Tom Mullaney
@tsmullaney.bsky.social
Chinese Computing & IT + Where Research Begins: http://bookshop.org/shop/wrb Father of 2 #firstgen Stanford Historian, Guggenheim Fellow, Songwriter, LOC Kluge Chair
The Resilience of Ukrainian Cyrillic: A Journey from Past to Present
Kateryna Korolevtseva, presented by @stanfordsilicon.bsky.social
Wednesday, May 7, 12-1:30pm
FREE & OPEN
Location: Stanford University, Hohbach Hall 126
[Use the Green Library entrance closest to Coupa Café ]
Kateryna Korolevtseva, presented by @stanfordsilicon.bsky.social
Wednesday, May 7, 12-1:30pm
FREE & OPEN
Location: Stanford University, Hohbach Hall 126
[Use the Green Library entrance closest to Coupa Café ]
April 29, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The Resilience of Ukrainian Cyrillic: A Journey from Past to Present
Kateryna Korolevtseva, presented by @stanfordsilicon.bsky.social
Wednesday, May 7, 12-1:30pm
FREE & OPEN
Location: Stanford University, Hohbach Hall 126
[Use the Green Library entrance closest to Coupa Café ]
Kateryna Korolevtseva, presented by @stanfordsilicon.bsky.social
Wednesday, May 7, 12-1:30pm
FREE & OPEN
Location: Stanford University, Hohbach Hall 126
[Use the Green Library entrance closest to Coupa Café ]
Time to wake up and have Coffee #1 at ATypi Copenhagen?
Exciting news is about two drop: the names of students + instructors for the inaugural Donald Knuth & Charles Bigelow Type Design Incubator, powered by @stanfordsilicon.bsky.social @wordsoftype.com @letterformarchive.org
Exciting news is about two drop: the names of students + instructors for the inaugural Donald Knuth & Charles Bigelow Type Design Incubator, powered by @stanfordsilicon.bsky.social @wordsoftype.com @letterformarchive.org
April 23, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Time to wake up and have Coffee #1 at ATypi Copenhagen?
Exciting news is about two drop: the names of students + instructors for the inaugural Donald Knuth & Charles Bigelow Type Design Incubator, powered by @stanfordsilicon.bsky.social @wordsoftype.com @letterformarchive.org
Exciting news is about two drop: the names of students + instructors for the inaugural Donald Knuth & Charles Bigelow Type Design Incubator, powered by @stanfordsilicon.bsky.social @wordsoftype.com @letterformarchive.org
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"This history deserves to be known, and I am grateful that someone else has done the years of hard research necessary to write what feels like the endeavor of a lifetime."
@chinabksreview.bsky.social reviews @tsmullaney.bsky.social's books "The Chinese Computer" and "The Chinese Typewriter":
@chinabksreview.bsky.social reviews @tsmullaney.bsky.social's books "The Chinese Computer" and "The Chinese Typewriter":
The Race to Type in Chinese | China Books Review
The Chinese typewriter was thought to be an impossible invention. Then they made one. In the computer age, creating a digital input system for Chinese characters proved even more challenging — and…
chinabooksreview.com
April 22, 2025 at 6:28 PM
"This history deserves to be known, and I am grateful that someone else has done the years of hard research necessary to write what feels like the endeavor of a lifetime."
@chinabksreview.bsky.social reviews @tsmullaney.bsky.social's books "The Chinese Computer" and "The Chinese Typewriter":
@chinabksreview.bsky.social reviews @tsmullaney.bsky.social's books "The Chinese Computer" and "The Chinese Typewriter":
Reposted by Tom Mullaney
👇 Really great to see an extended review by @jmchatwin.bsky.social that pairs discussion of both @tsmullaney.bsky.social's influential instant classic The Chinese Typewriter and his impressive and engaging new book on The Chinese Computer
The Chinese typewriter was thought to be an impossible invention. Then they made one. In the computer age, creating a digital input system for Chinese characters proved even more challenging — and changed the way we use language.
Read Jonathan Chatwin's review of Thomas Mullaney:
Read Jonathan Chatwin's review of Thomas Mullaney:
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April 17, 2025 at 1:02 PM
👇 Really great to see an extended review by @jmchatwin.bsky.social that pairs discussion of both @tsmullaney.bsky.social's influential instant classic The Chinese Typewriter and his impressive and engaging new book on The Chinese Computer
Where Research Begins just reached 100,000 copies sold worldwide... and is now available in Thai!
whereresearchbegins.com
whereresearchbegins.com
April 21, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Where Research Begins just reached 100,000 copies sold worldwide... and is now available in Thai!
whereresearchbegins.com
whereresearchbegins.com
My sincere thanks to the committee for this honor!
