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KEYCON WEST 2014!
« on: Tue, 11 February 2014, 09:17:12 »
KEYCON WEST WILL BE JULY 12-13 IN MOUNTAIN VIEW COURTESY 724support.com YAAA!!!!

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KeyCon West 2014 is in my company's office building. Here is the address:

724support.com
Stand Sure Systems
1077B Independence Ave
Mountain View, CA 94043
650-967-9070

 - Ron | samwisekoi


More information on the meetup, such as schedules and presentations, can be found in the Keycon West Organization thread.

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FOLKS!

We're about due for another Keycon. This time it will be in Northern CA; Mountain View at the 724support.com offices (courtesy samwisekoi!).

I haven't nailed down a date yet, but I'm looking at the end of April/early May timeframe. I may stretch a little into May after Cal lets out or earlier in April so that I don't collide with Cal's finals.

Mountain View is easily accessible via San Francisco International Airport (SFO), San Jose International Airport (SJO), and Oakland International Airport (OAK). It's also a hop skip and a jump up from Southern California, where a number of our vendors live.

Please use this thread to discuss potential dates (what dates work well for you? what dates don't?). Cool stuff to do, and duration of convention. My initial thought is to make it an entire weekend of events. We could have the convention floor open Saturday AND Sunday and have some cool junkets (John Muir National Park! Marin Headlands SP! Crissy field and the SF Presidio! Museum Crawl! and more!) that are optional and locally organized.

Finally, if you're a vendor, please let me know if you have any major conflicts (trade shows, quarter-end statement prep, etc. etc.) in that timeframe.

FINALLY, if you're iMav, please go through your calendar and post up some dates that work for you.

THANKS FOLKS! Looking forward to meeting everyone and having an awesome keyboard-filled weekend!


CPTBadAss Edit (5/29/14): Just to clear up any confusion this is essentially a community gather or meetup of Geekhackers. We're going to play with samwisekoi's pinball machines, each other's keyboards, and perhaps listen to some presentations from attendants.  I may have a camera to make some fun videos.

At the moment, I'm not aware of any vendors attending. So don't expect that Filco is going to show up with a limited edition Keycon keyboard. There may be some things for sale and vendors have expressed interest in coming. But I haven't heard anything *for sure*.

You don't actually need convention tickets or anything so no need to contact 724support.com. This is the thread that has all the information. All you need to do is to show up on 7/12-7/13 the tentative start time of 0900 Pacific Time USA (9 AM). Tentative end times (not including dinners/hangouts) is at 1700 Pacific Time USA (5 PM).

This thread will be updated with more solid info when it comes in. Tentative planning information can be found in the Organization thread found above.

6/6/14 - CPTBadAss is running a GB for Keycon t-shirts here. Please take a look if you're interested.
« Last Edit: Fri, 04 July 2014, 10:57:36 by samwisekoi »

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Re: KEYCON WEST 2014!
« Reply #1 on: Tue, 11 February 2014, 09:21:06 »
If I can manage to put the money aside for it, any summer weekend should work perfectly for me! KEYCONNNN YEAHHHHHH!

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Re: KEYCON WEST 2014!
« Reply #2 on: Tue, 11 February 2014, 09:31:54 »
Please let this be in the summer. It definitely needs to be on a weekend. May at the earliest. I'll be going regardless but it would really be better for me if it were May or early June...maybe even later in the year. Think I have conflicts late June and late August. Other than that I'm not too picky for a "summer" timeframe.

I think a full day of keyboards would work out fine. Like 10-6 or something?

And then another day of hanging out. If we're going to SFO? I demand a food crawl; with lots of coffee and ice cream. What would really be cool is if we could go to like Massdrop or something keyboard/computer related. I'm sure I'll have more ideas after I visit this month.
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Re: KEYCON WEST 2014!
« Reply #3 on: Tue, 11 February 2014, 09:35:30 »
Yes, weekend would be great. I can't miss this one... Missing KEYCON 2013 = so much regret.
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Re: KEYCON WEST 2014!
« Reply #4 on: Tue, 11 February 2014, 09:46:11 »
I'll do my best to make it over! Bit bigger of a drive than Chicago, but I'm up for it!

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Re: KEYCON WEST 2014!
« Reply #5 on: Tue, 11 February 2014, 10:07:42 »
I'll submit a vacation request now, but there's a very good chance I will be able to take some time off around then. Time to start raising funds for airfare!

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Re: KEYCON WEST 2014!
« Reply #6 on: Tue, 11 February 2014, 10:15:37 »
Watching this with much interest. 

Once you finalize the date, I will have a better idea if I can make it or not. 
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Re: KEYCON WEST 2014!
« Reply #7 on: Tue, 11 February 2014, 12:03:55 »
It's in my backyard so I'll almost certainly be there.  The sooner we nail down a date, though, the better.

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Re: KEYCON WEST 2014!
« Reply #8 on: Tue, 11 February 2014, 12:05:50 »
It's in my backyard so I'll almost certainly be there.  The sooner we nail down a date, though, the better.

