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
There's going to be some talks, presentations, and positively enough keebs and caps to keep your interest.
DATE: Sunday, September 3rd
LOCATION: Code Chrysalis 〒106-0046 B2 Vort Moto-Azabu 3-1-35 Moto-Azabu Minato Ku Tokyo
REQUIRED RSVP FORM HERE: • Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/Tokyo-Mechanical-Keyboard-Meetup/ • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/323628108048914/
SCHEDULE: 13:00 - 14:00 — Opening 14:00 - 16:00 — Talks (the content is still being finalized) • Tokyo60 Project • Voidkeys Keycaps • Matt's Let's Split GB • Make Your Own Keyboard Doujinshi by @Pekaso • Video reply from OLKB • Zambumon's Projects
16:00 - 17:00 — Raffle and Wrap-up 17:00 - ??? — Afterparty
GOODIES & OTHER SPECIALTIES • /u/jackhumbert aka OLKB offered us to make a video reply on your questions. If you got a question post it here or on twitter with hashtag #tokyomk3, we'll try to sort through them and ask the most interesting ones :) • We might have some goodies donated by local members which we are going to raffle. If you want to donate us more stuff, please don't hesitate to contact me • Free stickers with new logo design!
SOME PHOTOS FROM PAST EVENTS:
And if you can't make it out, or your nowhere near the meetup, that's okay! Follow their channels to stay in the loop of when the next ones are going on, or to vicariously take part from afar:
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1726891124190363/ • Twitter: https://twitter.com/search?q=%23tokyomk3&src=typd
Is there a Mech Key Meetup in YOUR area that we should know about? Tell us about it in the discussion. Thanks!