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Yes, you can hire me as a crowdfunding consultant, book editor, or project manager. See this page for more details. The book project Shift Happens raised over $750,000 via crowdfunding on Kickstarter…

Shift Happens is a new book by Marcin Wichary that attempts to tell the century-and-a-half-long story of typewriters and keyboards. It’s launching on Kickstarter today.

I just got my copy of Shift Happens, an absurdly overengineered, utterly lovely, two-volumes-and-change book by Marcin Wichary on the history of the keyboard. It’s astonishing. A small number of extras will be available soon. The Verge’s Jon Porter spoke to Wichary last February just as the book’s Kickstarter launched. Check it out.

Long distance can be tough, jealousy inducing, and fairly grim. But it can also be wonderful and actually strengthen your relationship. Both are valid.

Besides being a fun tool, this pad's layers work great for OS-switching.

Tomorrow is Super Saturday. Thats what the retail trade industry has dubbed the last Saturday before Christmas, aka Panic Saturday, as fitting for last-minute procrastinators. Its frequently the biggest shopping day of the year--bigger than Black Friday or Cyber Monday.

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The history of keyboards – from early typewriters to modern mechanical marvels – told in two beautiful volumes.

Marcin Wichary on his long quest to capture everything that shaped modern type.

By Joe W. Bowers Jr., Edward Henderson and Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media - California State University has appointed Dr. Berenecea Johnson Eanes as its first female president, California is suing five of the world's largest oil companies for billions of dollars in damages, and a bill to allow churches to build affordable housing has passed the California Legislature.