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Ask HN: What is good swag in Hackathons?
As I go more and more in hackathons, I see very often bas swag, stuff that I will never use after, or completely useless. Sponsors are throwing their money.
I'm organizing a hackathon in the next weeks , I wonder if HN knows some specific swag that are good for developers. (not the classic "stress ball" or "branded pen", you see what I mean)that I could share with my sponsors to provide the best for hackers that will attend. Any ideas?
- throwaway1979 13y ago1) Gift cards for AWS (top of the list ...by far) 2) Ebook Coupons (e.g. OReilly) 3) Mugs (have dozens of MongoDB cups but can always use more :) ) 4) People love laptop stickers ... I don't get it but anyways
- lifeguard 13y agolittle moleskin notebooks? http://www.moleskineus.com/mbxs717-moleskine-extra-small-plain-notebook.html http://www.moleskineus.com/mbxs717-moleskine-extra-small-pla... iTunes gift cards?
- callmeed 13y agoI agree notebooks are cool. Twilio gave them away at their conference. Very cool.
- nadiac 13y agoToothbrush and mouthpaste for the 2nd day morning
- mcarrano 13y agoMy favorite swag to get at hackathons have always been the credits to use a service. I also enjoy t-shirts, especially if they are quality and a service/company that I like as I actually wear the shirt. Example: Last hackathon I was at, Amazon was giving away $100 credits for AWS. I never used Amazon but I am more inclined to keep my projects up there after the credit runs out.
- aorshan 13y agoI'd definitely say a t-shirt if you can afford them. I have t-shirts from multiple hackathons and wear them all the time. They get far more mileage than any sticker or pen I've received.
- ig1 13y agoThey need to be good t-shirts though, which means a decent design, good fabric, light-on-dark, well fitting (hint: female attendees have different body shapes to male attendees). All of which can push the expense up quite a bit.
- entelarust 13y agoBottle opener keychains
- ohashi 13y agoFavorites: Credits (AWS) T-Shirts Water bottles (this one surprised me, but I got a couple from Palantir and I use them every day) Maybe it's a geographical thing but I've never seen a stressball at a hackathon as swag (based in DC)
- swah 13y agoLinode/AWS coupouns
- callmeed 13y agoI have an idea I've been kicking around for printed cards ... drop me an email and I can give you details
- scodger 13y agoNFC programmable stickers