Design & Tech
Highlights
Project Update: Fulfillment at 99% Complete!
Just a quick note to say we are now at 99% complete on fulfillment! Whew! 😅
The remaining shipments are for backers who have not completed their surveys, have errored credit cards, or are now in the queue after updating their information. If you are still waiting for your pledge rewards, make sure to drop by the Pledge Manager to see if we're waiting for information from you!
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Project Update: Laser Sintered Body LAUNCH!
Save $100 during our launch of High Efficiency Laser Sintered Bodies TODAY
Upgrade your current 5MM/SpectraTone Mouthpiece with improved efficiency and reduced weight in seconds. Our Laser Sintered Lattice Topology bodies are designed to take your playing to the next level.
This YouTube video will show how quickly you can upgrade any 5MM/SpectraTone mouthpiece...
Utilizing the latest Aerospace/Medical Topology software and made with multi-million dollar metal printing technology, you will realize the advantages of cutting edge design and manufacturing. Our LSLT bodies are much more than a conversation piece as your range, endurance, and tone quality tell the story.
Get your LSLT Mouthpiece Body here and save $100 today.
Project Update: Shipping nearly complete & Aluminum Body upgrade opportunity
That leaves another few backers waiting on rim sizes that are currently at plating. To our surprise, we had an unusually high number of orders for 660 and 614 diameter rims, which had been made in December, but not all were plated. Those should be back in our shop in approximately 10 days or less. If you are waiting on an order for a 614H rim and would like to switch to a different 614 variation to get quicker shipping, please contact us at 303.657.2747.
I have two Titanium mouthpiece bodies remaining, which I will offer to our backers in the form of a complete SpectraTone Red, Yellow, or Blue mouthpiece for $350. If you want one in Stainless Steel, the price is $325. Email me by Wednesday (or order with link below) before they are gone forever. Oh yeah, did I mention all SS and Ti body styles will be retired once inventory is sold out. This is due to the complex production process that is too costly in smaller batches. I made approximately 15% more bodies in SS and Ti than were originally ordered through Backerkit. You can see remaining inventory here.
And finally, I want to announce the debut of standalone LSLT (Laser Sintered Lattice Topology) Mouthpiece Bodies in ALUMINUM. I will be offering these to all SpectraTone/5MM mouthpiece owners for HALF PRICE next week. Again, once these are sold out, they will not be offered again. Your next opportunity for a LSLT solution will come with SpectraTone Green in Autumn.
Thanks again for your amazing support, feedback, and musicianship!
Jason, Jen, Christine
Project Update: One more unlock! Let's demystify Terminal!
Thanks to your incredible support, we can finally do something we've wanted to do for a long time: write a gentle, beginner-friendly introduction to the command line. This will require research to create a thoughtful lesson plan, but we're excited to face this challenge and get to work!
We have one last stretch goal to go: writing an article distilling some of the incredible advice from the book "Crucial Confrontations".
One of the most important takeaways from the book is that "behind the problems that routinely plague organizations and families, [are] individuals who are either unwilling or unable to deal with failed promises". In our experience, how to firmly (but kindly) discuss and resolve issues that arise while working collaboratively is a vital skill that would benefit our community. We all agree good communication is important, but we often don't know where to start when expectations are missed and conflicts occur. And how could we? No one has taught us!
Let's hit this last stretch goal, and add some soft skills to the FujoCoded LLC curriculum!
Project Update: IT'S OVER 9000!!!!!
Quick note
BackerKit has an overtime feature. Once the campaign finishes, it will continue in 10 minutes increments as long as people continue pitching. Let's keep the train going!!
Project Update: -$300 left with 50 minutes!!!
Thank you all, this is amazing. Let's go for the stars, keep sharing!
Copy-pastable link :) https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/fujocoded-llc/fujocoded-software-and-education-for-a-better-web
Project Update: WE DID IT! All stretch goals unlocked!!
There's still plenty of time to get there, so once again: help us by sharing our campaign with your fandom friends, favorite Discord servers, coding communities, and anywhere people who want to build a better internet congregate.
With an incredible amount of gratitude,
The FujoCoded LLC team
Project Update: 7 hours to go!
with $7,615 raised, 121 of you, and just over 7 hours to go, we're officially on track to hit our last stretch goal!! Let's get past $8,000 (!!!) and move towards the final frontier: hitting 300% funded (!!!!).
You already backed us, but (if you want to go above and beyond) you can also help us by sharing our campaign with your fandom friends, favorite Discord servers, coding communities, and anywhere people who want to build a better internet congregate.
Let's keep the momentum going all the way to the finish line and start FujoCoded off on the right foot!
With gratitude,
The FujoCoded LLC team
Project Update: Campaign Showcase – 9,258 Times Thank You 💜
What a wild ride yesterday! The team was SO spent from the incredible emotional journey (thank you), but we're back with our promised campaign wrap up.
To properly showcase all our contributors, this wrap up necessitated tagging all the amazing people that made this campaign happen. As such, you can read it on all your favorite (begrudgingly tolerated?) socials:
If you only wish to know our next steps, here's the relevant portion of our showcase:
This campaign took us months to prepare on top of working on our other projects. We're now going to take a deserved couple of weeks to rest, then regroup to discuss next steps and priorities.
Formalizing all our work into a company won't always be straightforward, and there will be decisions to make we haven’t even encountered yet.
Our first priorities will be finishing FujoGuide Issue 2 and producing + shipping the rewards for this campaign.
Alongside this, we'll start contacting the lawyers you all recommended (seriously, thank you) so we can begin hiring with confidence, and continue the work making BobaBoard's governance independent so we can finally onboard more volunteers and push the project forward.
There's a lot to do (as you can see), and it will take time to realize the full potential of what you've helped us launch. We're incredibly excited to get to work, even more so now that we have some seed (money) to help lighten the load.
We've already expressed our gratitude a lot, but let us say it one more time: thank you, thank you, thank you. The work you've helped us formalize into FujoCoded LLC is dear to all of us, and your enthusiasm and support for our venture once again proves that its impact goes way beyond ourselves. In these times, we can all use more fun and, above all, community. We're grateful to have you in ours, and along for the ride.
Looking forward to the future,
The FujoCoded LLC Team
Project Update: Unlocked: your digital goodies!
With this, we're super close to our next stretch goal: helping people be less fearful of the command line. And after that, onwards to our final one: moving into soft-skills to to help people firmly (but kindly) confront each other when something happens–like it often does when we work together!