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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 15 May 2018
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      Marcin Wichary Retweeted Dan Noyes

      :·(https://twitter.com/thenoyes/status/996291470297632768 …

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      Dan Noyes @thenoyes
      Replying to @mwichary
      Whenever I open Gmail I see the last message that my late wife sent me via Google chat in 2014. It’s her standard “pssst” greeting for me: “aye aye”. I leave it unread lest it disappears.
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    2. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 15 May 2018
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      Marcin Wichary Retweeted Release the magic smoke  🐻 🐻 🚪 🌲

      Oh, I love this.https://twitter.com/mitchbear/status/996382459762589696 …

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      Release the magic smoke  🐻 🐻 🚪 🌲 @mitchbear
      Replying to @mwichary
      To remember where I parked my car in underground parking, I take a picture of it in context to its surroundings. I now have over 100 pictures in an album which are just my car in different lots, some evoking significant memories, others lost to time...
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    3. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 15 May 2018
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      Marcin Wichary Retweeted Scott Martin  🛠️

      Thank you for sharing this, I hope it’s okay to quote tweet it into the main thread:https://twitter.com/scottdotjs/status/996384219646525440 …

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      Scott Martin  🛠️ @scottdotjs
      Replying to @mwichary
      A friend of mine requested FB to delete her account if she died, so they did. They also wiped every message she sent. If I open the conversation now it's 8 years of me and blank spaces. Including the message she sent shortly before taking her own life. I don't think that's right.
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    4. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 15 May 2018
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      Marcin Wichary Retweeted Adrian Holovaty

      As long as we’re going technical, for me it’s git branch names – filling up with abandoned projects and explorations, made harder to recognize by the fact that my branch names are sometimes vague words like “test” or “whatever”.https://twitter.com/adrianholovaty/status/996268542365487104 …

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      Adrian HolovatyVerified account @adrianholovaty
      Replying to @mwichary
      A bit geekier, but the ~/.ssh/known_hosts file, listing servers you've accessed. Former jobs, old projects I helped friends with, old hostnames for stuff on my local network.
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    5. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 15 May 2018
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      Marcin Wichary Retweeted Luca|Frums

      Yes, yes! Compared to desktop, Chrome and Safari on iPhone make it much harder to realize many tabs are open and don’t get slower because of them; I myself have hundreds of accidental tabs between the two, the earliest ones going back many years.https://twitter.com/encorestage/status/996388225844363264 …

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      Luca|Frums @encorestage
      Replying to @encorestage @mwichary
      And one extra vote for old mobile Safari tabs - when I did a cleanout a couple months ago, I was thrown into a history of my trip to Japan far more specific than my photo library could have told it - hours for small restaurants, personal sites of musicians I met with, etc.
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    6. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 15 May 2018
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      Marcin Wichary Retweeted Out of Element Design

      This is a fascinating interaction.https://twitter.com/OutOfElement_i/status/996389698699513856 …

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      Out of Element Design @OutOfElement_i
      Replying to @mwichary
      A couple of times I've reconnected with people of whom I was reminded by auto fill in Gmail when intending to message someone with a similar name.
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    7. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 15 May 2018
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      Open Recent in any application you don’t use very often. My computer is relatively new, but even then here’s Sketch, reminding me of a project from over a year ago.pic.twitter.com/PW6ph9oE94

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    8. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 15 May 2018
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      Whoa, this thread has been written up by both @jkottke and @nickheer on their respective wonderful blogs, with even more examples within: 1. https://kottke.org/18/05/old-memories-accidentally-trapped-in-amber-by-our-digital-devices … 2. https://pxlnv.com/linklog/uis-that-amass-memories/ …

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    9. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 15 May 2018
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      Marcin Wichary Retweeted

      This, this, this, yes: https://twitter.com/atarrant/status/996423832910020608?s=21 …

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    10. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 15 May 2018
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      (This, for example, is me standing in front of a construction site in Tokyo in February – doubly beautiful since my mom tells me I used to be obsessed with construction sites when I was very little in Poland, something I personally have no recollection of.)pic.twitter.com/41TukMKOPK

