<div dir="ltr">it doesn't suck that people are doing the same thing. I just thought it was interesting that there's a nearly 100 percent clone of the project....</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><br><div><div><br></div><div><div>--</div><div>Darcy Whyte</div><div><br></div><div>Art+ <a href="http://inventorartist.com/" target="_blank">inventorArtist.com</a> | Aviation <a href="http://rubber-power.com/" target="_blank">rubber-power.com</a></div><div>Contact: <a href="mailto:darcy@inventorArtist.com" target="_blank">darcy@inventorArtist.com</a> | 613-563-3634 by appointment (no text)</div></div></div><div><br></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 7, 2015 at 10:47 AM, Jason Cobill <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jason.cobill@gmail.com" target="_blank">jason.cobill@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><br></div> Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery! :)<br></div> It sucks that they're basically doing the same thing, but you could take that as validation of your concept - there's clearly a market at upscale conferences for innovative community-building badges.<br><br></div> I don't know how far you want to take the Fireflies, but there's a bunch of big spring conferences coming up and now's probably the time to get your foot in the door.<br> <a href="https://www.themuse.com/advice/the-50-best-conferences-to-attend-this-year" target="_blank">https://www.themuse.com/advice/the-50-best-conferences-to-attend-this-year</a><br></div> Many of these places have attendances above 20,000, and charge up to $1000 for registration, so they've got the budget to drop $20 on an intelligent badge. <br><div><br></div><div> -Jason Cobill<br></div><div><br><br><div><div><br></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Wed, Oct 7, 2015 at 10:31 AM, Darcy Whyte <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:darcy@inventorartist.com" target="_blank">darcy@inventorartist.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><br></div><a href="http://hackaday.com/2015/10/07/conference-badges-are-the-newest-form-of-hardware-art/#comment-2744102" target="_blank">http://hackaday.com/2015/10/07/conference-badges-are-the-newest-form-of-hardware-art/#comment-2744102</a><div><br></div><div>That's pretty well exactly like the firefly Michael Grant, Mark Stephenson and I made except our version was slightly more artzy and we had nicer visualizations. </div><div><br></div><div>Here's my project page for it...</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://inventorartist.com/firefly/" target="_blank">http://inventorartist.com/firefly/</a><br clear="all"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><br><div><div><br></div><div><div>--</div><div>Darcy Whyte</div><div><br></div><div>Art+ <a href="http://inventorartist.com/" target="_blank">inventorArtist.com</a> | Aviation <a href="http://rubber-power.com/" target="_blank">rubber-power.com</a></div><div>Contact: <a href="mailto:darcy@inventorArtist.com" target="_blank">darcy@inventorArtist.com</a> | <a href="tel:613-563-3634" value="+16135633634" target="_blank">613-563-3634</a> by appointment (no text)</div></div></div><div><br></div></div></div></div>
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