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Design a Mikon and have it included in the Web Directions Mikons set – and get a free t shirt!

A conference is as much about the new people you meet as the ideas and techniques you get to see first hand. That’s why you have a name badge that lets others quickly identify what your name is and who you work for. But who you really are is so much more than that.

Wouldn’t it be great if your name badge could also tell people about those things that are really important to you.

Such as your skills: CSS, HTML, Perl, PHP, Java, Flash, Ajax, Javascript etc etc etc

Or where you’re from: NSW, Qld, Vic?

Whether you followed league, rugby, AFL, soccer?

Whether you are an early bird or a night owl? Clean desk or messy? Desktop or laptop? Coffee or tea?

Mac or Windows? Or Linux?

This is a great use for Mikons

Design your own Mikon

This year at Web Directions South you even get to design your own: here’s how it works.

Go along to the Mikons site and create an account.

Design a Mikon and tag it with wds07. Submit as many as you like, in fact I think the best ones will be those that cover off a set of options, such as “carnivore or vegetarian”. Go here for Mikon ideas.

Just make sure you have the “share” option on the Mikon clicked.

And make sure you do it before midnight on Monday September 3.

The best 50 Mikons will be printed on a sticker set to go in the Web Directions South satchels for everyone to use on their name badges while they are at the conference. Just like these ones from SXSW earlier this year:

The winners will also get a Mikons t shirt. How cool is that?

Mikons you could make

1. Usability
2. SEO
3. PHP
4. Front end
5. Back end
6. Perl
7. Django
8. .asp
9. UI
10. RAILS
11. Java
12. .net
13. Cold Fusion
14. css
15. Ajax
16. Javascript
17. IA
18. mobile
19. Flash
20. single
21. taken
22. cyclist
23. driver
24. pedestrian
25. desktop
26. laptop
27. Mac
28. Windows
29. Linux
30. clean desk
31. messy desk
32. early bird
33. night owl
34. blogger
35. employed
36. looking for work
37. hiring
38. NSW
39. Qld
40. Vic
41. ACT
42. NT
43. SA
44. WA
45. Tasmania
46. NZ
47. carnivore
48. cegetarian
49. coffee
50. tea
51. energy drink
52. beer
53. wine
54. cocktail
55. smh reader
56. news reader
57. Playstation
58. XBOX
59. Glass half full
60. Glass half empty

But don’t feel limited by these – you can design a Mikon for anything you like – as long as it’s something we think a few people might use, it’s in the running to go onto the Web Directions Mikon set.