A Exercism logo rubber ducky (dark and light mode variants) would be a fun nod to rubber ducky debugging.
I agree! Iād buy that instantly
Context - I have a regular rubber ducky and a batman rubber ducky sitting right under neath my computer monitor. A rubber ducky that was closer connected to tech would be preferred tho, since people always ask me why the rubber ducks lol
https://www.printful.com/generator/bags/drawstring/all-over-print-drawstring-bag This could be a good candidate for the beehive pattern.
I would appreciate metal pins with the beehive design
These are some fantastic ideasā¦Iāve also discovered there are sooooo many suppliers out there so Iām sure weāll find some epic stuff!
Keep the ideas flowing!
Stress release ball would be nice. Something that wouldnāt be out of place on a desk that someone plays with so they keep getting reminded of the site. Could also be a conversation starter like my puzzle was at work.
I would get a hold of an Exercism pin as soon as one is available to buy. Iāve really enjoyed my experience with Exercism and would love to have a keepsake to represent it added to my small pin collection.
Thatās a cool idea - Iāll put that on the list of swag to bring in.
Thanks @meatball and @thuban for the excitment around this.
Perhaps you can elaborate on the specific way the beehive design would fit onto the pin?
Would the design cover the entire pin (and overlap the edges) and would you see the Exercism logo over the top of the beehive design?
I mean I was thinking like just a pin with a programming language logo. So maybe having like the 5 most popular languages as pins or something. I was just thinking metal and then having something like this on it.
Although I checked your current designs and I noticed all the stuff with beehive did also have the Exercism name on them. I would personally prefer the beehive logo as itself but otherwise this could be an option:
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Ah ok I understandā¦so itās the individual beehive logo rather than the multiple languages ābeehiveā - if that makes sense.
Iāll have a think about how to best implement this because, even if we go with the 5 most popular languages, that will certainly be a contentious topic of note Doing a badge for every language is also going to take some time but would be cool for sureā¦
Watch this spaceā¦
I mean there are some languages that has only like 200 students and I would suppose it could be hard selling those pins. Although if we rank the top 5 langauges by student it would follow: 1. Python, 2. Javascript, 3. Java, 4. Go, 5. Rust. There are some languages which has less students like typescript, ruby, elixir etc I would like see pins aswell. Although I relize that having too many designs could have difficult/expensive logistc problems. Also could be good to start with a few and see if people like them I guess.
Lined or dotted notebooks with a themed cover is another idea. The variants that come to mind would be the Exercism glyph, the Exercism word, the multiple languages beehive, and then any combination of the three. It looks like Printful only does a dotted notebook so youād need to look around a little.
Spiral Notebook - Ruled Line or Softcover Notebook, A5 both look promising from Printify. The softcover ships from the UK and the spiral from the US if that affects anything.
Bring the Beehive Tote bag back (I took too long to buy)
Hey! I feel your pain (Jonathan here btw, Exercism Community Manager) - just waiting for new stock with the supplier. Will keep you posted and exploring other suppliers so the tote bag is ALWAYS available
Tell me, are there any items in the swag store that you think could be changed, improved etc?
A nice, warm hat please! It could be a start of the collection :-)
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Yeah, it hangs on āProcessing Uploadā message. It was a photo of me wearing my Google hat, just like this one:
V-Neck T Shirt - I would buy and wear!!