I'm not a fan of this idea, that said I've seen it done right and done poorly. Done poorly - Google - Typing on a screen to get your badge is always a slow, pa

I'm not a fan of this idea, that said I've seen it done right and done poorly. Done poorly - Google - Typing on a screen to get your badge is always a slow, painful process. Trying to have an event with several people who all have to sign in demonstrates how much of a painful bottleneck this can be. Done well - Hacker Dojo - Multiple kiosks with real keyboards. You can sign in and (at some events) get a badge super quickly. The code for the hacker dojo kiosks is open source and available here (https://github.com/hackerdojo https://github.com/hackerdojo) along with a bunch of other useful tools.