THE FIVE BEST BOOKS ON CHINA IN 2024
The shortlist for the nonfiction Baifang Schell Books Prize is out, picked by experts @yangyangcheng.bsky.social @jwassers.bsky.social @isabelh.bsky.social @barbarademick.bsky.social & Andy Nathan.
Happy reading!
chinabooksreview.com/2025/04/08/s...
The shortlist for the nonfiction Baifang Schell Books Prize is out, picked by experts @yangyangcheng.bsky.social @jwassers.bsky.social @isabelh.bsky.social @barbarademick.bsky.social & Andy Nathan.
Happy reading!
chinabooksreview.com/2025/04/08/s...
April 16, 2025 at 7:31 PM
My sincere thanks to the committee for this honor!
I am humbled and stunned to be nominated for this prize, especially when I see the other authors on the list. My sincere thanks to the committee.
Huge congratulations to @tsmullaney.bsky.social, whose book "The Chinese Computer" has been shortlisted for the Baifang Schell Book Prize!
"... a technology detective story, written with verve and subtle humor."
"... a technology detective story, written with verve and subtle humor."
Shortlist: 2024 Nonfiction Book Award | China Books Review
Announcing a shortlist of five books for the Baifang Schell Book Prize: Award for Outstanding Nonfiction Book on China or the Sinophone World.
chinabooksreview.com
April 16, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I am humbled and stunned to be nominated for this prize, especially when I see the other authors on the list. My sincere thanks to the committee.
An Uzbek edition of Where Research Begins is now in the works!
#ResearchAroundTheWorld
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#ResearchAroundTheWorld
whereresearchbegins.com
March 25, 2025 at 3:34 PM
An Uzbek edition of Where Research Begins is now in the works!
#ResearchAroundTheWorld
whereresearchbegins.com
#ResearchAroundTheWorld
whereresearchbegins.com
Look what just arrived in the mail!
Congratulations to my former advisee Koji Hirata!
Congratulations to my former advisee Koji Hirata!
March 7, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Look what just arrived in the mail!
Congratulations to my former advisee Koji Hirata!
Congratulations to my former advisee Koji Hirata!
Deadline alert! 🚨 Apply to the SILICON Type Design Incubator Program by this Friday!
Get started in Type Design for FREE
As in:
Free Tuition
Free Glyphs license
Free Adobe Creative Commons license
Apply here for the SILICON Type Design Incubator, powered by @wordsoftype.com @adobelive.bsky.social @letterformarchive.org
forms.gle/SfF884rQuDCW...
As in:
Free Tuition
Free Glyphs license
Free Adobe Creative Commons license
Apply here for the SILICON Type Design Incubator, powered by @wordsoftype.com @adobelive.bsky.social @letterformarchive.org
forms.gle/SfF884rQuDCW...
February 27, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Deadline alert! 🚨 Apply to the SILICON Type Design Incubator Program by this Friday!
The Chinese Computer has been translated, I'm delighted to see.
February 26, 2025 at 12:09 AM
The Chinese Computer has been translated, I'm delighted to see.
Revised manuscript submitted.
I've never done 4 all-nighters before in the same month.
Time to get some rest.
I've never done 4 all-nighters before in the same month.
Time to get some rest.
February 20, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Revised manuscript submitted.
I've never done 4 all-nighters before in the same month.
Time to get some rest.
I've never done 4 all-nighters before in the same month.
Time to get some rest.
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@tsmullaney.bsky.social (Stanford University), Adobe, @letterformarchive.org and Words of Type have joined forces to offer a 5-10 week course.
With support from Font Proofer and @glyphsapp.com
With support from Font Proofer and @glyphsapp.com
February 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
@tsmullaney.bsky.social (Stanford University), Adobe, @letterformarchive.org and Words of Type have joined forces to offer a 5-10 week course.
With support from Font Proofer and @glyphsapp.com
With support from Font Proofer and @glyphsapp.com
Reposted by Tom Mullaney
There is still time to apply!!!
Are you studying a script considered as digitally disadvanted? Meaning: a script that has very few or hardly any presence in the digital world, due to missing encoding, none or complex keyboard implementation or use, etc.
+info and application 👉 link in bio
Are you studying a script considered as digitally disadvanted? Meaning: a script that has very few or hardly any presence in the digital world, due to missing encoding, none or complex keyboard implementation or use, etc.
