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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 16 Feb 2018
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      Although some signage is… not cute at all.pic.twitter.com/pkgF2THR3h

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    2. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 16 Feb 2018
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      230. Under my feet, I encountered a lot of signs like these – but never figured out what they were for…pic.twitter.com/PfkZ8wMGpw

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    3. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 16 Feb 2018
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      231. I liked these warning signs for cars shaped like flowers, though.pic.twitter.com/H66lUcUNC4

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    4. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 16 Feb 2018
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      232. Someone told me “Have you tried the genius that is onigiri packaging? The nori seaweed isn’t touching the rice, but 1-2-3 you pull away the wrapper and then it is! Fascinating.” I tested it out and indeed! Alchemy.pic.twitter.com/PP9Ihs1GvF

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    5. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 16 Feb 2018
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      233. In shoes-off places, someone would always rotate shoes so that they’d face the outside. (In one traditional hotel, the shoes even came with labels for room names.)pic.twitter.com/uBHIagGC4e

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    6. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 16 Feb 2018
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      234. In many (small) hotel rooms, I saw this interesting configurations with exposed hangers facing the room – presumably, to fit things in a narrower space.pic.twitter.com/Ernrx0zjVx

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    7. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 16 Feb 2018
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      235. Some bathroom tubs gave me an indicator for… water level!?pic.twitter.com/prZGXnctZK

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    8. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 16 Feb 2018
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      236. Some came with really sophisticated/complicated faucets with some sort of a water flow limiter?pic.twitter.com/a947OyStpW

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    9. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 16 Feb 2018
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      237. Two entertainment options in one of the hotels. :·) (I saw other VOD machines and other trouser presses, too.)pic.twitter.com/9zZ9ffNODO

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    10. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 16 Feb 2018
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      238. By the way, while most hotels I stayed at had built-in hot baths (onsen), I don’t think I saw one single hotel gym.

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      Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 16 Feb 2018
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      239. Spotted at the post office. ( ⚆ _ ⚆ )pic.twitter.com/lDZh9F6G3z

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        2. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 16 Feb 2018
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          240. I have never seen an airport tray that clearly communicated what should go inside it (and out of your pockets/bags). Seemed…. vastly preferable than TSA employees shouting it in your ear.pic.twitter.com/3YsxVBKXJr

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        3. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 16 Feb 2018
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          241. Also at the airport, a TV where you can change the channel. How do people agree on what to watch!?pic.twitter.com/9JGJvsuNX7

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        4. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 16 Feb 2018
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          242. Upon boarding my flight back to the US ( :·( ), the screen in front of me showed me my seat number. So simple and so clever. Never encountered that before, either.pic.twitter.com/pWC9Wf9JEC

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        5. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 16 Feb 2018
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          243. I also discovered the most futuristic ATM: one where you just drop your card in a chamber (of course it is highlighted, too!) and what I assume is magic does the connection.pic.twitter.com/fTKOOXcimh

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          244. I mentioned before how the coins have indicators (hole/no hole, rough/smooth edge, big/small size) that allow people to distinguish them just by touch. At some point, I wondered why my transit card has a notch. It’s so that you can tell it apart from others with fingers!pic.twitter.com/stil28nC2h

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        7. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 16 Feb 2018
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          245. There were also a bunch of ATMs with extra calculators to help you with math? (Which, funnily enough, reminded me of the original Mac desk accessories.)pic.twitter.com/2Tinela0jM

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        8. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 16 Feb 2018
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          246. A peculiar choice: showing you how to use a touch screen by employing… a mouse pointer.pic.twitter.com/Dhoqn18nCh

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        9. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 16 Feb 2018
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          247. This is kind of wonderful; I’ve never seen anything like this cautioned against – or even acknowledged – before.pic.twitter.com/LwBEVL4e7O

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        10. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 16 Feb 2018
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          248. At busy subway stations in rush hour, there are even more signs (and people) helping to deal with the traffic flow.pic.twitter.com/dkP3yLolol

