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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 18 Feb 2018
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      I’ve become a keyboard detective! Please send me more keyboard challenges.https://twitter.com/mwichary/status/965140650130747392 …

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      Marcin Wichary @mwichary
      Replying to @ThomasWillNot @aIexglukhov and 2 others
      My bet is on an AES 7460, a 80286 PC clone. I only found the attached picture of it on the internet so far (photo #1), but the keyboard shape is similar, and the symbols are the same as on earlier AES products, e.g. AES 7100 (photo #2) – which is how I recognized it. pic.twitter.com/Acfo4Hy0YK
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    2. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 1 Mar 2018
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      This is so fun. A Japanese transit museum sent me back a printed and annotated photo of a very specific keyboard, after I asked them about it.pic.twitter.com/JyHigMtiSs

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    3. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 6 Mar 2018
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      Marcin Wichary Retweeted Jon Bruner

      Really love when people send me even tiny keyboard photos and observations. I appreciate each and every one of those!https://twitter.com/JonBruner/status/971240286415355909 …

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      Jon BrunerVerified account @JonBruner
      @mwichary The trivia guy at my local bar has this custom keyboard that he uses to enter scores. Just watched him log a round, and it’s very efficient, unusual number pad layout aside. pic.twitter.com/5NTMIDLsJT
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    4. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 9 Mar 2018
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      Just sent out my latest book newsletter, which includes links to longer essays about what I found amazing, and what I found scary and unpleasant while writing the first draft of the book: https://www.getrevue.co/profile/shift-happens/issues/bigger-in-japan-92348 … (Also, keyboards in Japan, obvi.)

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    5. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 16 Mar 2018
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      Dedicating this weekend to reading my manuscript from cover to cover for the first time ever. I suspect this will be really tough – seeing all the many warts I know exist, any many I don’t – but there’s no way around it.

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    6. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 16 Mar 2018
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      (Also, it’s really fun to say “my manuscript.” Someone just reminded me that’s the right word to use.)

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    7. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 1 Apr 2018
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      The funniest/most embarrassing mistake I found in my book so far: writing “Scott Glenn” (the actor famous for portraying an astronaut in the movie The Right Stuff) when I meant to write “David Scott,” the, you know, actual Moon-landing astronaut. 😬

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    8. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 15 Apr 2018
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      A little over two years ago, I decided to try giving a 5-minute Ignite talk about keyboards, to see if there is any interest in people hearing these stories – and if I’m any good at it. It was sort of a trial balloon. It went well. (You can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDQyR2niiXc …)

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    9. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 15 Apr 2018
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      This month, I gave a 40-minute talk that was just basically *one chapter of my book,* and it went… even better. And that makes me excited. There are clearly so many stories here, and it is possible to share them in interesting ways.

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    10. (((Herid Fel)))‏ @heridfan 15 Apr 2018
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      Replying to @mwichary

      Do you have a video of that talk? The 5 minutes one was great.

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      Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 15 Apr 2018
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      Replying to @heridfan

      Thanks! It wasn’t recorded – but I’ll be giving it again in November, and that version should be.

      4:57 PM - 15 Apr 2018
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