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Gadgets

Simon Says: “Thanks for coming to our event. Here, have a bag of rubbish.”

August 9, 2010

in Gadgets, Style, Tips

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My friend and South African technology journalist & writer Simon Dingle (web, twitter, facebook) recently tweeted the following:
“Thanks for coming to our event. Here, have a bag of rubbish.” (original tweet here)

How many times have you participated to an expensive or so called high-profile event and during/after it you got a cheap congress bag full [...]

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Eco-Minded Promotional Gadgets

February 13, 2010

in Gadgets, green

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Recently one of the spotters of Springwise published the eco-minded products of Fairware, which sells “promotional products for your conscience” that could be used as sustainable gadgets and giveaways for your event.
As a rule of thumb, better not to give away a crappy gadget that will have a negative effect on the environment (and taints [...]

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Reinventing the Gadgets of Your Conference Using 3D Printing

January 24, 2010

in Gadgets, Ideas

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Many events have the habit of  distributing crappy & useless gadgets, often provided by the sponsors. It gets even worse when attendees get to fight for them (I’ve seen men in suits which -directly or indirectly- had payed more than 2.000 USD for a ticket fighting over who got a cheap cap with the BMW [...]

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