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    IoT T-Shirt ☶ ask
    flyingfisch avatar authored by flyingfisch 2 years ago | 26 comments

Hi,

I designed a T-Shirt with a quote from this thread. To get it screen printed (and also get a discount) we would need more than 6 orders, is anyone else here interested in this?

EDIT: There are now two versions of the shirt, let me know which one to go with.

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    james avatar james 2 years ago | link

    I’m up for it, but it’s not exactly a snappy phrase to go on a T-Shirt - too many words to be glance-at funny..?

    You should definitely promote to whoever @internetofshit is though - this is right up their alley

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      zem avatar zem 2 years ago | link
      • Convenience. Catastrophe. Pick any two.
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        trousers avatar trousers 2 years ago | link

        Maybe structuring it in as a poem would be more visually appealing?

        The IoT
is turning out to be
a weird mix of mild convenience,
and catastrophe.
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          horrorcheck avatar horrorcheck 2 years ago | link

          A definition would be better. Something like:

          IoT -- A weird mix of mild convenience and catastrophe.

          It’s shorter too.

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            trousers avatar trousers 2 years ago | link

            Yeah, that loses the nice rhyming quality (fun to say), but it seems like it would indeed look better on a t-shirt.

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              flyingfisch avatar flyingfisch edited 2 years ago | link

              I changed it to the rhyming version, but to do so I had to make the text smaller. What’s the verdict? Do we go with the definition style or the rhyme?

              EDIT:

              Saved the definition version as another link: http://www.customink.com/designs/iotsucks2/pqs0-00af-n865/twt

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                friendlysock avatar friendlysock 2 years ago | link

                Any way we can shrink/remove/hide the attribution notice?

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                  nc avatar nc 2 years ago | link

                  I don’t think that gets printed(?)

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                    flyingfisch avatar flyingfisch 2 years ago | link

                    It does get printed, I have to have it since I am using a CC licensed image and trousers wants attribution for the text. ;)

                    1. zedoary avatar zedoary 2 years ago | link

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                        flyingfisch avatar flyingfisch 2 years ago | link

                        True. In fact, I think that’s what I’ll do. @trousers are you up for this?

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                          trousers avatar trousers 2 years ago | link

                          Ah what the hell, sure. :)

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                            friendlysock avatar friendlysock 2 years ago | link

                            I’ll buy beers for the both of you if you’re ever in Houston.

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                    nc avatar nc 2 years ago | link

                    Yep, I think the definition one looks a lot better on a t-shirt.

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                friendlysock avatar friendlysock 2 years ago | link

                Really wish the original quote had an ellipsis instead of a comma there. :)

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                  trousers avatar trousers 2 years ago | link 
                  The IoT
is turning out to be
a weird mix of mild convenience...
and catastrophe.

                  Now it does! :P

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                nc avatar nc 2 years ago | link

                Hrm… maybe better for a sticker?

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                  flyingfisch avatar flyingfisch 2 years ago | link

                  Bumper sticker sounds ok-ish, but is probably bad for the same reasons james stated…

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                mjn avatar mjn 2 years ago | link

                Not sure if it was intended to be an actual URL, but if so, lobste.rs/trousers is a 404.

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                  friendlysock avatar friendlysock 2 years ago | link

                  A good submission sir! Count me in.

                  And it only needed a ‘show’ tag. :P

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                    stip avatar stip 2 years ago | link

                    I prefer the term “thingformation superhighway.”

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                      voronoipotato avatar voronoipotato 2 years ago | link

                      To be fair was said about cars in the 1920’s.

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                        flyingfisch avatar flyingfisch 2 years ago | link

                        Note: to do this, we would group order, and then whichever one of use got the group order package would handle shipping it out to everyone else.

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                          qbit avatar qbit 2 years ago | link

                          Maybe using Amazon Merch would be a better option? Then people don’t have to coordinate shipping.

                          Also I think the placement should be a bit better, maybe larger text with larger margins so it doesn’t go to the edge of the shirt? It also seems a bit low.

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                            flyingfisch avatar flyingfisch 2 years ago | link

                            Thanks for the feedback :)

                            I hadn’t heard of Amazon merch, I’ll look into it. As far as placement and margins go, I’ll fix it tonight when I get home.

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                              taylskid avatar taylskid 2 years ago | link

                              I think teespring (I think it’s teespring) also has a “crowdfunded” shirt option, where if enough people commit to buy the shirt a certain price, they’ll ship them all out.

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                                flyingfisch avatar flyingfisch 2 years ago | link

                                That’s the same with customink, but they want a minimum of 50 shirt goal as far as I can tell.