Episode 10: Marcin Wichary quit his job for his love of keyboards

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Marcin Wichary (MAR-cheen ve-HAR-ay) is a brilliant writer, coder, and speaker famous for going deep on everything he does. We discuss his entire history from college through joining Google, to creating the famous playable Pac-Mac google doodle, to joining Medium, and ultimately becoming so obsessed with typewriters and keyboards he took a sabbatical from work to begin writing a book, then he never looked back. The first draft of his book is done and now he's in the editing and publishing phase, hoping to release it next year.

Marcin Wichary (MAR-cheen ve-HAR-ay) is a brilliant writer, coder, and speaker famous for going deep on everything he does. We discuss his entire history from college through joining Google, to creating the famous playable Pac-Mac google doodle, to joining Medium, and ultimately becoming so obsessed with typewriters and keyboards he took a sabbatical from work to begin writing a book, then he never looked back. The first draft of his book is done and now he's in the editing and publishing phase, hoping to release it next year.

Links:

Aresluna — Marcin's personal websiteMarcin Wichary (@mwichary) | TwitterMarcin's college project with logo designs, building layouts, etc.30th Anniversary of PAC-MAN — The greatest Google Doodle of all timeAbove my Google cubicle | Marcin Wichary | FlickrWebstock ‘17: Marcin Wichary - Charles Babbage’s mouse pointer on Vimeo — Marcin's Webstock talk that covers the Pac Man Google Doodle a bitStanisław Lem playable Google doodleCode for AmericaCode for America Summit | Streetmix demo on YouTubeStreetmix: Build a streetCrafting link underlines on Medium – Designing MediumThe curious case of the disappearing Polish S – Medium EngineeringSnow Fall: NYTimes.com — The article demo that launched a thousand design essaysMr. Phelan’s building – Urban explorations – MediumResearching the Phelan Building – Marcin Wichary – Medium — The sort of DVD extras to the previous long piece on the Phelan BuildingWhat I learned about languages just by looking at a Turkish typewriterShift happens: A book in progress – Marcin Wichary – MediumShift happens: How it started – Marcin Wichary – Medium — The story of the start of Marcin's book on keyboardsShift Happens book updates | Revue — Marcin's newsletter about the book if you want to follow alongMarcin Wichary on Twitter: "So, something magical happened to me today, and I wanted to tell you all about it." — A long twitter thread where Marcin details his serendipitous visit to a typewriter museumMarcin's Internet Archive scans and uploadsPodcast Hosting and Analytics - Fireside