[haiku] Re: Haiku flier reprint
- From: Dave Osbourne <super_dooper_dave_osbourne@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:15:10 -0800 (PST)
Just my thoughts... If you are concerned about paper being used for printing
at a conference, think about the MEGA waste of electricity, paper, shrinkwrap
(stick around after for break down, or before the conference for unload),
fossil fuels to transport. Recycled paper and the cost of it to make fliers is
not even close to a millionth of the cost economically and ecologically of
putting on the conference itself. Haiku is a lightweight OS, in all aspects.
--- On Fri, 12/11/09, Jorge G. Mare <koki@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Jorge G. Mare <koki@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [haiku] Re: Haiku flier reprint
To: haiku@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Friday, December 11, 2009, 9:50 AM
Howdy,
William A. Lawson wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 7:16 PM, Alexandre Deckner <alex@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Am i the only one feeling bad about the waste of paper at conferences? Is it
>> really usefull? can't it be replaced by other medias of communication?
>> especially in conferences about digital/internet projects? for people
>> carrying multi networked connected devices, in 2009?
>> I know i've been guilty there, but thinking about it, all those people
>> coming back home with a heavy bag of paper that they'll never read :) what a
>> strange tradition...
>>
Please note that we do not stand at a street corner and hand out fliers to
everyone that walks by. It's only to those who do come to our booth and that
show at least a reasonable degree of interest that we give the fliers to;
granted, most fliers will end up in the trash sooner or later (that's
unavoidable), but they do serve a purpose; not much different from people
burning a nightly build to CD and then throwing it away if you asked me. :)
>
> Would it be any cheaper or more environmentally friendly to distribute
> business cards instead? We could have the logo, a quick blurb about
> what Haiku is, and the URL.
>
I usually print "business" cards at home for Urias, Scott and myself when we
exhibit at a conference, and we do hand them out selectively. The cards are
definitely useful for situations where you want to give your personal contact
info to someone, but from the POV of impact, amount of information, etc., they
are not a good/effective drop-in replacement for a good flier.
Cheers,
Jorge/aka Koki
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