On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 12:06 PM, Dinu Gherman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So I thought the badges should make a statement about the days > a participant will attend (so others know when to go hunting them > for a chat).
That's an interesting idea. But instead of 3+3 circles, could you have them just in a row? And I don't think there is any value of having "Vilnuis, 7-12 July" on the badge, it just adds clutter. And unless it is planned to actually have guards verifying that you have access and use them as proper tickets or ID, then the photo is kinda pointless... I mean, the face is available, on me. :) > Regarding the marix code (in this case QR-Code): it could be used > either for identification using mobile phones with the respective > software or for pointing others to a website (or anything else) > of its carrier. Or both with double-sided badges, maybe. A code on the backside that indeed is connected to some functionality like that would be cool. > One more thing, I know that "good" plastic "containers" for such > badges tend to be expensive for a community event like this, apart > from not being quite "environmentally correct". But recently I > watched some old American seminar video recordings with people > wearing labels sticked on their jackets, shirts, etc. This might > be an idea, even if such labels are likely to deteriorate physi- > cally after a couple of days. Sticky labels will not work. Also, when you pin things to your clothes, you need to re-pin things if you take on or off a sweater etc. I guess that's why many conferences nowadays have badges around the neck. If I remember correctly, last years badges were pins, right? I seem to have thrown away my EuroPython badge from last year, so I can't verify. But I uploaded the PloneConf 2007 and PyCon 2008 badge here, as comparison: http://img341.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ploneconfly3.jpg http://img257.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pycontc0.jpg There are both OK. But note how the Plone Conference one hangs at a single point that swivels. This meant that half of the people at the conference went around with the badge showing the white backside. Not a good idea. The PyCon solution is better. -- Lennart Regebro: Zope and Plone consulting. http://www.colliberty.com/ +33 661 58 14 64 _______________________________________________ Europython-improve mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/europython-improve
