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Model 01 Day 481: Part samples and drop tests

Jesse Vincent

Hello from Oakland! TL;DR: Keycap tooling is almost done! The feet design we were concerned about last time was as bad as we thought. We think we’ve got something much better....

Model 01 Day 481: Part samples and drop tests

Jesse Vincent

Hello from Oakland! TL;DR: Keycap tooling is almost done! The feet design we were concerned about last time was as bad as we thought. We think we’ve got something much better....

September 2017: A surprise trip to Shenzhen to ...

Jesse Vincent

TL;DR: QC of the first 1000 keyboards starts tomorrow. They should be on a plane to the US by Monday; The wood factory is working on the second 1000 enclosures,...

September 2017: A surprise trip to Shenzhen to ...

Jesse Vincent

TL;DR: QC of the first 1000 keyboards starts tomorrow. They should be on a plane to the US by Monday; The wood factory is working on the second 1000 enclosures,...

Model 01 Day 795 (August 2017): Reports from th...

Jesse Vincent

TL;DR: PVT keyboards are in customers hands; we’ve been working to ensure that issues found during the PVT run will be resolved before mass production starts next week; we’re working...

Model 01 Day 795 (August 2017): Reports from th...

Jesse Vincent

TL;DR: PVT keyboards are in customers hands; we’ve been working to ensure that issues found during the PVT run will be resolved before mass production starts next week; we’re working...

Model 01 Day 743: PVT

Jesse Vincent

Hello from Oakland! TL;DR: PVT assembly is done; Mass Production should start next month. We have quite a bit of news to report this month. Probably the biggest and most...

Model 01 Day 743: PVT

Jesse Vincent

Hello from Oakland! TL;DR: PVT assembly is done; Mass Production should start next month. We have quite a bit of news to report this month. Probably the biggest and most...

May 2017 update

Jesse Vincent

TL;DR: Initial FCC/CE pretesting results; Component sourcing craziness; We’re guessing that we’re about two weeks out from starting PVT Hello from Oakland, When we last wrote, we were pretty sure...

May 2017 update

Jesse Vincent

TL;DR: Initial FCC/CE pretesting results; Component sourcing craziness; We’re guessing that we’re about two weeks out from starting PVT Hello from Oakland, When we last wrote, we were pretty sure...

March 2017 update part two: Plastics, Pollution...

Jesse Vincent

TL;DR: Plastic parts are looking good; Wooden parts are looking good; Raw material costs in China are skyrocketing; Open source is amazing. Hello from Oakland! This is part two of...

March 2017 update part two: Plastics, Pollution...

Jesse Vincent

TL;DR: Plastic parts are looking good; Wooden parts are looking good; Raw material costs in China are skyrocketing; Open source is amazing. Hello from Oakland! This is part two of...