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• Fav tech museums

  Jan 05, 2026Marcin Wichary

  A photo essay of 20-something best tech museums I’ve been to… and three bad ones.

• The Clock

  Dec 13, 2025Marcin Wichary

  In the 1980s, the dead space between our television programs was filled with… a clock.

• The primitive tortureboard

  Aug 31, 2025Marcin Wichary

  Untangling the myths and mysteries of Dvorak and QWERTY. (First online appearance of a chapter originally published in printed form in December 2023. 8,000 words. 33 photos.)

• The new homepage

  Aug 27, 2025Marcin Wichary

  I finally updated my homepage! It’s not really flashy in any way, but it has a lot of links to what I’ve done over the last years. As part of it, I restored some of my “classic” Twitter and other social media threads, too. If you like my work, chances are you will find here something you enjoy.

• The day Return became Enter

  Aug 25, 2025Marcin Wichary

  A deep dive into the convoluted and fascinating story of one of the most important keys on the keyboard. (First online appearance of an essay originally published in printed form in December 2023. 3,100 words. 35 photos.)

• Frame of preference

  Jul 08, 2025Marcin Wichary

  A story of early Mac settings told by a bunch of emulators. (8,800 words. 10 emulators.)

• Steve Jobs, Jef Raskin, and the first great war for your thumbs

  Mar 29, 2025Marcin Wichary

  On some brilliant, idiosyncratic, and often ill-fated gambits to transform computer input. (New version of an essay originally posted in March 2023. 3,400 words.)

• A hacker’s guide to bending the universe

  Mar 18, 2025Marcin Wichary

  If you're going to conquer the world, you can't let a broken CRT monitor stand in your way. (New version of an essay originally posted in March 2016. 3,200 words.)

• In the footsteps of Robert Moses

  Mar 18, 2025Marcin Wichary

  Roadtripping across the bridges, highways, and parks of America’s most controversial urban planner. (New version of a photoessay originally posted in June 2014. 7,000 words, 100 photos.)

• Seesaws for giants

  Mar 18, 2025Marcin Wichary

  Chasing Chicago’s movable bridges. (New version of a photoessay originally posted in August 2014. 900 words, 50 photos.)

• The hardest working font in Manhattan

  Feb 14, 2025Marcin Wichary

  A story of a 150-year-old font you have never heard of – and one you probably saw earlier today. (6,100 words, 600 photos.)