I am eager to see the outcome. I have seen a few of them, they are good. Isn't it possible for us to vote for one which has the most likes to win or as part of the weighted average on winning? If that so you should make them paraded for awhile before deciding the best.
Handoko - On Friday, December 5, 2014 7:56:00 AM UTC+7, 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 tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to tiddlywiki@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
