomprehensible bookstore with it was like having a lens with superpower, like glasses that made *information* naked. (If you know what I mean.)pic.twitter.com/Vb37vbPWeT

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        11. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 13 Feb 2018
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          Today in a restaurant, the waitress tried to ask me something, and I had no idea. She tried so hard, brought a piece of paper with tons of Japanese, nothing. And then I had the idea to point Translate at it. Turns out and was asking me about my allergies.

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        12. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 13 Feb 2018
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          A few times I showed others Google Translate they were really impressed; perhaps the only time *I* appeared cool and advanced during this trip. (Otherwise I mostly feel like the attached surreal vignette I witnessed today.)pic.twitter.com/4fdAc1BgUJ

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        13. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 13 Feb 2018
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          196. Speaking of restaurants, I love little moist hand towels that are always there waiting for you – and also added to your bag whenever you buy food from grocery stores or bakeries. So refined!pic.twitter.com/pTVIpBGdcG

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          197. If the place is not using a ticketing system or you don’t order at the country, often they’d bring my bill to me immediately, and then I went to the register to pay on the way out.pic.twitter.com/ZGDuwkt9G9

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        15. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 13 Feb 2018
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          198. In love with cute little shopping baskets to be filled with cute little things.pic.twitter.com/1LHTKtwhFq

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          199. It was interesting that when listing emergency numbers, marine accidents and incidents were as high priority as ambulance, fire, and police. (From a phone booth. There are phone booths!)pic.twitter.com/iL9l9QANrm

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        17. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 13 Feb 2018
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          200. There are tons of little delightful melodies. I made a compilation video of a few on the subway and other trains – particularly there, a particular melody can identify a train or a station as you’re traveling. (More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Train_melody …)pic.twitter.com/0mQ0bgfW6s

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        18. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 13 Feb 2018
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          (Even the washer/dryer in my hotel played a little melody when it started and when it ended its job. It was such a surprise I wasn’t prepared to record it.)

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          201. I liked how the owners of the said washer/dryer taped over irrelevant pieces of UI (buttons, drawers), and labeled the remaining buttons A, B, and C just to help me out.pic.twitter.com/0OiaIs3GqG

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        20. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 13 Feb 2018
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          202. I saw more things like this. Here, the railway clock explains how to embrace the 24-hour time (and NEVER LOOK BACK).pic.twitter.com/PNENEUQmxo

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        21. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 13 Feb 2018
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          Various establishments announced their support for English.pic.twitter.com/qVpcoFAWyY

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          (Or even American English!?)pic.twitter.com/Bv112252LN

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        23. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 13 Feb 2018
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          This one made me laugh. I almost imagined the exasperation of the people putting it together, trying all sorts of approaches, only eventually to arrive at “very slippery.”pic.twitter.com/LkYQmBLmN5

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          203. Because otherwise everything’s so gentle and respectful! Instead of “No tampering,” it’s “Is you open this cover, you will be inquired by crew,” for example.pic.twitter.com/Uv8rvmwxpz

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        25. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 13 Feb 2018
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          204. Although you can make a ship angry.pic.twitter.com/hGDr0DQUjY

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        26. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 13 Feb 2018
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          Or toy with your train’s emotions.pic.twitter.com/VuorATnojU

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        27. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 13 Feb 2018
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          It’s actually kind of amazing how many things become humanized here. From cigarettes and lightbulbs…pic.twitter.com/I0NCux9rw3

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        28. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 13 Feb 2018
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          …through houses and cars on top of BRIDGES. (I wonder what HR has to say about *that* relationship.)pic.twitter.com/cKwvhyCC5W

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        29. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 13 Feb 2018
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          205. What surprised me quite a bit is that I haven’t noticed any emoji. I sort of have this impression that emoji exist in print and ads in America. Maybe I’m mis-remembering? Because I don’t think I saw any used in that context here in Japan.

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        30. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 13 Feb 2018
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          206. I have seen this, a lot – ♨️ – a symbol for hot springs. (By the way! I have done many since my first day: open air hot bath under the winter’s sky, and public town hot bath, and I’m now so good at it that I notice other foreigners’ etiquette mistakes. :·) )pic.twitter.com/9ySn0Sq7wr

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          207. Although it is still impossible for me not to see this as a shrug emoticon face.pic.twitter.com/1WI57cBbdW

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