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      Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 15 May 2018
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      Marcin Wichary Retweeted

      A few people mentioned Bluetooth speaker or peripherals pairings: https://twitter.com/regolithlibby/status/996444260453961728 …

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      10:48 AM - 15 May 2018
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      • Raphael Kats ☁️ 𝒥𝓊𝓁𝒾ℯ 🌥 Erka Koivunen (have-YER! Candeira) Pitiphong P. limeonaire 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ mask your nose + mouth now Bhoka
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        2. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 15 May 2018
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          Marcin Wichary Retweeted Keith Ahern

          Great example of an unexpected interaction of two different components. “The photos are forgotten are until you accidentally use spotlight to load Photo Booth instead of iPhoto!”https://twitter.com/keithahern/status/996457932475846656 …

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          Keith Ahern @keithahern
          Replying to @mwichary
          OS X Photo booth. We all played with it when it came out. Lots of us showed it to kids. Mine is full of goofy photos from friends with young families visiting. The photos are forgotten are until you accidentally use spotlight to load Photo booth instead of iPhoto!
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        3. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 15 May 2018
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          Marcin Wichary Retweeted Mike Vosseller

          Ha.https://twitter.com/mpv/status/996558318259892230?s=21 …

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          Mike Vosseller @mpv
          Replying to @mwichary
          http://1800Flowers.com  address book can be a list of girlfriend past (+ Mom).
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        4. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 16 May 2018
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          Marcin Wichary Retweeted Kim A. Bøe

          I wonder whether there has ever been a piece of software that understood that it’s been offline for multiple years (e.g. its programmers thought about this situation).https://twitter.com/kimaboe/status/996732810584043520 …

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          Kim A. Bøe @kimaboe
          Replying to @mwichary
          Found another. During college, I had a http://Lynda.com  subscription to learn software in-depth. Today, my company gave us access to LinkedIn Learning (which is Lynda in disguise). Two Lynda courses I did not complete in 2012 just showed up, ready to resume mid-lesson.
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        5. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 16 May 2018
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          Marcin Wichary Retweeted

          Oh, that’s a good one. You can’t even shred those any more! —.— https://twitter.com/serifluous/status/996795585016381440?s=21 …

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        6. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 16 May 2018
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          Which reminds me! Bruce Tognazzini highlighted long time ago how the design of a trash icon on Mac and Windows has a fatal flaw: it looks worse if filled, prompting people to empty it, thus actually reducing the usefulness of the only thing it was meant to do!

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        7. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 16 May 2018
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          Contrary to real-life trash, onscreen trash can gets more and more useful the longer it stays *not* emptied. The design of the delete function – even details like this – can heavily influence how long the data sticks around. For (in this case) better or (in other cases) worse.

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        8. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 16 May 2018
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          Marcin Wichary Retweeted

          Oh, wow. https://twitter.com/tinnnei/status/996824409804496897?s=21 …

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        9. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 16 May 2018
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          Marcin Wichary Retweeted 𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘵

          I’m so happy people are still sending nominations for this thread.https://twitter.com/perambulance/status/996936429266599936 …

          Marcin Wichary added,

          𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘵 @perambulance
          my doordash history. either a real good night or a real bad day https://twitter.com/mwichary/status/996056615928266752 …
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        10. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 16 May 2018
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          Marcin Wichary Retweeted

          https://twitter.com/kevin_isaacson/status/996941712449818625 …

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        11. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 16 May 2018
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          Always so much joy and pride when something you make gets onto MetaFilter. …and many wonderful examples inside. “I occasionally get a spam from a dead account formerly owned by someone who broke my heart to pieces. It tiny-kills me all over again.”https://www.metafilter.com/174152/UIs-that-accidentally-preserve-memories …

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        12. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 16 May 2018
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          Two more highlights: “Oh, one of the biggies for me is Google Hangouts, still cheerfully reminding me that long lost friends are offline.” “My Netflix viewing history is interesting to look through. I can tell when I was sick and/or depressed.”

