Prometheus Lights (Dark Sucks): Out of the office notice

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This is my blog about creating a startup LED flashlight business. I'm a designer, fabricator, and strategist and I'm passionate about making ideas real. I believe that products are about people, that they should be built to last, deliver real value, and that we need to do a better job than we have in the recent past.

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Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Out of the office notice

Hi folks, this is strange timing since I'm in the middle of next production run. However, I couldn't pass up the chance to make a 10 day back-country camping/fishing trip in southern Utah. I grew up in Montana and the outdoors have always been a really important part of my life...until I started living in a lot of cities. It's been many (many) years since I've gone on a "real" camping trip so I pretty much had to jump on it when my friend called. My boss said it would be okay.

So, starting today, if you need me in the next two weeks or so I'll be some place that looks like this:

Don't worry, I'm going to be doing some serious product testing as well

My production is (thus far) on schedule and those of you waiting for more inventory to appear and/or custom lights, you should still receive them by the end of the month. I do have a few pre production lights left in stock, but I won't be able to send them out 'till I get back on the 17th of April. See you soon!