Likewise, I will definitely be in attendance. Are the Go Karts working yet?

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Re: KEYCON WEST 2014!
« Reply #9 on: Tue, 11 February 2014, 12:06:38 »
I heard Ron has a pinball machine too. Can someone confirm that? :P

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Re: KEYCON WEST 2014!
« Reply #10 on: Tue, 11 February 2014, 12:57:11 »
Aww NorCal not SoCal :'(

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Re: KEYCON WEST 2014!
« Reply #11 on: Tue, 11 February 2014, 12:59:39 »
I'll do my best to make it over! Bit bigger of a drive than Chicago, but I'm up for it!

I hear you're driving me again?

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Re: KEYCON WEST 2014!
« Reply #12 on: Tue, 11 February 2014, 13:02:48 »
I wish I could attend but alas I don't think I can convince the wife to take that long of a drive (also a sitter for the 5 and 1 year old for an entire weekend might be a bit of an issue).  That said I would love to join but I doubt I can.  I will still be keeping all ears on everything Keycon.
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« Reply #13 on: Tue, 11 February 2014, 13:03:51 »
I'll do my best to make it over! Bit bigger of a drive than Chicago, but I'm up for it!

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Re: KEYCON WEST 2014!
« Reply #14 on: Tue, 11 February 2014, 13:05:21 »
I'll do my best to make it over! Bit bigger of a drive than Chicago, but I'm up for it!

I hear you're driving me again?

I'll do my best to make it over! Bit bigger of a drive than Chicago, but I'm up for it!

pick up pls....

You guys are approaching this all wrong. GB on tickets.

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Re: KEYCON WEST 2014!
« Reply #15 on: Tue, 11 February 2014, 13:09:28 »
I'll do my best to make it over! Bit bigger of a drive than Chicago, but I'm up for it!

I hear you're driving me again?

I'll do my best to make it over! Bit bigger of a drive than Chicago, but I'm up for it!

pick up pls....

You guys are approaching this all wrong. GB on tickets.

LOL
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Re: KEYCON WEST 2014!
« Reply #16 on: Tue, 11 February 2014, 13:12:19 »

I'll do my best to make it over! Bit bigger of a drive than Chicago, but I'm up for it!

I hear you're driving me again?

I'll do my best to make it over! Bit bigger of a drive than Chicago, but I'm up for it!

pick up pls....

You guys are approaching this all wrong. GB on tickets.

LOL

I suppose I'll need to rent a bus for this trip!

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Re: KEYCON WEST 2014!
« Reply #17 on: Tue, 11 February 2014, 13:31:47 »
Mo NO Money, Mo Problems....
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Re: KEYCON WEST 2014!
« Reply #18 on: Tue, 11 February 2014, 13:37:47 »
Mo NO Money, Mo Problems....

Not to mention time

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Re: KEYCON WEST 2014!
« Reply #19 on: Tue, 11 February 2014, 13:48:13 »
I'm going to really try to make this one. I'm also bummed about missing Chicago since that's closer to me as well.

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« Reply #20 on: Tue, 11 February 2014, 13:48:37 »
Mo NO Money, Mo Problems....

Not to mention time
I could easily get 14 consecutive days off from work. But I can't afford to leave this town!!
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Re: KEYCON WEST 2014!
« Reply #21 on: Tue, 11 February 2014, 13:51:30 »
Mo NO Money, Mo Problems....

Not to mention time
I could easily get 14 consecutive days off from work. But I can't afford to leave this town!!

Yea, sorry, probably mostly my fault.

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Re: KEYCON WEST 2014!
« Reply #22 on: Tue, 11 February 2014, 13:54:24 »
Mo NO Money, Mo Problems....

Not to mention time
I could easily get 14 consecutive days off from work. But I can't afford to leave this town!!

Yea, sorry, probably mostly my fault.
Well, You got me into keyboards.. But had you not, I would have no reason to go to KeyCon anyway...
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Re: KEYCON WEST 2014!
« Reply #23 on: Tue, 11 February 2014, 13:58:48 »
Everyone stop feeling bad about things and start saving up for the trip. I recommend a diet of no eBay and no more GBs on GH. :P
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Re: KEYCON WEST 2014!
« Reply #24 on: Tue, 11 February 2014, 13:59:14 »
Mo NO Money, Mo Problems....

Not to mention time
I could easily get 14 consecutive days off from work. But I can't afford to leave this town!!

Yea, sorry, probably mostly my fault.
Well, You got me into keyboards.. But had you not, I would have no reason to go to KeyCon anyway...

Ultimate catch 22.

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Re: KEYCON WEST 2014!
« Reply #25 on: Tue, 11 February 2014, 14:40:13 »
Weekend pls.
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Re: KEYCON WEST 2014!
« Reply #26 on: Tue, 11 February 2014, 15:07:21 »
Weekend pls.

So you can get swamped with work and not come?

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Re: KEYCON WEST 2014!
« Reply #27 on: Tue, 11 February 2014, 15:08:58 »
Weekend pls.

