I finished reading Shift Happens, and thought I'd rant in favor of spending a bit on your (yes, your!) keyboard, in the name of comfort and ergonomics.
Tl;dr: if you're spending real money on a desk chair or a good monitor, perhaps it's time to give your keyboard some love as well.
Also, the HHKB is objectively the best keyboard you can buy today, and I will not admit any argument to the contrary.
OMG I just learned that there's a freakin' LEGO set to build a typewriter! That fits perfectly with the freshly arrived volumes of "Shift Happens" by @mwichary :3
3333 Vorbestellungen - Ihr habt es geschafft!😍
Das SHIFTphone 8 erhält damit 12 GB Arbeitsspeicher, statt der angekündigten 8 GB. Für uns bedeutet dies allerdings auch, dass wir den finalen Preis des SHIFTphone 8 (ursprünglich 555 EUR) um 22 EUR – also auf 577 EUR zzgl. Gerätepfand – anheben müssen. Alle bis gestern eingetroffenen Vorbestellungen profitieren natürlich ohne Preiserhöhung von den 12 GB RAM.
ab sofort könnt ihr euer SHIFT6m mit dem Universalakku (SHIFT6mq, SHIFTkeys & SHIFTphone 8) nutzen.🔋
Alles, was ihr dafür braucht, ist der neue SHIFT6m-Akku-Adapter.🙂
Wichtig: Gleichzeitig ist auch ein neues Update (ShiftOS 1.9.G) erschienen, das Softwareanpassungen enthält und vor der ersten Nutzung des neuen Adapter installiert werden soll.
Wow I forgot I had ordered this! Two volumes (plus extras) of Shift Happens including slip case. Having just flipped through this book already makes me unreasonably happy! #keyboards#ComputingHistory#ShiftHappens
And it's beautiful! 2½ volumes full of all you wanted to know about keyboards. It's like a slice of the very geekiest pre-social media internet condensed into book form, and I love it.
Very excited to report my copy of #shifthappens has made it to Scotland in pristine condition - looks gorgeous. Can’t wait to get stuck into it @mwichary@glennf
Plus, it’s only thanks to the Gorton Perfected sampler I realised the signage souvenirs I took from my academic career when I left nearly 15 years ago are actually engraved Gorton! Always something new to learn 😀
Had a blast taking @mwichary with @Jongleur around Sydney’s Lower North Shore before a visit to the Australian Computer Museum Society HQ! Please visit again, Marcin! #ShiftHappens
Yay, thanks so much @glennf and @mwichary, just got my copy of #shifthappens today. Packed excellently, fantastic all around. Can't wait to dive into it!
The wait is over at last, I have received my copy of @mwichary's history of keyboards, #ShiftHappens! Looking forward to a rich and wonderfully curated history of typography
When @mwichary said the #ShiftHappens packaging was being re-engineered to keep the books safe, he was NOT KIDDING. I've received computers with far poorer packing!
(The books themselves are ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS, I cannot wait to snuggle in and pore through them!)
My copy of Shift Happens, a voluminous history of keyboards, arrived in the mail today, and it is every bit as fabulous a production as promised. (And masterfully packed to boot.) Kudos to @mwichary and @glennf!
Anybody else noticing, in recent weeks, that more folks than usual are processing Big Emotions? Jobs, family, health, uncertainty, fear. Phew. I'm glad I'm trained to help - it's a privilege.
When you can let the emotions come, and look for their wisdom, they often transform into something more helpful.
Überschreiten wir die Zahl von 2777 vorbestellten Geräten, erhalten alle Personen, die bis zu diesem Zeitpunkt ein SHIFTphone 8 vorbestellt haben, einen Gutschein über 15 % Rabatt auf unser Shop-Sortiment.💳
Mehr Infos zum Gutschein findet ihr auf der Statusseite.