RE: Re[2]: [eclipse.org-eclipsecon-program-committee] Stickers on Eclips

["Donald Smith" <donald.smith@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am imagining text to go with the colors (no one would remember otherwise).
Will see if a small logo might fight as well.

 - Don 

-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Kriens [mailto:Peter.Kriens@xxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: December 7, 2006 9:38 AM
To: Ken Bauer
Cc: donald.smith@xxxxxxxxxxx; Eclipsecon Program Committee list
Subject: Re[2]: [eclipse.org-eclipsecon-program-committee] Stickers on
EclipseCon badges

I LOVE the idea, but just wonder if we should not have icons as well?
10% of the male population (therefore virtually 10% of the Eclipse
crowd) is color blind.

Kind regards,

     Peter Kriens
     
KB> Donald,

KB> Great idea. Make sure to use a colour coding scheme for the 
KB> different stickers, it will help to quickly identify people.
KB> Then look at your badge real-estate to see how big they can be.

KB> - Ken

KB> On 6-Dec-06, at 8:40 AM, Donald Smith wrote:

KB>  
KB> The Eclipse ecosystem is diverse, and it can sometimes be a 
KB> challenge (especially for exhibitors) to identify people who are 
KB> interested in a particular market.  For example, it would be great 
KB> if Embedded folks were able to easily spot each other, and great 
KB> value for Exhibitors to know if someone was keen on the Embedded space.
KB>  
KB>  
KB> We are looking at including a set of stickers in the bags this year 
KB> that allow people to identify what is interesting to them.
KB> Just like last year we plan to have "Ask me about" stickers, but 
KB> this would be additional.  I am imagining something like a 1"
KB> brightly colored sticker that says "Embedded", etc.
KB>  
KB>  
KB>  
KB> Now for the hard part - to come up with a small enough set of 
KB> stickers that covers enough interesting groups of people.  It seems 
KB> to me that 6 or 7 would be the absolute max, otherwise it will get 
KB> confusing.  I am hesitant to have stickers to designate projects, or 
KB> else we may end up with 60+ sticker suggestions, which won't work.
KB>  
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KB>  
KB> Does anyone have suggestions on categories?  Here is my straw man:
KB>  
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KB> RCP
KB>  
KB> Embedded
KB>  
KB> Java/J2EE
KB>  
KB> OSGi
KB>  
KB> Testing
KB>  
KB> Reporting
KB>  
KB>  
KB>  
KB> To help with this - try to imagine logical "sub conference"
KB> segments that show up at EclipseCon.
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KB> Cheers,
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KB>  
KB>  
KB>   - Don
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