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Nomination rules:
Use this topic to suggest nominees for The Deskthority Award 2017. This is the main award and "super category," so anything goes. You can suggest a keyboard, company, keycap set, person, etc. It can be something or someone already nominated in another category as well. In fact, please post strong candidates from other categories. What has been extra special since November 26, 2016? Who earns the Golden Wingnut? You have to give a short motivation for each suggestion. You cannot nominate yourself.

Current suggestions:

• Kailh Box Switches
• Matt3o because he is an active forum member, he is transparent on his projects, gathers input from other DT users, has made multiple projects come to life as real products (Hi profile, Whitefox, Elvish, etc) Sadly out of the running because he's an organizer of the DTA
• IBM Model M and Cherry G80 for starting it all
• Chyros / Chyrosran22 for his productions in 2017 in his youtube channel . He got me into the hobby, especially into vintage boards. Super informative and entertaining reviews.
• "KeepClackingAnd..." for organizing "MECHANICON" in Germany
• An abstract concept, the kindess of this community all around, I got helped so much, when I was a newbie and still to today (even though I'm just a more experienced noob :p). Love you people ! Thanks! But Deskthority cannot win its own awards I'm afraid
• Daniel Beardsmore for continuing to work on the wiki and starting to post pedantically again. The wiki really is an invaluable resource often taken for granted.
• Kailh separately for actually innovating in the switch design space
• The Board Podcast for providing us with free, high quality podcast episodes, videos and livestream around our keyboard community since their debut over a year ago.
• oldisnew for his great efforts in converting various vintage keyboards, for example, the Harris Smart Terminal, xwhatsit Model F to USB
• ruiqimao for creating the Keyboard Firmware Builder and making the use of JH's QMK software a lot easier
• I'd like to nominate Wodan for his keyboard building videos, showing off and talking about good keyboard building practices.
• HaaTa / Input club for furthering the hobby. All that work on force-graphs is truly amazing. I did love the Halo-true switch. I also like that input club is bringing better keyboards to the masses with their sponsoring of e-sport.
• KBDFans, for bringing new good things for a cheap price!

The first round ends on Sunday 26 November, 19:00 UTC.

Kailh Box Switches

Matt3o because he is an active forum member, he is transparent on his projects, gathers input from other DT users, has made multiple projects come to life as real products (Hi profile, Whitefox, Elvish, etc)

Ah, me and matt3o are out of the running because we're organizing this thing, so we cannot run ourselves. Sorry.

webwit wrote: ↑Ah, me and matt3o are out of the running because we're organizing this thing, so we cannot run ourselves. Sorry.

Sun of a ghun. Well I guess I just have to write in Mickey Mouse

webwit wrote: ↑Ah, me and matt3o are out of the running because we're organizing this thing, so we cannot run ourselves. Sorry.

That's sad to hear. Matt3o would absolutely deserve it

IBM Model M and Cherry G80 for starting it all.

Chyros / Chyrosran22 youtube channel.

He got me into the hobby, especially into vintage boards.

Super informative and entertaining reviews.

Ok, well how about "KeepClackingAnd..." for organizing "MECHANICON" in Germany.

I want to nominate an abstract concept, the kindess of this community all around, I got helped so much, when I was a newbie and still to today (even though I'm just a more experienced noob :p). Love you people !

recon8659 wrote: ↑Chyros / Chyrosran22 youtube channel.

He got me into the hobby, especially into vintage boards.

Super informative and entertaining reviews.

Bit of a border case here, as he ran last year and before that. But since his production continues I added him for his production in 2017.

Myoth wrote: ↑I want to nominate an abstract concept, the kindess of this community all around, I got helped so much, when I was a newbie and still to today (even though I'm just a more experienced noob :p). Love you people !

Thanks! But Deskthority cannot win its own awards I'm afraid

I just noticed the lady's keyboard is wireless, and the monitor is angled at an unusable position.

Daniel Beardsmore for continuing to work on wiki and starting to post pedantically again.

davkol wrote: ↑Daniel Beardsmore for continuing to work on wiki and starting to post pedantically again.

