I love lip balm; it’s a useful bit of schwag. I personally like the Chapstick cherry flavor (as does my son, who apparently thinks it’s safe to rub all over his face like lotion), so I appreciate having backups when the stuff I use most often disappears.
I happen to be fond of Microsoft BizSpark schwag as you can see!
I don’t need cups anymore, but I do think that having shot glasses never gets old. Microsoft BizSpark, which is a software and support program for software startups, had a taller shot glass which is most welcome.
You now those little glass rocks you see in glass flower vases? Microsoft Silverlight capitalized on this idea to distribute these little things at SXSW 2008:
A really nice person named Kristin on the Windows Live team sent me a sweet grab bag of totally awesome Microsoft goodies.
Included in the bunch: