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.
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Marcin Wichary’s Shift Happens launched on Kickstarter four hours ago and is already 150 percent funded. I was going to put a joke here but heck, I’m just excited that it’s happening. I can’t wait to read it.
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