+1
Wiki really is invaluable resource often taken for granted.

Can i nominate Kailh separately for actually innovating in the switch design space?

Yes you can.

I would like to nominate The Board Podcast for providing us with free, high quality podcast episodes, videos and livestream around our keyboard community since their debut over a year ago. They have released both quality "Time Capsules" in the form of MechMarket Reports/regular episodes as well as timeless entertainment such as One On One community personality interviews and "Boardroom" episodes with special guests all focusing on specific topics like 40% boards and their creators, specific switches like Topre, learning how to sculpt and cast artisans... so many things!

The hosts make an incredible amount of effort to bring regular, quality content despite time differences and challenges in hosting the show (props to Kevin for coming on the show despite being in an airport waiting room recently haha).

All in all, The Board Podcast is this amazing representation of our keyboard community and so what makes this hobby of ours so damn great. I don't know many people who have dedicated so much effort to provide hundreds and hundreds of hours of top-notch keyboard content and The Board deserves all the appreciation they can get ♡ I love them

I hereby nominate oldisnew for his great efforts in converting various vintage keyboards as seen here:

Summary of posts:

search.php?st=0&sk=t&sd=d&sr=posts&author_id=13017

Example:

Harris Smart Terminal, xwhatsit Model F to USB

workshop-f7/harris-smart-terminal-xwhat ... 17456.html

I'd like to nominate ruiqimao for creating https://kbfirmware.com/ and making the use of JH's QMK software a lot easier.

sachin3767 wrote: ↑I'd like to nominate ruiqimao for creating https://kbfirmware.com/ and making the use of JH's QMK software a lot easier.

Seems to be that's a copy of TKG (TMK Keymap Generator), but using QMK instead of TMK

I'd like to nominate Wodan for his keyboard building videos, showing off and talking about good keyboard building practices.

i would like to nominate HaaTa aka ‘Jacob Alexander’ and or the input club team..

Him doing all that work on force-graphs is truly amazing..
on that same note i can’t fully interpret them but that’s why i’m waiting for TopClack haha..to do the explanation vid...

Also i typed on the Halo-true switch and although i had to return the k-type because of other problems with it. I did love the switch..
Going back to my Topre switches i missed the true switch i guess that’s saying a lot.
i would love to tryout both the new hako switches..

Besides the work being done on Zeleos switches there is little to nothing happening when it comes to switches and real innovation..

That is until HaaTa started to mess around

Having said that Kailh is doing sum good work.. And thx to input club
the new Kailh box switches have names that fit and sound better then originally planned.


i also like that input club is bringing better keyboards to the masses with their sponsoring of e-sport.


so in short. i nominate HaaTa / Input club for furthering the hobby.

Khers wrote: ↑I'd like to nominate Wodan for his keyboard building videos, showing off and talking about good keyboard building practices.

+1

purdobol wrote: ↑

davkol wrote: ↑Daniel Beardsmore for continuing to work on wiki and starting to post pedantically again.

+1
Wiki really is invaluable resource often taken for granted.

+1 for Daniel Beardsmore, for his sheer fortitude in dealing with the huge amount of information, and misinformation here. (especially mine...)

I'm not much a deskthority member but more like a lurker.
If i have to nominate a person here, I nominate my compatriot Matt3o! Great guy that i saw much more active here than reddit and other communities. I'm still sad for what happened with the whitefox tho

Otherwise i nominate KBDFans, for bringing new good things for a cheap price!

jkaos92 wrote: ↑If i have to nominate a person here, I nominate my compatriot Matt3o!

Already nominated and disqualified, see the OP.

I second kbdfans though, they have some great stuff for sale.

scottc wrote: ↑

jkaos92 wrote: ↑If i have to nominate a person here, I nominate my compatriot Matt3o!

Already nominated and disqualified, see the OP.

I second kbdfans though, they have some great stuff for sale.

Ups my bad, well i guess my nomination is KBDFans