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Model 01 Day 363: Vendor selection

Hello from Oakland! TL;DR: Got a bunch of quotes. Eliminated all but two potential manufacturers. Checking references now. Jesse’s probably spending July in Shenzhen doing DFM and getting set for...

Model 01 Kickstarter Day 325: So many factory v...

Hello from Oakland! TL;DR: Back from China. Have good manufacturing options. Should have all remaining quotes in hand this month, so we can pick one and get your keyboards made....

Model 01 Kickstarter Day 301: Progress on Sever...

Hello from Taipei! A very jetlagged Jesse here—Kaia's back in Oakland minding the farm. I arrived late Tuesday night and spent this week meeting with the first two of eight...

Model 01 Kickstarter Day 265: A setback

TL;DR: We got dumped. We’ve had the ceremonial pint of Ben & Jerry’s and we’re on our way to finding a new manufacturer. Before you ask, no, there’s no Tinder...

Model 01 Kickstarter Day 235: Happy Year of the...

Hello from Oakland! TL;DR: everything’s moving forward. though progress in January was slower than we’d hoped for. Electrical Engineering Since we last wrote, we sent our schematics and circuit board...

Model 01 Day 204: Happy New Year!

Hello from Oakland! We hope your 2016 is off to a great start. Here’s what we’ve been up to lately: Electrical engineering After the last backer update, a couple of...