Ordering StackOverflow Trilogy Stickers!

10Sep09

On Tuesday, the awesome guys at Stack Overflow finally gave us addicted users a chance to receive some trilogy stickers! A few weeks ago, they received their order of 40,000 StackOverflow, ServerFault, SuperUser, and How-To Geek stickers, and now, if users send in a self-addressed stamped envelope, they will find some sitting in their mailbox in a short time.

As you may or may not know, I am addicted to StackOverflow. While I do not have too much programming experience (I’m mostly self-taught, though I took a course in one of the subjects), I still enjoy learning so much from StackOverflow, even if I’m unable to efficiently give back to the community by answering questions. This trilogy gives everyone, from professionals to people mildly interested in computers, the opportunity to share their knowledge and learn more, all in an open manner. StackOverflow is a great change from the old ways of sharing programming info through the internet (especially the “hyphen site” – eww!). Programming is, after all, a community activity, and StackOverflow lives up to this measure, just as ServerFault and SuperUser provide similar aspects for their respective societies.

Thus, as soon as that blog post sprang up, I decided to get some stickers! Some of my programmer friends are travelling but were interested, so I made a few envelopes.

For those who aren’t familiar with the concept of SASE, here’s how it works:

1. You take two envelopes, one preferably smaller than the other.

2. Address the larger envelope to the company you’re sending the request to. The address for StackOverflow trilogy stickers is Stack Overflow Stickers, c/o Fog Creek Software, 55 Broadway, 25th Floor, New York, NY 10006.

3. Address the smaller envelope to yourself, stamp it, and place it inside the larger envelope. Remember: DON’T seal the envelope addressed to you!

4. If the situation allows, you may place a letter or a note inside the larger envelope, too. I wrote a thank you letter to Joel Spolsky, Jeff Atwood, and everyone else at Stack Overflow, and attached it.

5. Seal the larger envelope once everything is inside, and stamp it. I used first-class stamps for both envelopes.

That’s it! Can’t wait for the stickers!

My final envelopes, sealed and ready to go.

P.S. In addition to inserting my thank you letter into the larger envelope, I also emailed it to the recipients to make sure that they receive it.

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