A brief reflection and look at how far our community has come since joining. I’ve been in the mechanical keyboard hobby for a very long time. It started as a high school student’s search for a keyboard for writing novels back in the 2008-2009 school year. I thought I wanted to be an author and I felt I needed a keyboard that I could sit down to at my desk and just write. After researching, joining forums, and saving money, I made my first purchase in the hobby, a blank black Happy Hacking Keyboard Professional 2. I still own this keyboard and while it is heavily modded now, it remains one of my all-time favorites. My HHKB Pro2 with MitchCapped Accents Many people would have stopped there, but keyboards became a hobby. I enjoyed learning about them, and early on, I enjoyed hunting for them in thrift shops. I would dig through bins at Goodwill and Salvation Army while popping keycaps off with paperclips looking for mechanical switches. I searched for a birthday Model M...
May 7, 2024
While I know that this all may seem a tad bit obvious to some people out there, I can assure you from first-hand experience that it’s easy to get lost in all of the cool keyboards and artisans at your first few meetups. Tack on the experience of getting to meet some of your favorite content creators or streamers in person if they too are at the meetup and it’s going to be hard to remember that there’s other keyboard nerds around you just as excited to be there as you are. So, whether you’re planning your first meetup or your hundredth, make sure to remember to bring some extra cash, an appetite, and some fun stories to share about all of the stuff you’re bringing to show off!