Re:The Hardware Renaissance
by stephengillie on Tuesday October 23, 2012 @02:06PM
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That article is a blurb, when compared to the length and detail I've come to expect from Slate articles. Really, it starts by telling how a bunch of lockpicks broke at a lockpick convention, then jumps into the excitement of Kickstarter.
The article discusses how this guy abandoned his friends, launched their project without them, then went money-crazy when the project was funded. This guy is spending on conferences, unlimited air passes, and $24,000 worth of locks and Open Locksport swag, but doesn't even have a source for the lock picks he's "sold" to people.
Maybe the best part is where he has to spend $2000 to hire a go-between to talk to lockpick suppliers, as he was too insecure to do so himself. Maybe one of his friends could have done that, if he hadn't abandoned them. No...the best part is where all the conferences and flying and vacations has caused him to become depressed, so he checks himself into a hospital. sigh
Oh, and I think the friends he abandoned came back to sell his locks and sell this story. I'm not completely sure if they're his friends, because the Slate article is very unclear about this.
The article discusses how this guy abandoned his friends, launched their project without them, then went money-crazy when the project was funded. This guy is spending on conferences, unlimited air passes, and $24,000 worth of locks and Open Locksport swag, but doesn't even have a source for the lock picks he's "sold" to people.
Maybe the best part is where he has to spend $2000 to hire a go-between to talk to lockpick suppliers, as he was too insecure to do so himself. Maybe one of his friends could have done that, if he hadn't abandoned them. No...the best part is where all the conferences and flying and vacations has caused him to become depressed, so he checks himself into a hospital. sigh
Oh, and I think the friends he abandoned came back to sell his locks and sell this story. I'm not completely sure if they're his friends, because the Slate article is very unclear about this.