+info and application 👉 link in bio
February 7, 2025 at 4:58 PM
There is still time to apply!!!
Are you studying a script considered as digitally disadvanted? Meaning: a script that has very few or hardly any presence in the digital world, due to missing encoding, none or complex keyboard implementation or use, etc.
+info and application 👉 link in bio
Are you studying a script considered as digitally disadvanted? Meaning: a script that has very few or hardly any presence in the digital world, due to missing encoding, none or complex keyboard implementation or use, etc.
+info and application 👉 link in bio
We are so grateful to Stanford President Jonathan Levin for his financial support for, and his glowing remarks about, SILICON @stanfordsilicon.bsky.social during Face/Interface 2025 at Stanford University
SILICON is working hard to advance Digitally Disadvantaged Languages in the 21st century.
SILICON is working hard to advance Digitally Disadvantaged Languages in the 21st century.
January 22, 2025 at 4:54 PM
We are so grateful to Stanford President Jonathan Levin for his financial support for, and his glowing remarks about, SILICON @stanfordsilicon.bsky.social during Face/Interface 2025 at Stanford University
SILICON is working hard to advance Digitally Disadvantaged Languages in the 21st century.
SILICON is working hard to advance Digitally Disadvantaged Languages in the 21st century.
Get started in Type Design for FREE
As in:
Free Tuition
Free Glyphs license
Free Adobe Creative Commons license
Apply here for the SILICON Type Design Incubator, powered by @wordsoftype.com @adobelive.bsky.social @letterformarchive.org
forms.gle/SfF884rQuDCW...
As in:
Free Tuition
Free Glyphs license
Free Adobe Creative Commons license
Apply here for the SILICON Type Design Incubator, powered by @wordsoftype.com @adobelive.bsky.social @letterformarchive.org
forms.gle/SfF884rQuDCW...
January 22, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Get started in Type Design for FREE
As in:
Free Tuition
Free Glyphs license
Free Adobe Creative Commons license
Apply here for the SILICON Type Design Incubator, powered by @wordsoftype.com @adobelive.bsky.social @letterformarchive.org
forms.gle/SfF884rQuDCW...
As in:
Free Tuition
Free Glyphs license
Free Adobe Creative Commons license
Apply here for the SILICON Type Design Incubator, powered by @wordsoftype.com @adobelive.bsky.social @letterformarchive.org
forms.gle/SfF884rQuDCW...
📢 Attn Stanford Grad Students (incl. Co-Term MAs)
SILICON, a new Stanford President’s Office-funded initiative focused on advancing Digitally Disadvantaged Languages in the 21st c., is thrilled to announce the 1st-ever SILICON-UNESCO Internship (Deadline Feb 4).
solo.stanford.edu/opportunitie...
SILICON, a new Stanford President’s Office-funded initiative focused on advancing Digitally Disadvantaged Languages in the 21st c., is thrilled to announce the 1st-ever SILICON-UNESCO Internship (Deadline Feb 4).
solo.stanford.edu/opportunitie...
January 21, 2025 at 6:58 AM
📢 Attn Stanford Grad Students (incl. Co-Term MAs)
SILICON, a new Stanford President’s Office-funded initiative focused on advancing Digitally Disadvantaged Languages in the 21st c., is thrilled to announce the 1st-ever SILICON-UNESCO Internship (Deadline Feb 4).
solo.stanford.edu/opportunitie...
SILICON, a new Stanford President’s Office-funded initiative focused on advancing Digitally Disadvantaged Languages in the 21st c., is thrilled to announce the 1st-ever SILICON-UNESCO Internship (Deadline Feb 4).
solo.stanford.edu/opportunitie...
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Thank you @stanfordsilicon.bsky.social and @tsmullaney.bsky.social for a great conference. I still can’t believe I was invited to speak at Stanford!
I am flying home a little smarter then when I left, with new friends, more connections, lots of ideas, and some cool books and swags. Thank you 🙏
I am flying home a little smarter then when I left, with new friends, more connections, lots of ideas, and some cool books and swags. Thank you 🙏
January 20, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Thank you @stanfordsilicon.bsky.social and @tsmullaney.bsky.social for a great conference. I still can’t believe I was invited to speak at Stanford!
