New in the collection, pt. 1: Keyport 717
As soon as the last copies of the book made it to people, I ran away from it toward other projects, none of them including print – a talk about pixel fonts,...
One more prototype
Since the book will soon be delivered to about half the people who ordered it, with many to follow in the next weeks, I thought I’ll start sharing a few of...
The worst thing about writing a book is that one day you’ll be done
A few sentences of dialogue from a 1968 sci-fi book changed the way I look at writing. The book is called Tales of Pirx the Pilot and written by someone...
Cover story, pt. 2
As the book is nearing its delivery, please check out the cute mini game I made out of the book’s slipcase. Click or tap to open Shift Happens Cover Stories...
Cover story, pt. 1
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A to-do list of to-do lists
The dream state of writing a book is the flow state. It’s romantic, this idea that the skies part and perfect words and metaphors and connections flow...
Two days until the end of the Kickstarter campaign!
Hello, friends! I’m finding Kickstarter kind of funny, because it separates milestones in strange ways. A successful Kickstarter is better than a failed one,...
The cursed universes of Dana Sibera
The Kickstarter for Shift Happens still has 10 days to go. Please help us get to $700,000 and unlock a free nice colorful third-volume for everyone by...
The big things and the small things from the last two days
If you backed the book, you have seen some – but not nearly all – of this in my first (!) backer update. The campaign update The Kickstarter campaign was...
The Kickstarter for Shift Happens is live!
Kickstarter I just pressed the Enter key at the right place, and the Kickstarter for my book went live. I hope you find it valuable and entertaining, and...
Kickstarter launches in a week + Launch livestream details
The Kickstarter for the book will launch on Tuesday, February 7, at 9am Pacific! I will send another email before so you won’t miss it, but you can also...
The monkey lives
Happy New Year! The website for the book is ready at shifthappens.site. I’m really excited about it: you can see what the book is going to look like exactly...
A man walks into a progress bar
I’ve printed many versions of the book before using print on demand, but what arrived last week feels so much more important. It’s the first test from the...
The trip to Spain: The bad parts
In the chronology of my Spanish trip going haywire, the hard drive dying came on May 5, after me getting COVID and after the cat sitter locked herself out of...
Some good news
I finally have some good news to share. We† found the right paper and the printer that knows what to do with it, and have all the verbal agreements we need....
The soul of an old solenoid
There are some exciting new developments on the printer/paper front. If things go well, I’ll have something to announce next time! Please keep your fingers...
The trip to Spain: The good parts
All of the linked photos are compressed, but they come in the original 42-megapixel resolution from my current camera. Yes, megapixel wars were and are...
The modifiers vs. the keepers
Throughout the history of keyboards, a battle has been fought by two opposing camps. On one side, there were keyboards with the modifier keys – the Shifts,...
“Something magical happened to me today.”
What’s going on with the book There’s no easy way to put this. The book is ready to go. The writing, proofreading, typesetting are completely done, and...
Moiré no more
I learned a thing long time ago, and it was: Once you print something, you can’t get it back. On the surface, this statement doesn’t make any sense. Scanners...
