As I go more and more in hackathons, I see very often bas swag, stuff that I will never use after, or completely useless. Sponsors are throwing their money.
I'm organizing a hackathon in the next weeks , I wonder if HN knows some specific swag that are good for developers. (not the classic "stress ball" or "branded pen", you see what I mean)that I could share with my sponsors to provide the best for hackers that will attend. Any ideas?
My favorite swag to get at hackathons have always been the credits to use a service. I also enjoy t-shirts, especially if they are quality and a service/company that I like as I actually wear the shirt.<p>Example: Last hackathon I was at, Amazon was giving away $100 credits for AWS. I never used Amazon but I am more inclined to keep my projects up there after the credit runs out.
Favorites:<p>Credits (AWS)<p>T-Shirts<p>Water bottles (this one surprised me, but I got a couple from Palantir and I use them every day)<p>Maybe it's a geographical thing but I've never seen a stressball at a hackathon as swag (based in DC)
1) Gift cards for AWS (top of the list ...by far)<p>2) Ebook Coupons (e.g. OReilly)<p>3) Mugs (have dozens of MongoDB cups but can always use more :) )<p>4) People love laptop stickers ... I don't get it but anyways
I'd definitely say a t-shirt if you can afford them. I have t-shirts from multiple hackathons and wear them all the time. They get far more mileage than any sticker or pen I've received.
little moleskin notebooks?<p><a href="http://www.moleskineus.com/mbxs717-moleskine-extra-small-plain-notebook.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.moleskineus.com/mbxs717-moleskine-extra-small-pla...</a><p>iTunes gift cards?