Calendar for IT workers: introduction

Intro

Today we would like to tell you about one ambitious project. Namely, about the calendar for IT workers and everyone who just likes it. Why such an idea arose, what motivated us and what ultimately turns out, we will discuss this article.

When programming various applications for various platforms, the idea often arises: did my program help someone? Or maybe nobody needs her? After all, when you do something that someone needs ... that solves someone's problems, and why the person using the program stopped lingering at work, because some process became automated ... it always gives you much more pleasure from development than when nobody will try to use your application. There are many reasons to enjoy software development.



Let’s take an example: let’s write software for a large bank. In addition to your program, this bank has about 350 projects, each of which can be divided into 5-10 subprojects. And each of these subprojects, due to the use of other projects from other development teams (some of which are located in India, and some in England, for example), is, to put it mildly, krivinko. Well, your program is no exception to this rule. And let your program copy files from point A to point B. Boring, you say, little motivation? But in fact, this program does not just automate a certain process, it acts as a very powerful assistant to the support team. After all, the human factor is now excluded, because of which the wrong file versions were constantly laid out in the wrong folders. You have helped countless employees,

Let's take a different situation ... So they approached you and asked to write a contact manager for the Android OS. Bored? Not at all! Unlike games and other applications, a contact manager is an application that will never be deleted and will live while the phone itself is alive. Think about how responsibly you need to approach the development of this application. It should be convenient and thoughtful.




We decided to make this calendar so that people feel that IT is not just something new in our life. IT - has firmly entered our lives. IT is everywhere, from your pockets, where plastic cards run on Java, and phones look more like laptops than just communications. And uploading by space stations and air defense systems. Music, art, planning, finance ... Yes, almost everything is now controlled by computer systems. While you are reading this article, so many computers have been bought in the world that the Institute of Nuclear Physics will have enough computing power to calculate the physical processes that occur when an atomic bomb explodes.

Here, for example, below is a page dedicated to love, the month of March. We thought for a long time what to choose. After all, it is necessary to make sure that it attracts lovely ladies, and the men are not afraid, flipping through this page.

This page is designed to show how the world has become one with the advent of computer technology, which has become incredibly easy, if you wish, to take and write a letter to the Chinese. Just to say good morning to him. And he will receive this message almost instantly! This page tells the story of two people who met on the Internet and were united by common interests. They are at a great distance from each other and live in different countries. When one interlocutor dawns outside the window, the night falls and the lights turn on ... These two have completely different faiths, different values, different languages ​​... But using their laptops, they are together. They can communicate on topics that they are interested in. They can be inspired by each other's work, the results of each other ... They can fall in love with each other, and dream of being together. These are truly amazing opportunities that computer technology gives us. Have you ever been lying on the couch, remembering the last conversation with your loved one?




And computer games, allowing you to find your imagination in any place? Want to feel what a family is? And there is a simulator for this. Want to ride a bike? Manage an army of robots? Win the battle against Germany? Go to other galaxies? Millions of programmers in the world are working so you can! Millions of testers are testing games so that they do not contain those annoying errors, as a result of which the game crashes, and you did not manage to survive. You really want to survive before they kill you, right? Millions of jobs are aimed at making your fantasies come true. Tens of thousands of engineers are designing video cards that can display a truly photorealistic image of that world that will help your imagination get the most out of it.




Now, countless people can easily transfer their fantasies with the help of software to screens, drawing, modeling ... This should reflect our next work, called “inspiration”. It’s not so important what is around ... A pile of unwashed dishes, no food in the refrigerator, or your body aches from fatigue ... But if you are inspired, everything fades into the background! Your thoughts are shrouded in ideas and images ... You cannot stand still and think about something else. Now you are there, inside your thoughts ... And your hand will quickly sketch the outflow of thoughts using a pen and tablet ... Fantasy ... creativity ... That's what is the driving force of the artist. And it’s wonderful that now an artist can easily sketch out a sketch while in a crush in a subway car simply because he had a great idea.

When

Very soon, in two weeks, we will announce the release of the project into life and we really hope that the idea to give yourself or someone for the new year a calendar of fotmat A2, made by the best freelancers, seems good. Closer to the release, we will write a couple more articles in which we will talk about the specifics that we encountered in developing the calendar and the difficulties.

Also

We also want to note that we introduced three methods of monetizing the project:

• You can earn money on the project if you publish somewhere your ref link to the project (will appear later, along with the publication of the project) and people who follow this link will buy calendars. If you recommend us to a store that will contact us to place an order, you will also receive a percentage of sales. The calendar is English-language, so publications can be not only on Russian resources. Those. It’s enough to publish in the maximum number of blogs that you have access to. Isn't that complicated? We are not greedy and give back a third of the profit received from sales at your recommendation. If you have ideas or a desire for us to remind you of the project’s exit in person - write in a personal letter, we will contact you;
• Dear IT companies. If you have not yet decided what to present to your employees, then, in my opinion, you have found a win-win solution. If you have a desire to give such a calendar to your employees, feel free to write to me. I will try to answer all your questions as quickly as possible;
• Very soon, you can just visit our website and buy it in one or more copies. The purchase price is determined by the cost of the calendar (600 rubles), plus the cost of delivery to the city or the city (if it is St. Petersburg).

We reserve all copyrights to the authors. What is the practice of saying that he did everything himself? The works are performed by completely different artists, each in a different style. And this gave us the opportunity to get 13 work, not like each other. All authors must sign their work. Plus, at the end of the calendar a full list of authors with a list of their contacts will be published. Without you, dear illustrators, this would never be a reality.

So, the format is A2, a short-edge spring, 13 artworks on the topic of technology. A great gift for the new year to anyone !

UPD: Delivery - anywhere in the world to which EMS delivers. I

'll meet you in a couple of weeks!