_Competitions rock. In my humble opinion, anyway. But what do you think about their role on RedBubble and how much we should support and …
Competitions rock. In my humble opinion, anyway. But what do you think about their role on RedBubble and how much we should support and encourage them? We’ve had a few competitions already, some official, some member-organised. The more high profile ones have helped bring new members to the site, and all of them seem to grab people’s attention and add energy to the community. Our Unleashed digital image and short story competitions attracted over 1000 entries, with the competition info page being the 4th most popular page for people to enter RedBubble. From a marketing standpoint, this gives me great confidence for investing in future competitions. There have already been some great initiatives started by members of the community (as well as insightful feedback on the issues with our current approach to competitions from timijimi, boothy, and others) e.g. Bobdollar kicked off Songs , which has over 1000 views in the forums. e.g. Resisto started the Tweaker07 photomanipulation challenge, which got a very enthusiastic response Now we all know the current system for handling competitions ain’t perfect. To keep it simple, we’ve used existing functionality – tags as a way to enter, favourites to handle voting, and search/profiles to display entries. So, how about a purpose-built Competition Platform? Any RedBubble member could set up a competition and define the rules for how it would work (e.g. number of entries, who judges and how, closing date, legals, prizes, etc). Supporting this would be functionality for both organisers (e.g. competition setup, disqualify, judge) and for members (e.g. vote button, view entries, competition listings) I’d love to see singer/songwriters running design comps for their album cover, or arts festivals having t-shirt design competitions. I suspect we’ll be surprised how creative people will be in using this functionality. We’d also use it for official RedBubble (global) competitions Over to you for feedback: Would you use a Competition Platform like this? What features would need to be part of it? How do you feel about having lots of competitions on the site, some official RedBubble ones, others member-organised?
PLEASE HELP US GET MORE VOTES….COPY AND PASTE THE FOLLOWING LINKS INTO A JOURNAL ENTRY OR YOUR PROFILE FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS TO HELP SP…
PLEASE HELP US GET MORE VOTES….COPY AND PASTE THE FOLLOWING LINKS INTO A JOURNAL ENTRY OR YOUR PROFILE FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS TO HELP SPREAD THE STARS…. GIVE A STAR A STAR! (copy and paste putting quotation marks before and after then a : right after the last qotation mark) now past this immediately after the : to make a link to JUDGE ME to help get us more stars, please.
Hey Guys, / Judgement Day is fast approaching, March 20th JUDGEMENT DAY….on our SHOOTERS CALENDER...
Hey Guys, / Judgement Day is fast approaching, March 20th JUDGEMENT DAY….on our SHOOTERS CALENDER So Shooters, Please jump onboard and cast your votes!! um.. not for your own work pleeeeze, er-hem VOTE HERE thankyou / Alateia
I have been touched by the sale of my card Seeing Spots today – ...
I have been touched by the sale of my card Seeing Spots today – this shot was taken on the platform at Hornsby railway station here in Sydney … and was bought by Earthangel who originally had this to say about the image: I love it but I’m biased – I work for an Australia wide Blindness and Low Vision Agency and I love that you took this pic and won an award for this. Many people take tactile markings for granted but when you know people who have died or fallen down between a train and a platform due to blindness and the everyday difficulties they face – I love these things! This would be a great card for our organisation to sell. Well done love the colour contrast which is also what it’s all about. THANK YOU EARTHANGEL for thinking beyond the box and seeing a way for this work to potentially make a contribution … Rosalie
Hey everyone!! just wanna write a quick sorry notice!! i’ve been very inactive on RB for awhile eh? been inactive on Zazzle too.. eheh.. ...
Hey everyone!! just wanna write a quick sorry notice!! i’ve been very inactive on RB for awhile eh? been inactive on Zazzle too.. eheh.. Sorry sorry.. n_n” am actually currently busy with my website, as you might have seen here ... It’s actually, sorta almost done.. just left a write up on Tim, since i do see a few people asking who’s Tim. hehe.. am also supposed to touch up the programming for the enquiry page.. and do 3 more banners.. and all must be done before 08.08.08…. YEAP!! Will officially launch my webbie on 08.08.08!!! Bwahahahaha…. You can call me a sucker for lucky number.. i can’t help it.. This is the year of the Rat, according to the lunar calendar, and yours truly, happens to be born exactly 12yrs ago, on the year of Rat.. XD the number 8 (ba) is known by the chinese as a lucky number as its pronunciation is similar to the word Fortune. fa in mandarin can mean richness.. AND guess what?! all my relatives and family calls me papa.. ehehe.. weird eh? my pet name was supposed to be fafa, but it somehow turns into papa.. so yea! i get uncles and grandaunties calling me papa… OO” papa… baba… fafa… O_o” And so i really hope to officially launch my webbie on the 8th Aug!! XD / oh shoot, that’s this friday… ARGH!!!! and can’t wait to finish my current project.. i just took up a short-deadline freelance proj, to create an interactive platform for a kiosk featuring Disney’s Wall.E!! i don’t know whether to smile or frown… i love being able to watch all the high res trailers and playing the games, but i hate actionscripting!!! OO” the project is due tomorrow, sorta.. i guess i’ll still be able to finish my webbie on time.. Oh, will take a videoclip of the platform later if possible and share with you guys!! =D Last and most importantly, so so sorry to everyone whose work i haven’t view or comment or fav!!! so so sorry.. i haven’t been able to come over to RB easily these days with this proj.. Hopefully i can be active online once again and catch up on everyone once this Wall-E proj is done and my webbie launched.. =D Hugs to everyone!! MISS YOU ALL!!! / fa
Big thank you Rosalie and Gail for featuring Maylands / I truly appreciate…
Big thank you Rosalie and Gail for featuring Maylands / I truly appreciate everyone’s comments and encouragement.
Okay I snuck two photos up. :P Next up some interesting interpretations of the new Epping platform! Then some more images from our …
Okay I snuck two photos up. :P Next up some interesting interpretations of the new Epping platform! Then some more images from our fair Sydney. As usual I encourage you all to please comment my work so I know what I am doing write and wrong. Cheers. -Tim p.s Black and white rocks (I find myself using it more and more).
A BIG THANK YOU TO THE FEMININE INTENT GROUP >>>>>> For the feature GREAT HEIGHTS >>>>>>> This might bring back a few memories …
A BIG THANK YOU TO THE FEMININE INTENT GROUP >>>>>> For the feature GREAT HEIGHTS >>>>>>> This might bring back a few memories for those of you that had them back in the Mamma Mia days, of Abba…hot pants and satin jackets :) ~ Anni
/ “Fishers platforms …
/ “Fishers platforms in winter evening light” :http://www.redbubble.com/people/steppeland/art/3708032-2-fisher-platforms-in-winter-evening-light / was featured in / Image writing group (Sept. 5 2009) / Beauty of the European Waters – group (Sept. 7 2009) Thank you so much to the hosts of these two groups, for selecting this photo for a feature on the groups first page. Every feature means a real recognition and encouragement, and is so very much appreciated :D Steppeland
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