What types of Stack Overflow schwag would you like to see?What type of Stack Overflow schwag would you like to see?
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I'm going to try to have this stuff ready for Dev Days, hopefully.
This is a poll question. One suggestion per answer please. Vote up suggestions you like.
A custom Magic 8-Ball containing the 20 most common SO one-liner answers. "Use jQuery", "Don't optimize", "Use Reg Exp", "Don't use Reg Exp", ...
A deck of cards with the 52 highest-rep users as the card faces, with Joel and Jeff as the deck's Jokers.
OK, how about a serious one...
A coffee mug with the SO logo on one side and this on the other:
if (owner.isCoding() && mug.isEmpty()){
mug.fill('coffee');
}
Cup<T> mug. - Joel Coehoorn
I like this shirt that Jonathan Sampson [1] designed [2]. Maybe you can work with him on manufacture and distribution at DevDays?
StackOverflow embroidered logo polos
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Clay pigeons with Jon Skeet's gravatar.
For skeet shooting [1], of course.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeet%5FshootingA stack of pancakes, overflowing with butter and maple syrup. None of that crappy maple-flavored corn syrup, mind you - gotta be the good stuff, grade B dark, served in pint jars!
Rather than a joke mug, just give me a big (16-20oz) ceramic coffee mug with the logo on it.
A boat-programming sailor hat
An autographed Jon Skeet Facts [1] wallposter
[1] http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/9134/jon-skeet-factsWooden Block Badges, ala
Little rectangular blocks with the more popular/interesting badges printed on them (preferably ones that are funny-sounding) for cubicle-stacking.
Yes, people could get badge blocks of badges they haven't earned - who cares, if it makes them feel better, whatever.
This ascii art on t-shirt from the blog post on 9/4/09:
StackOverflow visors
Socks with the Stackoverflow logo.
I love socks
Separate from a regular mug, get a big travel mug 16oz or better travel mug with a glass lining and just the logo on the outside. Maybe stainless steel on the outside.
Window clings
I like the stickers, but I want it for my car and I'd rather have a cling for that than a sticker.
An autographed 8 weeks. 6, if you're cheap.
A "Fastest Gun in the West" loaded gun
A "Fastest Gun in the West" belt holster
A copy of Code Complete (on fire)
A bottle opener, suitably logo'd.
A SO drinking game [1] reference card
[1] http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/9568/when-to-drink-when-listening-to-stack-overflowTravel mug with stackoverflow dev days with the year. The year is important, so a tradition is built to get a mug for each year to be proudly displayed/spilled in my cube. After 5 years/mugs, I'll dedicate a shelf to them.
Waffles [1].
[1] http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/19392/what-is-up-with-the-waffle-fetish/19564#19564A DVD with the latest data dump, preferably a SQLite import.
A real-life StackOverflow flair badge that you can update.
License Plate frame that says "I'd rather be debugging" on top and has the SO logo on the bottom
A "League of Justice Overflowage" wall poster
A solution to the halting problem
An autographed Bob "Uncle" Martin SOLID ping-pong paddle
Cycling jersey? Perferrably long sleeved with taking in the stackoverflow colours and logo.
All the other stuff people have mentioned here, but also a small sticker to adorn to a computer.
A memory stick with the site's logo/slogan/in-joke printed on it, and containing a basic searchable archive of the best questions and answers from the site.
Bonus points if it's actually bootable and brings up its own customised linux desktop with browser open at the forementioned archive.
A pony named Francesca
A burning book ("people don't read books")
