Web of Tomorrow
A podcast about the web and the people who build it.
In each episode Adam interviews somebody who works in the web world as a designer, developer, manager, advocate, or founder. These are people who have built something awesome or are experts in something awesome. Together we're all building the web of tomorrow.
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48: Cassidy Williams - Mechanical Keyboards and Scrabble Keycaps
8/8/2018
Cassidy is really into mechanical keybards. She talks about how she got into keyboards, some keyboard vocabulary, and the Scrabble keycaps she launched on Massdrop.
Hosts
Guests
Show Notes
- Cassidy Williams on Twitter
- cassidoo.co/
- Venmo
- Massdrop
- Mechanical keyboard subreddit
- WASD keyboards
- Sentraq
- Clueboard
Keyboard sizes
- 100%
- TKL - tenkeyless - 75-80%
- 66-68% - takes off the function row
- 60% - takes off arrow keys
- 40% - takes off number row
- 30%
- Orthogonal - keys are in a straight grid
- Ergodox
- Iris
Switches
- Membrane Keyboard
- Butterfly switches
- Clicky switches
- Tactile switches
- Linear switches
- Clear switches
- Cherry brand switches
- Box Navy switches
- Zealio switches
Keycap Profile
- DSA keycaps
- SA keycaps
- DCS keycaps by Signature Plastic
- GMK - made by a german company in the same shape as DCS
- XDA - similiar to DSA with a wider face for legends
Legends
Dye sublimated
Double-shot molding
DSA Borealis - glow in the dark legends
Blank keycaps
Homing keys
ABS plastic - can get shiny over time
PBT plastic
Artisan keycaps
Layers
Cases
Preonic - can play music
Transcript
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