So you can get swamped with work and not come?

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Re: KEYCON WEST 2014!
« Reply #28 on: Tue, 11 February 2014, 16:11:56 »
Weekend pls.

So you can get swamped with work and not come?

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Re: KEYCON WEST 2014!
« Reply #29 on: Tue, 11 February 2014, 16:14:29 »
Who said I forgot?

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« Reply #30 on: Tue, 11 February 2014, 16:15:12 »
Yes
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Re: KEYCON WEST 2014!
« Reply #31 on: Tue, 11 February 2014, 17:15:02 »
You should wait until after I graduate and have my NA tour.  I could totally stop by on my way around the country.

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Re: KEYCON WEST 2014!
« Reply #32 on: Wed, 12 February 2014, 14:38:25 »
Why not both Keycon *AND* NA tour?

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Re: KEYCON WEST 2014!
« Reply #33 on: Wed, 12 February 2014, 14:40:53 »
Sounds like a blast! I don't think I'll be able to swing a cross-country vacation, but I expect that it'll be a lot of fun even without me there ;)

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« Reply #34 on: Wed, 12 February 2014, 14:52:18 »
About frickin time.
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« Reply #35 on: Wed, 12 February 2014, 14:56:30 »
Someone should do the stream again this year. But kick it up a notch!
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Re: KEYCON WEST 2014!
« Reply #36 on: Wed, 12 February 2014, 15:00:37 »
Dang wish this was MIDWEST.  :cool:

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Re: KEYCON WEST 2014!
« Reply #37 on: Wed, 12 February 2014, 15:01:48 »
Dang wish this was MIDWEST.  :cool:

Think about it this way, instead of buying two clacks, you can afford a plane ticket :P.

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Re: KEYCON WEST 2014!
« Reply #38 on: Wed, 12 February 2014, 15:02:12 »
There will a KeyCon 2014 in the Midwest....in the early stages of planning.

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« Reply #39 on: Wed, 12 February 2014, 15:03:15 »
There will a KeyCon 2014 in the Midwest....in the early stages of planning.

Dibs on your sofa :P

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« Reply #40 on: Wed, 12 February 2014, 15:06:19 »
Dang wish this was MIDWEST.  :cool:

Think about it this way, instead of buying two clacks, you can afford a plane ticket :P.

hahaha ;p

There will a KeyCon 2014 in the Midwest....in the early stages of planning.

Oooo nice.. :P

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Re: KEYCON WEST 2014!
« Reply #41 on: Wed, 12 February 2014, 15:07:36 »
Also, I would recommend the later the better, so it gives people more time to plan and buy plane tickets if they want to show up.
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Re: KEYCON WEST 2014!
« Reply #42 on: Wed, 12 February 2014, 15:10:15 »
Also, I would recommend the later the better, so it gives people more time to plan and buy plane tickets if they want to show up.

This x1000. Two months of notice isn't nearly enough.

Hotels, travel plans, reservations, and perhaps things like streaming/presentations all need to be planned out.

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Re: KEYCON WEST 2014!
« Reply #43 on: Wed, 12 February 2014, 15:19:19 »
There will a KeyCon 2014 in the Midwest....in the early stages of planning.

Yes :)

I'd rather drive somewhere with my boards. I'm pretty sure most would be seen as a weapon if I tried to bring them in a carry-on.

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Re: KEYCON WEST 2014!
« Reply #44 on: Wed, 12 February 2014, 15:44:50 »
There will a KeyCon 2014 in the Midwest....in the early stages of planning.
The game has changed!

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Re: KEYCON WEST 2014!
« Reply #45 on: Wed, 12 February 2014, 15:46:33 »
There will a KeyCon 2014 in the Midwest....in the early stages of planning.
The game has changed!

You obviously don't understand the spirit of GeekWalletHack.

You don't pick between two keyboards, you get both.

You don't pick between two meetups, you go to both. :P

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« Reply #46 on: Wed, 12 February 2014, 15:55:31 »
You obviously don't understand the spirit of GeekWalletHack.

You don't pick between two keyboards, you get both.

You don't pick between two meetups, you go to both. :P

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Re: KEYCON WEST 2014!
« Reply #47 on: Wed, 12 February 2014, 16:14:07 »
Why not both Keycon *AND* NA tour?

Because NA tour has to happen before I start working and after I graduate, whereas if KeyCon West happens before I graduate I won't be able to go.  Not that this should all be planned around me ( :P ), but I'm just sayin.

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Re: KEYCON WEST 2014!
« Reply #48 on: Wed, 12 February 2014, 16:38:53 »
Weekend pls.

This for sure. 

Edit:  wifey approved for any weekend but the 31st of May  :thumb:
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Re: KEYCON WEST 2014!
« Reply #49 on: Thu, 13 February 2014, 17:18:13 »
Sounds like a blast! I don't think I'll be able to swing a cross-country vacation, but I expect that it'll be a lot of fun even without me there ;)

Ugh me too...if only there were a keycon east! I'd totally do NYC (only about a 4hr drive) or Boston.
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