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In my opinion, there are three major tiers of gifts: 1. Things that I want but could not have done before These would be experiences or collectors items. Havi
by liyanchang 14y ago
In my opinion, there are three major tiers of gifts:
1. Things that I want but could not have done before
These would be experiences or collectors items. Having lunch with Linus or PG would be examples of this category; items like a box of AirBnB's ObamaO's.
2. Things that I want and could get myself
For this one, there are two sub-categories: A. relevant B. shiny.
A. For a hackathon like photohackday, give away cameras. For something like hackforchange, hire exec to do community service for me or donate an OLPC under my name.
B. Give me something shiny. Galaxy Nexus, Kindle (though these are hard to split among a group). Money also works though a bit awkward (unless it's a big sum).
3. Things I don't want
I know you think your service is super awesome, but please don't just give me a pro account. Most of the times, I don't use it and therefore it's value to me is 0. Give it away with something else. (nb: dropbox space, on the other hand, would be valuable)