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 ]
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
"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":
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
👇 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:
Where Research Begins just reached 100,000 copies sold worldwide... and is now available in Thai! 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...
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."
An Uzbek edition of Where Research Begins is now in the works! #ResearchAroundTheWorld whereresearchbegins.com
Look what just arrived in the mail! 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...
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.
@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
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
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.
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...
📢 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...
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 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 🧵🪡
✈️ 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...
Share this to anyone who would want to get started in typography! 🤩🤩 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...
800 people are going to watch Dr. Adam Yeo speak TODAY at Face/Interface 2025 @stanfordsilicon.bsky.social 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...
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.
nature.com
Face/Interface 2025 is this Friday and Saturday at Stanford! In-Person is 100% sold out, but FREE VIRTUAL registration is still open! FULL SCHEDULE + SIGN UP LINK HERE: face-interface.com
“Whoever thought that a book about 'hypographic semiotics' could be so absorbing?” We knew. Tom Mullaney’s “The Chinese Computer” is for anyone interested in the past—and future—of language and technology: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262047517/the-chinese-computer/ @tsmullaney.bsky.social
REGISTER HERE: stanford.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Face/Interface 2025: Global Type Design and Human-Computer Interaction. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Face/Interface 2025: Global Type Design and Human-Computer Interaction. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
stanford.zoom.us
Thrilled to welcome UNESCO ADG Dr. Tawfik Jelassi to Stanford University for his talk, "Harnessing Language Technologies to Promote Linguistic Diversity in the Digital Age" Register for FREE here: eventbrite.com/e/faceinterf...
Thrilled to welcome UNESCO ADG Dr. Tawfik Jelassi to Stanford University for his talk, "Harnessing Language Technologies to Promote Linguistic Diversity in the Digital Age" Register for FREE here: eventbrite.com/e/faceinterf...
The Chinese Computer was selected by @nature.com as a Best Book of 2024. www.nature.com/articles/d41... cc @mitpress.bsky.social @weatherheadcenter.bsky.social
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.
nature.com