Keynote Bingo sneak preview
Here’s a sneak preview of the MWSF 2007 Keynote Bingo card, which I’m still working on.
Changes:
- The new font for headings, instructions, and the “Made in the USA” tag is Bitstream Vera Sans, replacing Optima from the previous Bingo.
- I replaced the word “FREE” in the center with a star on an 80%-white background.
- You’ll be able to enter any seed value of your choice. This is so that John Siracusa can distribute cards 1–n (for a value of n of his choosing), if he wants to. It’ll also make it easier for winners, if any, to tell others what cards they won on.
- There’ll be an app that will let you enter the seed value, so that you can reproduce somebody else’s previously-generated card. You’ll also use this app to generate a card randomly (using the current time as the seed). In either case, the seed value is printed on the card.
- You’ll no longer be required to have the disk image mounted when you open the card in Preview. The app will take care of being in the right directory when it converts the EPS files to a PDF.
- If I have time, I may do a Windows version: EPS only, no app. Obviously, this means that Windows users wouldn’t be able to use a seed value of their choosing; it would be hard-coded to use the current time. Consider it a downside of not being on a Mac. (Or, feel free to write your own app using the same EPS files. It’ll be the same BSD license.)
I’m open to suggestions for new and different header graphics, and my call for strings still stands — I’ll be doing the strings last, so you still have time to think of predictions (serious or humorous) and either post them in comments on the call-for-strings post or email them to me directly.