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        13. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 16 May 2018
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          Marcin Wichary Retweeted Brandon Downey

          Memories in the digital world come with a heftier price.https://twitter.com/bdowney/status/996982825848004608?s=21 …

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          Brandon Downey @bdowney
          Replying to @mwichary
          It's really like you're one step away from discovering computer forensics. Apps that have memory => apps that will rat you out when interrogated.
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        14. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 17 May 2018
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          Marcin Wichary Retweeted Tᴏɴʏ Cʜᴜʀɴsɪᴅᴇ

          Ah, this is a really good one. The text message notifications from rarely used services.https://twitter.com/tonychurnside/status/997017488729788417 …

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          Tᴏɴʏ Cʜᴜʀɴsɪᴅᴇ @TonyChurnside
          Replying to @mwichary
          Some probably said this already, but roaming texts from my mobile provider ... pic.twitter.com/IuHg4tiyH9
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        15. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 17 May 2018
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          Marcin Wichary Retweeted foone

          Uh. That last bit feels pretty awful.https://twitter.com/Foone/status/996972573089873921 …

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          foone @Foone
          Replying to @mwichary
          Paypal apparently doesn't let you delete alternate delivery addresses, so I've got like 10 years of apartments and a couple addresses for people who are no longer alive, plus at least one trans person's deadname.
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        16. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 17 May 2018
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          Ah. :·(https://www.metafilter.com/174152/UIs-that-accidentally-preserve-memories#7402886 …

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        17. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 17 May 2018
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          Marcin Wichary Retweeted

          There might not ever be a better tweet to end this thread with. Thank you, everyone! https://twitter.com/itsthomson/status/997183477123506176 …

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        18. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 19 May 2018
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          Marcin Wichary Retweeted Abigail Rumsey  🌈  🇪🇺

          (I’m going to add a few more examples that I got recently.) Here’s a funny one:https://twitter.com/Abbie2020/status/997495529855692800 …

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          Abigail Rumsey  🌈  🇪🇺 @Abbie2020
          I only use Google Voice Search when I'm drunk with my friends. It's funny to listen back to the snippets of us shouting at my phone. @mwichary https://buff.ly/2IlL5v4  pic.twitter.com/63BCtAcSyO
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        19. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 19 May 2018
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          Marcin Wichary Retweeted Kevin Twohy

          This one is heart-breaking:https://twitter.com/kevintwohy/status/997967860713639936 …

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          Kevin Twohy @kevintwohy
          Replying to @thenoyes @mwichary
          After my brother passed away, it took me a year to bring myself to look at our old messages. 368 days after he passed, I realized that somehow this toggle had gotten set to “1 Year.” Devastated. I think about it all the time. pic.twitter.com/5gjiFtlPpI
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        20. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 19 May 2018
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          Marcin Wichary Retweeted Malcolm is back by the  🌎cean!

          An example of a UI that understands what passage of time means to people:https://twitter.com/Malcolm_Ocean/status/997964436999720961 …

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          Malcolm is back by the  🌎cean! @Malcolm_Ocean
          Replying to @mwichary
          I've never coded something specifically for multiple years, but if you come back to @CompliceGoals after being away for awhile, you get this prompt: pic.twitter.com/mCXtucIoE4
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        21. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 21 May 2018
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          Marcin Wichary Retweeted Rich Cheng

          This is a beautiful story.https://twitter.com/sedm0784/status/998594847526309888 …

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          Rich Cheng @sedm0784
          Replying to @mwichary
          That one reminds me of this comic, which makes me cry every time I read it: http://www.duelinganalogs.com/comic/a-tear-jerking-story-about-animal-crossing/ …
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        22. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 14 Sep 2018
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          Nick Heer just wrote of another example, Keychain Access on his Mac: https://pxlnv.com/linklog/amassed-memories-keychain/ …

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        23. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 17 Sep 2020
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          I just learned of this touching story during a talk at Config Europe. “i stopped right in front of the finish line, just to ensure i wouldnt delete it.”https://www.news.com.au/technology/home-entertainment/gaming/xbox/teenager-finds-his-dead-dads-ghost-car-in-xbox-rally-game/news-story/efa72f58c02fa57f9de15fd1c9675e6f …

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