Kodsnack Kodsnack 260 - Such a gangster name for a keyswitch
Tobias and Fredrik talk to Erez Zukerman, CEO and co-founder of Ergodox EZ, creators of the ergonomic mechanical keyboard of the same name. Tobias is a fan and user since a while back, and Erez tells us about why you decide to make a keyboard, how you manage to ship hardware on time the first time, how things are going and a little bit about what’s in store for the future of Ergodox EZ. We wrap up with a few listener questions. If you have more, just send them to Erez or us, we will grab any reasons to talk even more about keyboards! Thanks a lot for taking the time Erez!
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Links- Ergodox EZ
- Erez Zukerman
- Dominic Beauchamp
- Dmitry Slepov
- Tibbo
- Massdrop
- Kinesis advantage
- Ortholinear keyboards - keys are in aligned lines, rather than offset
- Microsoft natural keyboard
- Kinesis advantage 2
- Colemak
- Dvorak
- Truly ergonomic
- Mathias ergo pro
- Keyboardio
- Ultimate hacking keyboard
- Shenzen
- OEM - original equipment manufacturer
- Indiegogo
- Cherry keyswitches
- Gateron - another manufacturer of keyswitches
- Key chatter
- Kailh switches
- Kailh bronze (thick gold)
- Typing, Ghost in the shell style
- MX speed silver
- TMK
- QMK
- Jack Humbert
- olkb.co
- The keyboard configurator web interface
- Maxim Gladkov
- Basecamp
- DHH
- pimpmykeyboard.com
- Signature plastics
- Florian Degran
- React
- Mobx
- State tree
- Graphql
- Ergodox EZ on Twitter
- Me wanting a keyboard
- A lot of money for me to pay for a box of parts
- Ortholinear and bowl-shaped
- Just because it was cool and expensive
- I went from being able to type 120 words per minute to being able to type 10
- The full strange experience
- My first foray into hardware
- We shipped on time
- Go with the right partner
- The interests are aligned
- Extreme transparency
- Each keyswitch is a moving part
- We’re sorry, we have an enormous lead time
- Thousands of keyswitches which we can’t use
- Big enough to get Cherry’s attention
- I’m still emotional about that
- Developing software is my refuge
- Such a gangster name for a keyswitch
- Like typing on popcorn
- The key pushed the socket out of the PCB
- Direct support from the plastic
- Just like you pull a tooth
- Be genuinely nice
- Favor-driven development
- A number of frantic pairing sessions
- I’m not looking for the hockey stick
- We’re not great for everyone
- We make it in an office building in Taiwan
- We pay models to hang out with the keyboard
- I don’t try to convince you
- I give you the facts and I trust you
- Geeking out with keyboards