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by aresant 4627 days ago
I would love to attend but geographically can't make it.

I bet a lot of HN'ers are in the same boat.

How 'bout a couple of rewards catered towards remote beyond postcard?

EG - $50 limited edition t-shirt, $20 live stream attendance, $30 for a DVD, ?

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I would love to add a live stream option, I just have no idea how much doing a live stream would cost.
I'm not sure how giving "tickets" to people would work, but you could probably just stream it on a free service like Justin.tv. Google Hangouts might work as well.
Potentially free with a borrowed iDevice or Android device and Wi-Fi.

I live streamed a funeral a year ago. It was pretty easy. I borrowed an iPad and installed Ustream's app. The church had Wi-Fi, so all I needed to do was create an account on Ustream's website, and they gave me the HTML code to embed the video on the memorial website I made. I used a free account, so I was told there was one or two commercials during the 90 minute broadcast. They removed the free trail for the Pro (100 free hours without ads) just before I signed up, but it looks like they have that option again. Afterwards, I was able to download the original video from Ustream's website, and upload it to the memorial website so people can play it back in the future without seeing ads.

Same here. Why do postcards "ship within the US only"...?

They should offer rewards without tickets but with signed things from Wozniak, those would sell.

Fortunately I used to live in Mountain View. Unfortunately now I live 5000 miles away. Fortunately I'm going to Palo Alto next week! Unfortunately I'm flying out Nov 3. Doh!
I like the t-shirt idea.