Hey, I'm Carson 👋

Believe it or not, this is my website! Here's some info about me and my design work.

Here's A Short Blurb About Me

I'm a Boise native who's majoring in computer science at Boise State University (and taking a few design classes too 😊). On the side I enjoy designing keyboards, programming, skiing, running, and generally being outside.

I aim to make products people enjoy using.

Here's A Longer Blurb About My Journey In Keyboards

I first stumbled across the world of mechanical keyboards in the spring of 2019 while planning my first computer. For months I'd been working a minimum wage job saving up money, and as is often the case when you've invested your own blood, sweat, and tears, I wanted to get the most out of every dollar I'd earned. It took me a while, but eventually I settled on what I thought was the best list of parts I could get within my budget. I had it all figured out. I knew what CPU I was gonna buy, the motherboard I'd put it in, and the graphics card that would be the workhorse of the machine. I knew every detail of my prospective computer and I had every base covered, that is, except for one. I didn't have a keyboard to use it with.

So I did my research, and somewhere along the way I ended up on r/mechanical keyboards, the de facto home of the internet's keyboard community. AND I WAS BLOWN AWAY. I couldn't believe people were willing to spend hundreds of dollars on a keyboard functionally the same as one a tenth the cost. It just didn't make sense to me. Why spend five hundred dollars on a keyboard that at the end of the day, is just that, a keyboard? Long story short, I decided my fifteen dollar Logitech suited me perfectly well, I closed down Reddit, and vowed never to visit the keyboard community again.

But, as I'm sure you've guessed by now, that vow didn't last very long and I soon found myself sucked down the rabbit hole that is mechanical keyboards, and more specifically mechanical keyboard design. Today I spend the majority of my free time designing new and interesting keyboards (among other things) for wonderful people such as yourself to enjoy.

Here's Some Info About My Keyboard BusinessS

As I journeyed further and further down the rabbit hole of custom mechanical keyboards, I realized that despite the vast number of boards available, there was very little diversity in their design. Countless boards made to look so similar they were all but indistinguishable. Thus, When I sit down to design a board, I start with one simple goal in mind. How can I make something as unique as possible?

I see my designs as the answer to that question and I hope you view them that way as well. I want every board I produce to be instantly recognizable and distinguishable from other boards within the community.

And Here's Some Info About My Other Business