Best input device photo 2014

[mr_a500]

Sky-diving with a beam spring would probably win. The winner would be dead though.

[JBert]

Am I the only one who voted for Phosphorglow's playful sextet of SSKs?

[Compgeke]

I can say you are not. Not my first pick but you aren't alone.

[webwit]

Great photo with all the ingredients: vintage keyboards, colorful, composition.

[Halvar]

Phosphorglow should get an award for his Model M restoration video alone. I regret to not have nominated him for an award. How about a category 'best tutorial / documentation' next time?

[mr_a500]

"Best Restoration" would be another idea for a category. I've seen some keyboards that I thought were beyond hope, incredibly restored. It certainly takes more effort than a simple photo.

[webwit]

Might be some good ideas there! My plan is to retire like one or two of the weakest categories each year to replace them by something else, and see what sticks. Current weak categories are Best regular keyboard and Best alternative input device. That might not mean the retired categories will disappear forever, but they're not strong enough to feature each year (at the moment), like Best ergonomic keyboard was retired this year but might make a comeback at some point. New category Best photo, despite the slow start, turned out to be pretty interesting. It's probably best not to grow beyond 15 categories like this year, because the attention and focus is already quite scattered. It's quite a list to go through as a voter.

[Muirium]

Yup. Another new category might be Best Review. (Spot the trend of me trying to create more awards I stand a chance at nabbing!)

[bhtooefr]

In the case of best regular keyboard, it should definitely be folded down into another category, though, rather than eliminated entirely for 2015...