Marcin Wichary
Guess who finished the index for his book today!!!
Jun 11, 2023 at 12:32amWeb
Show threadMarcin WicharyJun 11, 2023
Fun fact: The background of all these photos was the white Magic Trackpad. 🫡
Show threadMarcin WicharyJun 11, 2023
I think my favourite of this strange batch of handpicked keys is this misprinted (misinjected?) Gorton F in orange. Once in a while it’s good for typography to treat itself less seriously.
Show threadMarcin WicharyJul 31, 2023

Since a few people suggested this, this is now available as a poster!

https://aresluna.org/keyboard-secrets/store/

(Alas shipping is U.S. only so far because I had that set up already – if you are interested in shipping to a different country, please reach out to me.)

Shift Happens poster store

Show threadYoshi CarrollJul 31, 2023
@mwichary I love it! Looking forward to hanging it on my wall. 😍
Show threadDave KleinJul 31, 2023
@mwichary Wait a minute. I need these.
Show threadJeremy BurgeJun 11, 2023
@mwichary how many guesses do we get
Show threadMarcin WicharyJun 11, 2023
@jeremyburge Ha!
Show threadJohn AycockJun 11, 2023
@mwichary Maybe a custom job. Batman, for example, was known to commission a Gorton.
Show threadKimball Fink-JensenJun 11, 2023
@mwichary looks like Comic Sans
Show threadKatjaJun 11, 2023
@mwichary And it somehow still looks classy! The quiet resilience of good #design.
Show threadMichael SelvidgeJun 11, 2023
@mwichary wabi sabi!
Show threadTreyJun 11, 2023
@mwichary what’s the thing to the left of the trackpad? Looks cool!
Show threadMarcin WicharyJun 11, 2023
@trey A little LED fill light.
Show threadBrendan ThompsonJun 11, 2023
@mwichary just preordered your book based on this post!
Show threadMarcin WicharyJul 31, 2023
@BrendanThompson Amazing! Thank you.
Show threadJacob ¶. FordJul 31, 2023
@mwichary woah! Photography tip.
Show threadMichael B. JohnsonJun 11, 2023
@mwichary Sweet!
Show threadLars Karlslund Jun 11, 2023
@mwichary not the Trump prosecutors, that's for sure
Show threadwakest likes your bugs ⁂Jun 11, 2023
@mwichary that is absolutely gorgeous
Show threadSt. ChrisJun 11, 2023
@mwichary Good heavens, I was in the middle of things back when @gruber posted about this. Glad I managed to squeak in an order just now.
Show threadMarcin WicharyJun 11, 2023
@FormerlyStC @gruber Thanks!
Show threadSt. ChrisJun 11, 2023
@mwichary That photography is so crisp I can feel the keys. I suddenly felt a deep sensory connection with the book. (So, yes, I’m a keyboard person.)
Show threadMarcin WicharyJun 11, 2023
@FormerlyStC That was an explicit goals for my book. I didn’t want drawings or patents, but always real, high-quality photos. I commissioned a few realistic renders for things that couldn’t be photographed.
Show threadSt. ChrisJun 11, 2023
@mwichary I have now dug into the website a bit and ended up reading your "Dear Cynthia" newsletter. Yes, this is the book for me. (Doesn't hurt that Glenn is on the job.)
Show threadJohn HarrisJun 11, 2023
@mwichary Ahh I hated doing mine. I eventually figured it'd be faster and more accurate to write a Python script to help me do the index. I did, it worked. Still one of my better recent coding achievements.
Show threadMarcin WicharyJun 11, 2023
@rodneylives I hired an indexer for the content part.
Show threadGik  | 💙➡️🇺🇦Jun 11, 2023
@mwichary Keys in the Song of Life
Show threadkeith shtumJun 11, 2023
@mwichary boris johnson?
Show threadDavid OakleyJun 11, 2023
@mwichary ZX Spectrum+ “O”!
Show threadNelson MinarJun 11, 2023
@mwichary I'm excited for the index because I know it's being done with as much care as everything else!
Show threadfaxmodemJun 11, 2023
@mwichary Pro Tip: "O" will let you go anywhere in the book
Show threadHypertalkingJun 11, 2023
@mwichary 👏🏻
Show threadClemens Jun 11, 2023
@mwichary would love this is a poster! 😍
Show threadRetroFun.PLJun 11, 2023
@mwichary can't wait!
Show threadJanJun 11, 2023
@mwichary Are E, /, Z Mac keys?
Show threadMarcin WicharyJun 11, 2023
@jncn I J and Z. E is Bloomberg Terminal
Show threadJanJun 11, 2023
@mwichary Lovely!
Show threaddavidrperryJun 11, 2023
@mwichary congratulations!! SO looking forward to the book!