obrajesse

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1. 61.▲
   by obrajesse 10y ago

   https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/keyboardio/the-model-01...
2. 62.▲
   by obrajesse 10y ago

   The combo USB/MicroUSB thing has been around for a few years. I met the original designer at CES 2015. The lightning/MicroUSB thing is, I believe, new.
3. 63.▲
   by obrajesse 10y ago

   Certainly. I also didn't bargain particularly hard. Though I did have a native speaker (Helen) who lives in Shenzhen with me the whole time.
4. 64.▲
   by obrajesse 10y ago

   It looked like an iPhone. It didn't work like an iPhone.
5. 65.▲
   by obrajesse 10y ago

   In this case, all of the fake cards were "name brands" I think I got offered "Samsung", "Kingston" and "SanDisk" cards at roughly (but not exactly) the same pricing. Retail packaging was available at
6. 66.▲
   by obrajesse 10y ago

   Yup. And Taobao is often even cheaper. Sadly, a lot of the Aliexpress stuff is so cheap because it's unlicensed/knockoffs. It'll work, but in a lot of cases, it's the hardware equivalent of pirating software. :/
7. 67.▲
   by obrajesse 10y ago

   Somewhat astonishingly, I've only rarely had an issue photographing things in HQB. Some of the worst of the iPhone fakers and some of the folks selling unique designs do ask you not to take pictures, but almost everybody is totally coo
8. 68.▲
   by obrajesse 10y ago

   https://www.sparkfun.com/tutorials/58 might help explain
9. 69.▲
   What $50 buys you at the Huaqiangbei electronics market in Shenzhen, China(medium.com)

   358 points by obrajesse 10y ago|118 comments
10. 70.▲
    by obrajesse 11y ago

    Thanks! Out of curiosity, what would be your ideal?
11. 71.▲
    by obrajesse 11y ago

    Jesse from Keyboardio here - you can't move the physical keycaps, but we'll have a blank version of the legends available as an option. We're still hopeful that we'll be able to offer custom legends at a reasonable price
12. 72.▲
    by obrajesse 11y ago

    Jesse from Keyboardio here - We'll be releasing enclosure CAD so you can build your own enclosure that feels different or better fits your own aesthetics. (Once we're shipped, we'll also probably play around with some alterna
13. 73.▲
    by obrajesse 11y ago

    Swartz.
14. 74.▲
    by obrajesse 11y ago

    They got the team behind it, who now work on other parts of Dropobox
15. 75.▲
    How we integrated 5 Slack instances with 14 lines of Perl(blog.keyboard.io)

    3 points by obrajesse 12y ago|0 comments
16. 76.▲
    by obrajesse 13y ago

    You can. If you're resting the outer sides of your palms on the keyboard and resting the heel of your thumb on the palm keys, they won't activate. you have to push down slightly to get them to.
17. 77.▲
    by obrajesse 13y ago

    'k
18. 78.▲
    by obrajesse 13y ago

    nod
19. 79.▲
    by obrajesse 13y ago

    Thanks :) How do you deal with arm fatigue when using a vertical keyboard?
20. 80.▲
    by obrajesse 13y ago

    Manufacturability. Something curved/contoured would be better, but I would rather make something good than fail to make something better.
21. 81.▲
    by obrajesse 13y ago

    Have your sales folks reach out to me? jesse at keyboard.io
22. 82.▲
    by obrajesse 13y ago

    I use 'ergonomic' to describe the general category of keyboard. I wouldn't even begin to claim that my keyboards (or ANY keyboard) will protect you from getting RSI. If you have recommendations for better buzzwords, I'm
23. 83.▲
    by obrajesse 13y ago

    The split design is..not great in my lap, which is usually where I rest my keyboard. With better mechanical design, that could be better. But no, it's mostly about manufacturability and simplicity for what will be my first physical &#x
24. 84.▲
    by obrajesse 13y ago

    You should drop Kinesis a line. They're amazing at standing by their products.
25. 85.▲
    by obrajesse 13y ago

    I haven't, mostly because this is all out of pocket and I've been operating with the assumption that larger vendors aren't going to be willing to work for peanuts for an 'unstartup' I'd love to find out I'
26. 86.▲
    by obrajesse 13y ago

    Thanks! OSH Park isn't a great deal for keyboard production. my keyboards are on the order of 60 square inches. Ordering from Seeed, I get 10 copies of my board for $200 in about a week.
27. 87.▲
    by obrajesse 13y ago

    Thanks for the link to LABI. I've never been there. I'll have to check it out next time I'm in Tokyo.
28. 88.▲
    by obrajesse 13y ago

    Really? Do you remember which store or which brand? I can't think of any current keyboard with Cherry switches and a trackpoint.
29. 89.▲
    by obrajesse 13y ago

    Thanks! The ErgoDox layout is nearly identical to the Kinesis and Maltron layouts, so it's not exactly without precedent, but yeah. I think we can do better :)
30. 90.▲
    by obrajesse 13y ago

    The most minimalist thing currently in production is probably: http://matias.ca/halfkeyboard/