Project Update #11: Simple Machines Made Simple by Chase Roberts
June Update: Hopefully you have your book! – Fill out the Survey! -------------------- We're shipping books! And we've shipped out all the Kickstarter orders that I have shipping addresses for. If you don't have your book or a tracking number yet, then you likely never completed the survey. You can find the survey here: https://backer.hackylabs.com I'm still shipping out pre-orders accepted post-Kickstarter, and probably will be for the next 4 weeks, but we're at the part where people are sending me pictures, videos, and reviews of the books in action, and it's amazing, and even sometimes emotional, to see these glimpses of you all when you receive the book. I got a video of a three or four year old kid going through the book with his grandpa, while his dad was recording. And our little guy is explaining the components to his grandpa, and asking about different examples, "Is this a lever?" The video was really touching. So I was telling Ramses, one of the guys helping pack books, about the video, and describing it to him, and telling him how special it feels, "We helped make that little moment happen." And Ramses, without even seeing the video, just broke into tears. --I promise everyone that has been helping has unlimited access to A/C, hydration, and breaks. These were tears of joy, not exhaustion. The two best parts of the production cycle for me are the initial prototyping, where I don't have to worry about how to make everything work, I just get to explore what might work, and how we might realize the different components. It's a lot of tinkering and play. Then we get into the production prototyping, where I have to make everything work, and make it work wonderfully, and that is usually less fun, because you've been staring at the same parts for 12 months and the honeymoon phase is over. But the other best part is when books start landing in people's hands, and they can say, "Oh, I ordered this 8 months ago. I guess it wasn't a scam! Chase is just really bad at predicting how long things take." I will admit there are books that get past us that don't work perfectly. If you got your book and have any issues with it, let me know via email, pictures and videos always help. I am pretty behind on emails, so please just be patient if it takes a few days for me to get to it. Thank you all so much! -Chase
We're shipping books! And we've shipped out all the Kickstarter orders that I have shipping addresses for. If you don't have your book or a tracking number yet, then you likely never completed the survey. You can find the survey here:
I'm still shipping out pre-orders accepted post-Kickstarter, and probably will be for the next 4 weeks, but we're at the part where people are sending me pictures, videos, and reviews of the books in action, and it's amazing, and even sometimes emotional, to see these glimpses of you all when you receive the book. I got a video of a three or four year old kid going through the book with his grandpa, while his dad was recording. And our little guy is explaining the components to his grandpa, and asking about different examples, "Is this a lever?" The video was really touching.
So I was telling Ramses, one of the guys helping pack books, about the video, and describing it to him, and telling him how special it feels, "We helped make that little moment happen." And Ramses, without even seeing the video, just broke into tears. --I promise everyone that has been helping has unlimited access to A/C, hydration, and breaks. These were tears of joy, not exhaustion.
The two best parts of the production cycle for me are the initial prototyping, where I don't have to worry about how to make everything work, I just get to explore what might work, and how we might realize the different components. It's a lot of tinkering and play. Then we get into the production prototyping, where I have to make everything work, and make it work wonderfully, and that is usually less fun, because you've been staring at the same parts for 12 months and the honeymoon phase is over. But the other best part is when books start landing in people's hands, and they can say, "Oh, I ordered this 8 months ago. I guess it wasn't a scam! Chase is just really bad at predicting how long things take."
I will admit there are books that get past us that don't work perfectly. If you got your book and have any issues with it, let me know via email, pictures and videos always help. I am pretty behind on emails, so please just be patient if it takes a few days for me to get to it.
Thank you all so much!
-Chase
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