We are back! 2010 will be another great year for open source hardware

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The Adafruit team is back and recharged. Our team back in NYC took care of all the orders while we were gone and we were able to do support, “Ask an engineer” and most of the day to day tasks remotely. We went kite boarding, snorkeling, ran on the beach, ate animals from the sea, designed some electronics in the sand before the waves washed them away, good times. We’d like to thank our customers, friends and family for understanding we took some time off, we’re looking forward to 2010 and doing some open source hardware! Enjoy some photos!


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4 Comments

  1. Glad you were able to take a (very) well deserved break. Best wishes for a successful 2010.

  2. Congrats on taking the time to get away and recharge. Welcome back.

    BTW – Great pictures.

  3. Hope you had fun!

    And yes, I expect this to be a great year for open source hardware. I’m in the initial stages of an open project, and I know there are many others working on getting open hardware projects out, yourself included.

  4. damn…thats some clear water. swimming in tokyo is like swimming in the tar pits.
    welcome back 🙂

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