Free schwag: a badge for your camera bag. In exchange, just take a picture of you wearing it, or of your bag or jacket, and post a link to your photo in the comments here. All you need to do is email me your address: I will send them anywhere in the world. My mail address is on the contacts/about page here.
So far, badges have been mailed to Germany (lots), a few to the UK, Switzerland, Spain, Brazil, several to Australia, Canada, Philipines, Japan. These were made by Brilliant Badges in the UK, but please feel free to copy the artwork royalty-free, and make and distribute your own.
Update #2:
A series of mailed badge-wearers are sitting in my inbox awaiting linkeage here. Please don’t be shy, do post your own! Tia!
Update #3
More on order as of 2/09/07: will mail ‘em out early next week.
Or something else altogether? Was talking to somebody yesterday about this extrordianry allegiance some folks seem to have with their Web2 site of choice. The kind of loyalty formerly attached to the likes of a cigarette brand. I think when people give up smoking they still knock around with their smoker mates, don’t they?
Not that I think that’s what’s going on here, of course. I simply do not know.
Now that really is an interesting observation that loyalty thing. I wonder if this is a symptom of first generation users? I certainly do feel that myself with regard to Flickr and I know others feel like this about their blogs .. mmm thanks for that I am going to think about that. There is something in there to do with identity…. we have these digital cubby holes where we store aspects and enactments of our identiuty and we like mooching around in them, seeing our lives reflected back in snippets. Hmm thanks for that Brenda you have got me on a new thought train here. THis is an idea I want to take on further …
There’s a thing – some people see their Web2 host as part of their persona? Yes, very interesting indeed.
I suppose I just think of it as a storage area really, like a wall. Clearing it off and replacing the pictures is good now and again. But so is trying a new wall in a different house.
Definitely something to mull over more. Do let me known what you come up with. It’s almost symposium material. :)
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testing times…
It works, wow! :)
I like the idea,
Internet Censorship resource>> Online anti-censorship Network at http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/
Do feel free to replicate the meme, GVA. :)
Clever clever.
Only one has been sent to Sheffield. So far. ;)
Maybe we are cowardy cowardy custards!!
Or something else altogether? Was talking to somebody yesterday about this extrordianry allegiance some folks seem to have with their Web2 site of choice. The kind of loyalty formerly attached to the likes of a cigarette brand. I think when people give up smoking they still knock around with their smoker mates, don’t they?
Not that I think that’s what’s going on here, of course. I simply do not know.
Now that really is an interesting observation that loyalty thing. I wonder if this is a symptom of first generation users? I certainly do feel that myself with regard to Flickr and I know others feel like this about their blogs .. mmm thanks for that I am going to think about that. There is something in there to do with identity…. we have these digital cubby holes where we store aspects and enactments of our identiuty and we like mooching around in them, seeing our lives reflected back in snippets. Hmm thanks for that Brenda you have got me on a new thought train here. THis is an idea I want to take on further …
There’s a thing – some people see their Web2 host as part of their persona? Yes, very interesting indeed.
I suppose I just think of it as a storage area really, like a wall. Clearing it off and replacing the pictures is good now and again. But so is trying a new wall in a different house.
Definitely something to mull over more. Do let me known what you come up with. It’s almost symposium material. :)
it is at least a paragraph in a chapter at amny rate!! Am doing a book about Web 2.0 next…
Many thanks Brenda. Looking forward to putting the badge on my camera bag. Am I the 1st Irish recipient?
Will mail the next batch out early in the week, Flash. Thanks! :)
This one made it all the way to Texas.
Ooops: hit `submit’ by accident. Previous should have finished:
Great idea; Thanks Brenda!
and the link :)
Hi Brenda, sorry it’s taken me so long but here’s the link to my photo of the “Censorship is…” badge, as promised. Thanks! Lucy
Bum, forgot to paste in the link!
http://fluxpix.blogspot.com/2007/10/schwagging-payback.html
You know what? Flickr deleted my account. Fuck em. What a bunch of assholes.
At least some photos seem to be online still:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/7/8132638_adf22455c7.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/groups/12509061@N00/pool/95589137@N00/
My account is in the neverlands…
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