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Madame Sandi Tells Your Future, RubyConf

Sandi Metz
November 18, 2014

Madame Sandi Tells Your Future, RubyConf

RubyConf 2014 Keynote. Your fortune as revealed by the history of printing.

Sandi Metz

November 18, 2014
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  1. Nov 2014 @sandimetz -3000 0 Hand Written Book Scroll 1450

    Hand Set Type 1884 Linotype Phototypesetting 1965
  2. @sandimetz Nov 2014 http://www.flickr.com/photos/sifu_renka/4582745849/ scroll https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Papyrus.jpg papyrus http://www.flickr.com/photos/karitsu/6474361019/ quill http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Herkulaneischer_Meister_002b.jpg

    codex wax http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ezra_Codex_Amiantinus.jpg scriptorium http://www.flickr.com/photos/texaseagle/4252186765/ goose http://www.flickr.com/photos/gcwest/4200422919/ goose flock http://www.flickr.com/photos/staflo/6227690623/ sheep http://www.flickr.com/photos/veridiano3/8953082552 sheep herd http://www.flickr.com/photos/dplmedmss/8646459725 psalter1 http://www.flickr.com/photos/dplmedmss/8647305788 antiphonal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bible.malmesbury.arp.jpg handwritten bible http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gutenberg_Bible.jpg guttenburg bible on vellum http://www.flickr.com/photos/59999295@N00/1555769725/ wine press http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vespasian_aureus_Fortuna.png coin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Stack_of_Copy_Paper.jpg paper http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Johannes_Gutenberg.jpg johannes gutenberg http://www.flickr.com/photos/tara_siuk/4697947899/ screw press1 http://www.flickr.com/photos/buschap/3917984966/ screw press2 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Fi_garamond_sort_001.png garamond sort Credits
  3. @sandimetz Nov 2014 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:De_Vinne_1904_-_Punch_and_matrix.jpg punch http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-P1nLeLxbMRY/TwbGBasMz5I/AAAAAAAAA_Y/10B08c0vmU4/s1600/4%2B%2BLe%2Bmoule%2B-%2Bgray %2B-%2Bdet%2Ba.jpg hand mould http://www.gutenberg.org/files/36372/36372-h/36372-h.htm

    mold http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Metal_movable_type.jpg type http://www.flickr.com/photos/rachel_patterson/5203143703/ screw press3 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Caxton_Celebration_- _William_Caxton_showing_specimens_of_his_printing_to_King_Edward_IV_and_his_Queen.jpg screw press in action http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gutenberg_Bible,_Lenox_Copy,_New_York_Public_Library,_2009._Pic_01.jpg guttenburg http://www.flickr.com/photos/firebrat/4039217939/ helvitica medium compressed http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereotype_(printing) type setter http://www.flickr.com/photos/crankypressman/5748478018/ type drawer1 http://www.flickr.com/photos/firebrat/3610213119/ type drawers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Fotothek_df_roe-neg_0006484_033_Herstellen_einer_Mater_(Stereotypie).jpg stereotype http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:OttmarMergenthaler.jpg mergenthaler http://www.flickr.com/photos/ebriel/5405672843/ matrix http://www.flickr.com/photos/ebriel/5406278232/ slug1 http://www.flickr.com/photos/jvk/157085152/ slug2 Credits
  4. @sandimetz Nov 2014 http://www.flickr.com/photos/vox/4993442758/ matrix drawer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:De_Vinne_1904_-_Linotype_machine_diagram.png http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Linotype-vorne-deutsches-museum-annotated.jpg http://www.flickr.com/photos/hyperbolation/34629637/ keyboard

    http://archive.org/details/Typesett1960_2 linotype_in_action http://www.flickr.com/photos/gibbisons/5539426316/ linotype model 8 http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicksherman/3873807436/ linotype is cold http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:De_Vinne_1904_-_Linotype_line_assembling_mechanism.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Linotype_matrices.png matrix with spacers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Linotype_justification.png linotype justification http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Linotype_mold_disk.png http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Linotype_mold_and_pot.png http://www.flickr.com/photos/gibbisons/5539424346/ slug3 http://www.flickr.com/photos/zigazou76/5824923338/ matrix teeth http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Linotype_distributor.png http://www.flickr.com/photos/rubberbandage/5826816840/ linotype output http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/fsa.8d22721/ loc composing room http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/fsa.8d16558/ loc_composing_room_dallas http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/fsa.8d16561/ loc_dictionary http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/fsa.8d22722/ loc_linotype_slug_pickup Credits
  5. @sandimetz Nov 2014 http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/fsa.8d22746/ loc_layout_sports_page http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/fsa.8d22756/ loc_hammering http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/fsa.8d22733/ loc_mat_stereotype layout_in_action

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ File:Door_toename_automatisering_in_krantenbedrijf_verdwijnt_het_oude_zettersvak_Weeknummer,_77-14_-_Open_Beelden_- _13160.ogv layout_in_action http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:European_Output_of_Books_500%E2%80%931800.png chart http://www.flickr.com/photos/baggis/4956073171/ rusty linotype http://www.flickr.com/photos/lynnfriedman/7312622748/ fortune teller http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidkosmos/3913069094/ zoltar http://www.flickr.com/photos/gibsonsgolfer/5604698756/ build community http://www.flickr.com/photos/bmcirillo/76100593/ habitat build http://www.flickr.com/photos/romancing_the_road/6837490473/ habitat build http://www.flickr.com/photos/rob_swystun/8098077876/ habitat sawing http://www.flickr.com/photos/romancing_the_road/6837508055/ habitat parking http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikebaird/6844753141/ happy family http://www.flickr.com/photos/madmetal/2208315035/ child on skateboard http://www.flickr.com/photos/chris9149/2789177046/ ink on hands http://www.flickr.com/photos/zaneselvans/5735363634/ rider with big sky Credits