This looks pretty interesting, working on a concept right now. Should the entries be posted here too for reference?
On Friday, 5 December 2014 00:56:00 UTC, Mat wrote: > > Fellow tiddlywikians, > > Win $100 contributed, in your name, to the guidebook Inside TiddlyWiki - > the Missing Manual > <https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/inside-tiddlywiki-the-missing-manual> > by expert TW developer and expert TW educator Eric Shulman. > > *...by designing a A4/letter sized poster that attracts people to > TiddlyWiki* > > It should be ready for simple print out, with a common printer, to put up > on university billboards, in corporate lunch rooms, taped on the lab door, > public outdoor billboards, community houses, etc. This is a rare > opportunity to contribute to our community without being a programmer! Or a > spender for that matter ;-) > > The competition will run December out and the winner will be announced > shortly thereafter and the prize will be transferred to the Inside > TiddlyWiki project. The grand jury is... well, let's just say it's as small > as it gets and highly subjective ;-) > > > Critera > > - The purpose of the poster is to get the maximum number of new people > to try out TW. > Beautiful graphics, ugly sketches, 3-D tiddlers or 3-year toddlers - > use whatever it takes to get people to try TW. Ok, no profanity, false > claims, etc. The jury evaluates only perceived effectiveness at attracting > people to TW. > > > - www.tiddlywiki.com*/poster* - this url must be mentioned. They will > be met by the poster there with a link to tiddlywiki.com > > > - SVG format ideally, but if not available in your software then use > *jpeg*, *tiff* or *png* (unless some expert here objects). The idea is > anyone can print it on a common color printer but SVG is particularly good > for embedding on the website. > > > - Size - 210mm × 279mm (8.26" × 11") to work both for European (A4) > and North American (letter size) paper BUT you should probably include > some > margin in this because printers often add this. Pure text typically has > 25mm/1" margin. > Portrait or landscape does not matter. > > > - e-mail contributions to *boards.mm <http://boards.mm> at gmail.com > <http://gmail.com>* with subject title *Poster* > > > Yes, of course you can send in multiple different candidates! Maybe add a > black/white version? Not necessary to win, but good for TW. There is only > one winner but all contributions will be available for use in (only) > TiddlyWiki contexts. > > > Tips > > A good framework for designing an effective poster is the well known AIDA > formula; > > - get the *A*ttention ("catch the eye"), > - create *I*nterest ("hm, wiki what?"), > - create *D*esire ("...oh, I could use that for ... !") > - stimulate *A*ction ("I'm must go to tw.com now!") > > > > It is my absolute belief that the most valuable contribution the majority > of us here can do is to get more members to our community. This is the > prerequisite for everything else, including more development. > > ...so get a pen and paper or switch over to that graphics software you've > got - now! ;-) > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
