That sideshow was a USB stick containing every picture I had that was tagged "SkullSpace", unsorted and unfiltered...
We ended up just leaving the RasPi sitting at the desktop. The logo drew more people than Dave's face for some reason ;) Nathan T. Wild On 2013-11-03 7:54 PM, "Colin Stanners" <[email protected]> wrote: > We had a sldieshow going on the RPi, but the pictures included just Dave's > fuzzy face and random kids, so I wouldn't really rate it as an general > "look at the fun things we do" attraction. Would be good to have one with > our positives and descriptions but I wouldn't include our kitchen since > that's boring. > > > On Sun, Nov 3, 2013 at 1:25 AM, Ric Lim <[email protected]> wrote: > >> In the future we could put a slideshow on and play it out through a >> 32" HDTV there. Things we could show includes Skullotron, since we >> don't really want to carry that to every events. People playing during >> game nights or game day, our facilities, lounge, classroom, kitchen. >> Kinetic text of what we do and events we've held. I saw Assent Works >> have nice big screen TV that shows the big equipments they have. I >> think some onlookers just passed by from a distant and looks like they >> are not sure what we are. So having the slideshow on big screen, even >> just 32" TV, would help. >> >> On 11/2/13, Jay Smith <[email protected]> wrote: >> > We do need better sign-age next time - ours was definitely underfoot >> > and out of sight. I love the approach the AssentWorks team took in >> > hanging up giant banners behind them. >> > >> > That said, most people pass us by in two seconds because most people >> > would never be interested in us. Due to the con demographics, we >> > really aren't interested in 90% of the kids that pass by the booth >> > either. Watch for the people who's eyes get caught by the sight of the >> > raspberry Pi, or people who are excited to see arduinos on display. >> > When you see those people, talk to them! Everything on the table has >> > been placed there with starting conversations with people like that in >> > mind. >> > >> > Knowing a good SkullSpace "elevator pitch" is handy, but I find the >> > real trick is in asking con-goers questions and learning about them. >> > This is especially easy if a specific piece of hardware caught their >> > eye. "Have you ever used an arduino before?" can lead to "Well, I'm >> > interested making one control my AC unit" and before long you'll be >> > recommending that they show up at Skullspace. Another trick is to >> > watch Nate and do what he does - the guy is a PR pro. We're first and >> > foremost a community, and demonstrating that we're a friendly >> > community to join starts with friendly people representing us. >> > >> > Aside, everybody has been fantastic so far. Thank you to everybody >> > who's helping this year! >> > >> > On Sat, Nov 2, 2013 at 8:53 PM, Ron <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Then you shouldn't be working the booth. We need our most extroverted >> >> people, otherwise there's no chance. Also some cool stuff sitting there >> >> for people to check out. Did we get the pile of blinking lights? >> >> >> >> I personally hate it when vendors ask for contact info for a "draw", >> >> which is code for "we're going to spam you forever". >> >> >> >> Ron >> >> >> >> On 2013-11-03 01:10, [email protected] wrote: >> >>> I don't know about the other guys at the table, but I kinda suck at >> being >> >>> talkative and marketing to random people... Some congoers just pass by >> >>> and evaluate us in 2 seconds, it's good to have a way to identify >> >>> ourselves in that time as 'not just guys who have a nintendo and cards >> >>> against humanity'. >> >>> >> >>> Also maybe have a prize drawing where they need to leave contact >> info... >> >>> AW has one of those for a free month membership and it has 100+ papers >> >>> inside, wow. I volunteer a pile of Cisco 800-series routers for the >> >>> draw. >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> -----Original Message----- >> >>> From: Ron <[email protected]> >> >>> Sender: [email protected]: Sat, 2 Nov 2013 >> >>> 19:57:41 >> >>> To: <[email protected]> >> >>> Reply-To: [email protected] >> >>> Subject: Re: [SkullSpace-Discuss] Displaying Skullspace's identity >> >>> >> >>> Are there people at the table? Isn't the point of having volunteers >> >>> there to tell people about it? >> >>> >> >>> It'd be cool to have stuff on the table, as well, but we sorta suck at >> >>> having stuff. :) >> >>> >> >>> Ron >> >>> >> >>> On 2013-11-03 00:42, [email protected] wrote: >> >>> > #incomingbikeshed >> >>> > >> >>> > I'm at the C4 booth and we have a nice sign (draped below a table >> where >> >>> > it's not really visible, especially when people stand in front) and >> >>> > nice business cards, but they just say our name and 3 unmeaningful >> >>> > words, nothing says that we are a hackerspace or what that entails. >> I'm >> >>> > still sick and not feeling too creative, any suggestions on how we >> >>> > should represent what we do and interest people in it? >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> > _______________________________________________ >> >>> > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List >> >>> > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss >> >>> > Archive: >> https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >> >>> _______________________________________________ >> >>> SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List >> >>> Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss >> >>> Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >> >>> _______________________________________________ >> >>> SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List >> >>> Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss >> >>> Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List >> >> Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss >> >> Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >> > _______________________________________________ >> > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List >> > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss >> > Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List >> Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss >> Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >> > > > _______________________________________________ > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss > Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >
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