====== Swiss Mech(anical Keyboard) Community ====== ===== Upcoming Events ===== * **[[meetup-2024|9th Swiss Mechanical Keyboard Enthusiasts Meetup]] (Sunday, 8 December 2024)** ==== Staying Up To Date ==== * One way to get reliably informed about planned mechanical keyboard events in and near Switzerland is the //moderated// [[https://t.me/swissmkbulletin|Swiss Mech(anical Keyboard) Bulletin Telegram Channel @swissmkbulletin]]. * We though also post bigger announcements on e.g. [[r>/r/MechanicalKeyboards/|/r/MK]] and [[https://www.keebtalk.com/|Keebtalk]]. ==== Mini Meetups ==== Occasional smaller meetups of a few community members are arranged in [[https://t.me/swissmk|our Telegram group @swissmk]] as needed (//"gotta test these switches the other guy in the chat talked about"//, etc.), and announced on short notice in the [[https://t.me/swissmkbulletin|Swiss Mech(anical Keyboard) Bulletin Telegram Channel @swissmkbulletin]] (as mentioned above). ===== Where to find us? ===== We're spread over many different community sites and chats: * [[https://www.facebook.com/groups/413271138854299/|Facebook Group]] * [[https://t.me/swissmk|Telegram Group @swissmk]] * [[http://lists.punktstri.ch/listinfo/swissmech|Mailing List "swissmech"]] … and of course as individuals in the global village called the Internet at e.g. [[r>/r/MechanicalKeyboards/|/r/MK]], [[https://www.keebtalk.com/|Keebtalk]], [[https://geekhack.org/|Geekhack]] and [[https://deskthority.net/|Deskthority]] as well as on the IRC channels [[irc://irc.freenode.net/#Mechboards|#Mechboards]] and [[irc://irc.freenode.net/#deskthority|#deskthority]] on Freenode. Some of us are also member of a hackerspace or Chaostreff in Switzerland. For example you'll find mechanical keyboard enthusiasts at [[https://chaostreff-bern.ch/|Chaostreff Bern]] or [[https://www.ccczh.ch/|CCCZH (Zürich)]]. ===== Swiss Mechanical Keyboard FAQ ===== See [[FAQ|Frequently Asked Questions]]. They answer questions like "Where to buy a Mechanical Keyboard in Switzerland?" or "Where to buy Swiss Layout Key Caps for Mechanical Keyboards?" ===== Past Events ===== * [[meetup-2023|8th Swiss Mechanical Keyboard Enthusiasts Meetup]] (Sunday, 10 December 2023) * [[meetup-2022|7th Swiss Mechanical Keyboard Enthusiasts Meetup]] (Sunday, 4 December 2022) * [[meetup-2019-1|6th Swiss Mechanical Keyboard Enthusiasts Meetup]] (Sunday, 22 September 2019) * [[meetup-2018-2|5th Swiss Mechanical Keyboard Enthusiasts Meetup]] (Saturday, 8 December 2018) * [[meetup-2018|4th Swiss Mechanical Keyboard Enthusiasts Meetup]] (Sunday, 18 February 2018) * [[meetup-2017|3rd Swiss Mechanical Keyboard Enthusiasts Meetup]] (Sunday, 23 April 2017) * [[meetup-2016|2nd Swiss Mechanical Keyboard Enthusiasts Meetup]] (Sunday, 21 February 2016) * [[meetup-2015|1st Swiss Mechanical Keyboard Enthusiasts Meetup]] (Sunday, 17 May 2015) ===== Press Reviews ;-) ===== * 2019-Jan-15: [[https://www.digitec.ch/de/page/so-baust-du-dir-deine-eigene-tastatur-10425|Kevin Hofer (Digitec): So baust du dir deine eigene Tastatur]] + Followup 2019-Jan-28: [[https://www.digitec.ch/de/page/tastatur-marke-eigenbau-mein-prachtstueck-ist-fertig-10668|Kevin Hofer (Digitec): Tastatur Marke Eigenbau: Mein Prachtstück ist fertig]] * 2018-Dec-09: [[https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Was-war-Was-wird-Humanismus-oder-Humbug-das-ist-die-Frage-4246013.html|Heise: Was war. Was wird. Humanismus oder Humbug, das ist die Frage]]: "… während einige leicht abirrend den 50. Geburtstag der 1963 entwickelten Maus feiern, tummeln sich die wahren Freaks auf einem Tastatur-Festival …" ===== Mechanical Keyboard Meetups Elsewhere ===== See [[rmkw>meetups]] in the [[rmkw>|/r/MK wiki]] for a world-wide overview. ==== "Near-By" Meetups ==== * [[https://www.meetup.com/Mechanical-Keyboard-Meetup-Rhein-Main/|Mechanicon]] (Rhein-Main-Area/Frankfurt/Darmstadt) * [[https://www.meetup.com/Berlin-Mechanical-Keyboards-Input-Devices-Meetup/|Berlin Mechanical Keyboards Input Devices Meetup (BMKIDM)]] * [[http://cic.feinetastenwerke.com/|Clack in Cologne]], the West German Mechanical Keyboard Meetup * [[https://www.meetup.com/de-DE/Mechanical-Keyboards-France/|Mechanical Keyboards France]] === Meetups at the Chaos Communication Congress/Camp and Similar Events === There's usually also a Mechanical Keyboard Meetup at every [[https://events.ccc.de/category/congress/|Chaos Communication Congress]] which takes place from 27th to 30th of December every year and sometimes also at the quadrennial hacker camps in Germany and the Netherlands. The according meetups are documented in the wiki of each particular Chaos Communication Congress: * [[https://wiki.mch2022.org/Session:Mechanical_Keyboard_Meetup|May Contain Hackers (MCH 2022), Zeewolde, The Netherlands]] * [[https://events.ccc.de/congress/2019/wiki/index.php/Session:Mechanical_Keyboard_Meetup|36C3 (2019), Leipzig, Germany: Mechanical Keyboard Meetup]] * [[https://events.ccc.de/camp/2019/wiki/Session:Mechanical_Keyboard_Meetup|Camp 2019, Ziegeleipark Mildenberg, Zehdenick, Germany: Mechanical Keyboard Meetup]] * [[https://events.ccc.de/congress/2018/wiki/index.php/Session:Mechanical_Keyboard_Meetup|35C3 (2018), Leipzig, Germany: Mechanical Keyboard Meetup]] * [[https://events.ccc.de/congress/2017/wiki/index.php/Session:Mechanical_Keyboard_Meetup|34C3 (2017), Leipzig, Germany: Mechanical Keyboard Meetup]] * [[https://events.ccc.de/congress/2016/wiki/Session:Mechanical_Keyboard_Meetup_%26_Tryout|33C3 (2016), Hamburg, Germany: Mechanical Keyboard Meetup & Tryout]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ===== Wiki Administrativa ===== By default new users can't create new pages anymore in this wiki to reduce spam attacks. 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