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Surprised promotional prizes & swag were not mentioned. - (1) For example, YC startup had API integration contest with a real battle axe as the prize: https:/

Surprised promotional prizes & swag were not mentioned. - (1) For example, YC startup had API integration contest with a real battle axe as the prize: https://www.wufoo.com/blog/win-a-real-battle-axe-in-the-wufoo-api-contest/ https://www.wufoo.com/blog/win-a-real-battle-axe-in-the-wufo... - (2) Then there’s the free developer swag promotions: https://iq.opengenus.org/ways-to-earn-free-cool-developer-swag/amp/ https://iq.opengenus.org/ways-to-earn-free-cool-developer-sw...

karmakaze 4y ago
I did the Hacktoberfest one for years getting a T-shirt every time. I liked the T-shirt and might have done it anyway, as I sometimes continued contributing for a while after the event. After a while the sense I got from Hactoberfest changed. Both from the projects and the promoters in ways that disagreed with the way I think about opensource and contributing to it. So I haven't participated since.
PeterCorless 4y ago
Exactly. I'd love to hear about folks' most beloved swag and sticker acquisitions! This is where people's affinity and affiliation is shown. In my own career, I remember my first IBM "THINK" button back in the 1980s, as well as my first six-colored "Apple" stickers. Showed them off with pride. I saw the story above about the "200 OK" t-shirt. I still wear t-shirts for an industry I haven't worked for in over two decades. This is where brands aren't fighting for your attention. You're happy to champion them. Because you are sold on their tech, and you consider yourself part of their tribe. Or it just has some sort of totally obscure geeky formula or tech reference that only you and others in the tribe will get the in-joke.
- O__________O 4y ago
  No idea why, but just realized Apple’s “Think Different” campaign was likely a direct response to IBM’s “Think” campaign.
dev_markepear 4y ago
Love the battle axe contest. Putting it on my backlog.

karmakaze 4y ago

I did the Hacktoberfest one for years getting a T-shirt every time. I liked the T-shirt and might have done it anyway, as I sometimes continued contributing for a while after the event. After a while the sense I got from Hactoberfest changed. Both from the projects and the promoters in ways that disagreed with the way I think about opensource and contributing to it. So I haven't participated since.

PeterCorless 4y ago

Exactly. I'd love to hear about folks' most beloved swag and sticker acquisitions! This is where people's affinity and affiliation is shown. In my own career, I remember my first IBM "THINK" button back in the 1980s, as well as my first six-colored "Apple" stickers. Showed them off with pride. I saw the story above about the "200 OK" t-shirt. I still wear t-shirts for an industry I haven't worked for in over two decades. This is where brands aren't fighting for your attention. You're happy to champion them. Because you are sold on their tech, and you consider yourself part of their tribe. Or it just has some sort of totally obscure geeky formula or tech reference that only you and others in the tribe will get the in-joke.

O__________O 4y ago
No idea why, but just realized Apple’s “Think Different” campaign was likely a direct response to IBM’s “Think” campaign.

dev_markepear 4y ago

Love the battle axe contest. Putting it on my backlog.