October 2011
6 posts
I name thee...
A bunch of people (mostly on Kickstarter) pointed out that I (well, my kit) needed a better name. I thought hard, I took long contemplative walks, I talked to fortune tellers and oracles, I sought guidance from the heavens…
And decided to call it: Chi-qoo (“chee-koo”)
Well, here’s the real story (although, if you don’t like the name, I still blame the oracles). The...
It's happening!
The Kickstarter campaign ended successfully last night, with over $30,000 (or 400% of hour target) raised! So, we’re working hard to get the designs finalized, and get them off for manufacturing. There are still some details to work out, but it’s gonna happen. It’ll take about 2-3 weeks for the funds to show up in the bank, so current estimated shipping date is early November.
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Here's to the crazy ones...
A Palo Alto company once bootstrapped a hardware business by hand-soldering circuit boards and selling their first product as a kit that came with a wooden enclosure.
No, we’re not talking about BootstrapSolar. We’re talking about Apple and the Apple I.
While the Apple 1 may not have been invented were it not for Steve Wozniak’s technical genius, Apple the company surely...