Lanyards or no lanyards?

goetz · wrote on 26 Nov 2010, 13:03

The best would be funny and useful goodies (just like the debugger duck :-) ), but if I had to choose I'd slightly prefer the useful things.

giesbert · wrote on 26 Nov 2010, 13:53

I see iot the same, funny and useful would be the best. But useful is more important than fun I think...

DenisKormalev · wrote on 27 Nov 2010, 12:46

As for me I will keep something funny if it is not to big. But of course funny and useful are better than only useful and only funny :)

milot.shala · wrote on 28 Nov 2010, 02:16

I have a wish-list :)

Nice and small USB desk lamp with Qt logo
USB 2.0 (not 1.0!) hub beautified with Qt logo
Qt mug
Qt frisbee (although I made my own :D)
Qt beanie
Nice key holder with Qt logo

Franzk · wrote on 28 Nov 2010, 19:21

Useful is good. Funny is good as long as it fits on your desk (regexp alert); (under|behind|on|around) your monitors?. Useful and funny is best of course (like the RDD).

troubalex · wrote on 29 Nov 2010, 15:17

Hehe, I'm happy that my duck is appreciated. I had fun when coming up with it. :P

A USB lamp sounds like a neat idea. I shall look into this.

leinir · wrote on 1 Dec 2010, 13:10

i would like to echo the voices above speaking of the debugging duck - it is one of the quirkier things that i've had in a goodie bag, and it's also one which is spoken about. It's cute (see what i did there? ;) ), it is the sort of thing which makes you stop and go "...eh?" for a moment, and it is even useful. Not in the traditional sense of "Yay, toy!", but as an actual productivity aide. It is, after all, the objectification of a technique, rather than a thing in its own right. It is this sort of profoundness which shows someone thought about it, as opposed to someone just going to a store and saying "Yup, I'd like our logo on item number six" :)

DenisKormalev · wrote on 1 Dec 2010, 17:41

Hehe, looks like duck was really appreciated by all :) By me too, thanks for it :)

goetz · wrote on 1 Dec 2010, 17:50

Oh yes - when had landed from my flight back and sat in the bus heading downtown, I just read the page on the devnet and that made me smirking the rest of the trip :-) A very good end for a very good conference.

GordonSchumacher · wrote on 3 Dec 2010, 16:18

The duck is awesome. I have a rubber chicken that I have used - to great success! - in fixing recalcitrant servers or uncovering obscure bugs over the years; it hung over my desk at my last two jobs.

Also, my wife collects rubber ducks - so the "Qt duck" (ha!) fits in perfectly.

I need to reboot now, but I am pondering this - the one note I will add is that the thumb drive is indeed immensely useful (at least to me, who doesn't manage to go buy myself hardware very often, and whose daughter lost all the small USB sticks I had).

xsacha · wrote on 3 Dec 2010, 16:50

[quote author="Milot Shala" date="1290910598"]I have a wish-list :)

USB 2.0 (not 1.0!) hub beautified with Qt logo
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While you're on that, why not USB 3.0? Futureproof and a bit more unique so it's guaranteed not to be chucked in the bin.

I don't like getting stuff I already have ten of. Something a bit unique that I sort of want but have never been bothered to get is always nice. They are usually cheap things anyway.

milot.shala · wrote on 3 Dec 2010, 21:48

Yes you are right! But I happen to have USB 1.0 hub which isn't that good, for that reason I said it should be at least 2.0. USB 3.0 would be perfect!

talmage · wrote on 4 Dec 2010, 00:33

I liked the schwagg at the San Francisco Developer Days this year. There wasn't a duck in my bag but the Trolls in the Tech Lab gave me one. I carry it to work every day now. I appreciate the insulated mug and the thumb drive with the SDKs and example code. At first, I didn't think much of the lanyard until I realized that I could hook the daily schedule cards to it. The little sling bag turned to be more useful than I expected. It had enough space for my thin laptop, the conference folder, and some snacks, so I left my big napsack in my room.

The ACM and IEEE conferences I've been to just gave the proceedings on CD-ROM and maybe a mug.

I might wear a Qt hoodie if I had one and it was either subtle or psychedelic.

kamalakshantv · wrote on 4 Dec 2010, 04:34

[quote author="tamhanna" date="1291429445"]A copy of my own magazine which will appear soon!

In fact, most smaller publishers who do nice magazines would LOVE to give one copy away for free.[/quote]

+1 from me