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          249. A cool platform edge signage showing you the train is about to arrive – and from which direction.pic.twitter.com/J6jm9jaoyr

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          250. Just like you could slide in a stack of money into a ticket machine, you could also insert more than one ticket together to get through this fare gate.pic.twitter.com/tTyBSkKdww

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          251. On any type of train, there has always been a manned gate and a wide gate for wheelchairs. But even any regular gate was wide enough for me and my big bag – and I was never nervous crossing it.pic.twitter.com/wdLCL90yWk

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        14. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 16 Feb 2018
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          252. Japan seems to care A LOT about trains in general. These are a few really cool-looking local trains I saw in actual operation.pic.twitter.com/VXi1YusBxA

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          253. Not that a train has to be good-looking. It was so rewarding to see a little reliable commuter train just weaving its way through the city, like it’s no big deal.pic.twitter.com/aP2HLMwPEH

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        16. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 16 Feb 2018
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          254. Speaking of which, can someone help me and decipher what was this train crossing trying to tell me? (Both Google Translate and me drawing these shapes failed.)pic.twitter.com/nJKoAzybUX

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        17. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 16 Feb 2018
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          255. A lot of the trains utilize this fascinating system: there are cars with reserved seats, and cars where you can sit at will. This feels like such a great hybrid model accommodating both planners and spontaneous people. (I wish movie theatres did that!)

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        18. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 16 Feb 2018
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          256. Even a train ticket machine will allow you to reserve a seat. Here, the UI actually tells you which car is the least occupied at any given moment, which is super thoughtful.pic.twitter.com/iXterBU0nw

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          257. As a consequence, there is a lot of signage directing you to the appropriate car.pic.twitter.com/5w9qQuufbR

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        20. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 16 Feb 2018
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          A LOT of signage.pic.twitter.com/sDm965MgiP

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        21. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 16 Feb 2018
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          Each train has its own map, and in front of you, there is often even a mini version of that map.pic.twitter.com/YHTMHcMYSD

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        22. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 16 Feb 2018
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          And for trains without reserved seats, there are still interesting systems. Here, each door position was labeled with a symbol, and my train was announced as “queue up anywhere you see a triangle.” So much better than an enigmatic “board center.” *cough*BART*cough*pic.twitter.com/aKuA4RBauN

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        23. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 16 Feb 2018
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          258. By the way, it was cool to queue up for a train called Thunderbird. (Other fav name: Eveningliner.)pic.twitter.com/jnmiOalZLF

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        24. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 16 Feb 2018
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          259. I liked this consistent visual language for priority seats on one of commuter lines.pic.twitter.com/nosrYBeGL0

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          260. This cool little UI shows you how far your train is from the current station in a way that reminded me of old videogames.pic.twitter.com/AFNY82YL49

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          261. This perplexed me. A map on a train with two sliding transparent sections. Do they serve a purpose? Do they prevent people from touching the map itself and damaging it?pic.twitter.com/7BhsYx148H

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        27. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 16 Feb 2018
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          262. The best/fastest trains are the famous Shinkansen, or bullet trains. I have to say, seeing giant Shinkansen signage leading to my first trip was THRILLING.pic.twitter.com/jrB3OeFF5O

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          263. Here are a few that I went on. (The first photos have someone on the platform who takes care of controlling the train? They always had a red umbrella-like thing of undetermined purpose.)pic.twitter.com/B8F3vFqH9I

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        29. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 16 Feb 2018
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          264. Someone compared Shinkansen to “wingless airplanes,” but I swear the Shinkansen I rode on had wings.pic.twitter.com/u7HscoccZO

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        30. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 16 Feb 2018
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          265. The trains run so often, and so precisely, that I had an 8-minute layover on the same platform, and in that small period of time there was ANOTHER Shinkansen passing through. …which I learned about the hard way (by boarding the wrong train).

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        31. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 16 Feb 2018
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          I was also once on a Shinkansen crossing a river, seeing another Shinkansen crossing the same river on another bridge, and – in between the two of us – yet another bridge being ready for yet another train. That was incredible.

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