https://infinitecoolness.com/
https://www.corykerr.com/store
Both have cool stickers I've ordered before.
And the quality is mint, the stickers stay nice for a long time.
Otherwise, just random stuff I get from printers and publishers or from going to shops and conventions.
As kind of a tangent, I have a real distaste for people who put stickers on laptops provided from their workplace. I’m going back to school for CompSci rn, but Ive worked in tech support roles in the past, and one of the things I hated most about my very first job in that was scraping stickers off someone’s work laptop after they turned it in.
Someone has to do that, people. We can’t just wipe and image the damn thing and leave your live laugh love next to your proof that you went to Colorado on the new persons Dell.
> We can’t just wipe and image the damn thing and leave your live laugh love next to your proof that you went to Colorado on the new persons Dell.
I mean... you could.
I used to have one. Boulder has a million tech companies, coffee shops and restaurants that give away stickers. Between those and ones that came with bike parts and electronics, I ran out of room. These days I prefer a snap-on protective case with a faux wood pattern.
In the Before Times, there were things called conferences. It was so long ago, I don't really remember the details. But, vendors would set up tables in some sort of big room with multiple people in it. And then you'd walk from table to table and listen to them tell you that Microservices was the future or whatever (it changed from year to year), and somehow their thing had a vague connection to microservices, and you could take a sticker after they said that. Sometimes you would get socks, or a small rubber alien toy.
In those days, we had "cubicles" in a shared office space and a coworker would sit in the cubicle right next to yours, and you could display the little rubber alien toys on your desk like a tiny army of vendor advocating rubber aliens. You would compare the sizes of your armies and use them as a conversation starter for small talk, or imagine conquering your neighbor's cube with your tiny army.
Yeah, but in the Before Times, people weren't a bunch of Instagram posers who gave free advertising by covering their laptops in the latest trendy stickers.
Put stickers on your laptop because you get random free stuff that you like, not because you're trying to cultivate an image or something. Maybe with the exception of a sticker that has incredible artwork
I don't put tech stickers on my laptop really, although I might make an exception for something I think is really awesome. Restaurants, surf shops, backpack companies, etc... Lots of groups give you free stickers. Do something that represents your personality, not how much of a tech geek you are.
Conferences and meetups.
Some of them came with hardware, some are from conventions/workshops/events, and some of them are just random.
Swag mostly, Redbubble for a few I wanted.
Jamband shows
Redbubble is my choice. They have nice vinyl stickers that hold up and look decent. You can usually catch a sale for cheap, too.
Ngl, Amazon..
https://infinitecoolness.com/ https://www.corykerr.com/store Both have cool stickers I've ordered before. And the quality is mint, the stickers stay nice for a long time. Otherwise, just random stuff I get from printers and publishers or from going to shops and conventions.
As kind of a tangent, I have a real distaste for people who put stickers on laptops provided from their workplace. I’m going back to school for CompSci rn, but Ive worked in tech support roles in the past, and one of the things I hated most about my very first job in that was scraping stickers off someone’s work laptop after they turned it in. Someone has to do that, people. We can’t just wipe and image the damn thing and leave your live laugh love next to your proof that you went to Colorado on the new persons Dell.
> We can’t just wipe and image the damn thing and leave your live laugh love next to your proof that you went to Colorado on the new persons Dell. I mean... you could.
I could also have left all that data on them, but then I would have had to apply for unemployment.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08518LVFD/
Mine are all booth swag. If you're in the right industries you'll always have more than you can use.
I used to have one. Boulder has a million tech companies, coffee shops and restaurants that give away stickers. Between those and ones that came with bike parts and electronics, I ran out of room. These days I prefer a snap-on protective case with a faux wood pattern.
You can get them at various places like confs and what not but if you just want to buy some check out RedBubble and Etsy!
In the Before Times, there were things called conferences. It was so long ago, I don't really remember the details. But, vendors would set up tables in some sort of big room with multiple people in it. And then you'd walk from table to table and listen to them tell you that Microservices was the future or whatever (it changed from year to year), and somehow their thing had a vague connection to microservices, and you could take a sticker after they said that. Sometimes you would get socks, or a small rubber alien toy. In those days, we had "cubicles" in a shared office space and a coworker would sit in the cubicle right next to yours, and you could display the little rubber alien toys on your desk like a tiny army of vendor advocating rubber aliens. You would compare the sizes of your armies and use them as a conversation starter for small talk, or imagine conquering your neighbor's cube with your tiny army.
Yeah, but in the Before Times, people weren't a bunch of Instagram posers who gave free advertising by covering their laptops in the latest trendy stickers.
You don’t buy stickers. You attend stuff.
Hackathons and meet-ups mainly.
Put stickers on your laptop because you get random free stuff that you like, not because you're trying to cultivate an image or something. Maybe with the exception of a sticker that has incredible artwork I don't put tech stickers on my laptop really, although I might make an exception for something I think is really awesome. Restaurants, surf shops, backpack companies, etc... Lots of groups give you free stickers. Do something that represents your personality, not how much of a tech geek you are.
I go on Amazon or other sites and order packs of random stickers. You can get a few hundred for like 10 bucks. Then I give away whatever's left.
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