In honor of our recently announced 2022 Cyberdeck Contest, we decided to do things a little differently for this week’s Hack Chat. Rather than pick just one host, we looked back through the archive and selected some of the most impressive builds we’ve seen and asked their creators if they’d like to take part in a freewheeling discussion about their creations and the nascent community surrounding these bespoke computing devices.
Despite conflicting time zones and at least one international vacation, we were able to put together an impressive panel to helm this special Cyberdeck Brainstorming Hack Chat:
[bootdsc] – Creator of the VirtuScope, and founder of the Cyberdeck Cafe
[Back7] – Speaker during the 2021 Remoticon, responsible for the Pelican case craze
[H3lix] – Moderator of the Cyberdeck Discord server
[a8ksh4] – Builder of the Chonky Palmtop and Paper Pi Handheld
[Io Tenino] – Builder of the and the Joopyter retro personal terminal
[cyzoonic] – Builder of the watertight ruggedized cyberdeck featured in the 2022 Sci-Fi Contest
So what did this accomplished group of cyberdeck builders have to talk about? Well, quite a bit. During a lively conversation, these creators not only swapped stories and details about their own builds, but answered questions from those looking for inspiration and guidance.
cyberdeck builders roundtable
