Hi |FNAME|,

Though it's been around for a few years, to me, 3D printing is still futuristic. There is something magical in the idea of creating an object on the screen and then having it simply materialize on your desk. It's this kind of "Tea, Earl Gray, hot" thing.

People have been taking the Moonlander's modular design and running with it, creating some really interesting add-ons that can be customized and printed freely. To celebrate this, we created an art gallery: Our new Printables page. Check out the announcement below.

This is a rare month in that we have two announcements: The other is all about Stenography. Steno allows a skilled operator to exceed 200 words per minute, and we've recently beefed up support for it in Oryx. More on this below, in our first-ever guest blog post.

In other news, Tisha Talks Switches: Black is now out! To learn all about these firm linear switches, give this episode a listen.

As always, thank you for reading! Email me anytime, ez@zsa.io.

All the best,
Erez

Introducing Printables

A gallery of possibilities

From a "wedge" that tents the Moonlander in a specific angle to a tiny thumb cluster leg — these creations are fun and useful. We've imagined how they might fit into a cyberpunk future. Click for the full gallery.

Getting into Stenography

Stenography with ZSA keyboards: a tutorial

Paul Fioravanti, a ZSA user and intrepid stenography explorer, wrote up a comprehensive tutorial covering what stenography is and how you can get started with it using the ZSA board you already have and some excellent free software.

Featured User Interview

Charles Nickels Carver

Test Engineer @ Virgin Galactic

Born in Singapore, Charles also lived in the Ivory Coast, Turkey, UK, Taiwan, Shanghai, Indonesia, Thailand, and the USA. Having lived all over the world, he set his sights on outer space. Quite a read.

"I have recently switched to the Large Scale Testing group, where I am currently involved in testing various components and systems of Virgin Galactic’s SS3 fleet of spaceships and carrier vehicles."

Layout of the month

Layout of the month: Writer's QWERTY with fun extras

Welcome. I'm Moro, female, 30 years old. My occupation is QA tester & Business Analyst. I'm a writer in my spare time who spends a lot of time talking to friends online. I had surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome on my right hand in 2016, and still experience problems with my wrists and hands. In addition I'm very small, so conventional keyboards are often ill suited to my small hands. This layout is ergonomically optimized based on those parameters. It helps me type much more efficiently with less hand strain and has many shortcuts to help make that possible.