Earlier this week, the DataPortability WorkGroup was sent a Cease and Desist order by Red Hat to stop using their logo. Opting to take the high road, Chris Saad and the crew decided to hold a logo contest to rebrand the DataPortability WorkGroup. To show our support and to get the prize bandwagon moving, Jive was the first to donate a prize, which was an iPhone. Since then, the prize list has grown to an impressivly long list of goodies, such as:
iPhone from Jive Software
Weeks ad space on Techcrunch! Thanks to Michael Arrington over at Techcrunch
A Month ad space on either CenterNetworks (www.centernetworks.com) or
HTMLCenter (www.htmlcenter.com) thanks to Allen Stern$100 from Bub.blicio.us thanks to Brian Solis
$100 of Compete Credits to get access to premium reports thanks to Jay Meattle at Compete.
$500 and a “I’d sync that” T-shirt from Plaxo thanks to John McCrea
An A0 Trendmap from Information Architects
$100 from HedgeHog Lab
We believe in the work that the DataPortability WorkGroup is doing and are proud to support their rebranding effort. If you would like to see the logo submissions, check out their Flickr pool. The deadline for submissions is March 11, 2008.
Good luck!
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phpnuke
Feb 28, 2008 at 12:53:03 AM
Gotta love these type of contests where you actually get more than you expect. I guess all of this is a part of marketing, eh?
Chris Saad
Feb 28, 2008 at 12:49:24 PM
Thank u Sam for your kind donation and getting the ball rolling! You guys rock
Sam Lawrence
Feb 28, 2008 at 1:12:40 PM
@Chris No prob. Whatever we can do to push the cause.
matt
Mar 2, 2008 at 2:01:55 PM
Boy am I sick of hearing about iPhone. Oh well, still a cool prize.
Dan Poynor
Mar 14, 2008 at 4:51:07 PM
The red circle with a slash through it is backwards. You've actually got a scandinavian slashed vowel or "zero" or mathematics "empty" symbol where I think you meant to use a "not permitted" or "no" symbol. It's a classic semiotic mistake illustrators make when creating information designs. Most people don't notice or realize the difference though. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_symbol