I am flying home a little smarter then when I left, with new friends, more connections, lots of ideas, and some cool books and swags. Thank you 🙏
I am flying home a little smarter then when I left, with new friends, more connections, lots of ideas, and some cool books and swags. Thank you 🙏
Reposted by Tom Mullaney
I had an amazing time at Face/Interface 2025, put on by @stanfordsilicon.bsky.social this weekend. So many great talks! I was struck by something @tsmullaney.bsky.social said — “Privilege is the ability to move onto ‘cooler problems.’” Let’s talk about that! 1/10 #langsky #language #technology 🧵🪡
January 19, 2025 at 11:03 PM
I had an amazing time at Face/Interface 2025, put on by @stanfordsilicon.bsky.social this weekend. So many great talks! I was struck by something @tsmullaney.bsky.social said — “Privilege is the ability to move onto ‘cooler problems.’” Let’s talk about that! 1/10 #langsky #language #technology 🧵🪡
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✈️ I am on my way to Stanford to present at Face/Interface 2025. Feeling very privileged to be in the same room as so many amazing folks working in #language #technology! While in-person tickets are sold out, you can still register for free to view the event livestream — link is below! #langsky
Excited to share that Stanford President Jonathan Levin will be attending Face/Interface, and introducing our Keynote Speaker, Dr. Adam Yeo
FULL CALENDAR: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/1a24w...
REGISTER: www.eventbrite.com/e/faceinterf...
FULL CALENDAR: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/1a24w...
REGISTER: www.eventbrite.com/e/faceinterf...
Face/Interface 2025: Global Type Design and Human-Computer Interaction
Scholars, designers, engineers, & technologists gather to explore global type design and human-computer interaction
www.eventbrite.com
January 16, 2025 at 10:52 PM
✈️ I am on my way to Stanford to present at Face/Interface 2025. Feeling very privileged to be in the same room as so many amazing folks working in #language #technology! While in-person tickets are sold out, you can still register for free to view the event livestream — link is below! #langsky
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Share this to anyone who would want to get started in typography! 🤩🤩
We can’t be more proud to be part of this collaboration 😃
We can’t be more proud to be part of this collaboration 😃
At Face/Interface 25, we're thrilled to announce the SILICON Type Design Incubator
In collab w/ @wordsoftype.com @letterformarchive.org @adobelive.bsky.social and @glyphsapp.com we invite students from *everywhere*, especially Digitally Disadvantaged Language communities
forms.gle/EsWsKWCJwWfX...
In collab w/ @wordsoftype.com @letterformarchive.org @adobelive.bsky.social and @glyphsapp.com we invite students from *everywhere*, especially Digitally Disadvantaged Language communities
forms.gle/EsWsKWCJwWfX...
January 16, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Share this to anyone who would want to get started in typography! 🤩🤩
We can’t be more proud to be part of this collaboration 😃
We can’t be more proud to be part of this collaboration 😃
800 people are going to watch Dr. Adam Yeo speak TODAY at Face/Interface 2025 @stanfordsilicon.bsky.social
face-interface.com
face-interface.com
January 17, 2025 at 2:19 PM
800 people are going to watch Dr. Adam Yeo speak TODAY at Face/Interface 2025 @stanfordsilicon.bsky.social
face-interface.com
face-interface.com
At Face/Interface 25, we're thrilled to announce the SILICON Type Design Incubator
In collab w/ @wordsoftype.com @letterformarchive.org @adobelive.bsky.social and @glyphsapp.com we invite students from *everywhere*, especially Digitally Disadvantaged Language communities
forms.gle/EsWsKWCJwWfX...
In collab w/ @wordsoftype.com @letterformarchive.org @adobelive.bsky.social and @glyphsapp.com we invite students from *everywhere*, especially Digitally Disadvantaged Language communities
forms.gle/EsWsKWCJwWfX...
January 16, 2025 at 2:59 PM
At Face/Interface 25, we're thrilled to announce the SILICON Type Design Incubator
In collab w/ @wordsoftype.com @letterformarchive.org @adobelive.bsky.social and @glyphsapp.com we invite students from *everywhere*, especially Digitally Disadvantaged Language communities
forms.gle/EsWsKWCJwWfX...
In collab w/ @wordsoftype.com @letterformarchive.org @adobelive.bsky.social and @glyphsapp.com we invite students from *everywhere*, especially Digitally Disadvantaged Language communities
forms.gle/EsWsKWCJwWfX...
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www.nature.com/articles/d41... —cool to see another place (along with China Books Review) where The Chinese Computer by @tsmullaney.bsky.social is on a books of 2024 list
Thoughtless obedience and the healing power of trees: 2024’s best Books in brief
Bibliophile Andrew Robinson reveals 10 essential science reads from the past year.
www.nature.com
January 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
www.nature.com/articles/d41... —cool to see another place (along with China Books Review) where The Chinese Computer by @tsmullaney.bsky.social is on a books of 2024 list