I Bought a Mac - Latest Comments in I Have a Shuffle to Give Away, But How?

Re: I Have a Shuffle to Give Away, But How?

Ava — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 11:53:31 -0000

I would LOVE to have an iPod Shuffle! I look at them on Apple.com EVERY SINGLE DAY! But, I can't afford a shuffle :(

Re: I Have a Shuffle to Give Away, But How?

Brent — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 20:08:18 -0000

haha... thanks Bill!! it was fun. Until next time...

Brent

Re: I Have a Shuffle to Give Away, But How?

Bill Alexander — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 19:03:52 -0000

You could always run out of a Walmart and give it to the first person you see and keep running. And don't forget to call me when you do it.

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Re: I Have a Shuffle to Give Away, But How?

Brent — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 16:16:40 -0000

I like it! Okay, so a review & trackback contest with a random selection. Sounds interesting. I'm on it! Thanks everyone, back in a bit with the kickoff of the contest.

Re: I Have a Shuffle to Give Away, But How?

Shawn Blanc — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 11:53:31 -0000

I'm with Wess Daniels. Hold the contest in a manner that will build your readership a bit.

Re: I Have a Shuffle to Give Away, But How?

Brent — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 01:20:47 -0000

Excellent idea Wess... Hmmm... What to do?

Re: I Have a Shuffle to Give Away, But How?

Wess — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 22:34:20 -0000

I did a contest, per Paul Stamatiou's advice, where you have people tell you one of their favorite posts of yours and a little about themselves so you can get to know your readers. Then draw a name out of a hat. It worked well for my contest.

Re: I Have a Shuffle to Give Away, But How?

Yohannes Wijaya — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 20:58:31 -0000

just do a random selection

Re: I Have a Shuffle to Give Away, But How?

Brent — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 20:32:38 -0000

Okay, I think I like the photo idea. Maybe a iBAM photo advert contest? We can base the winner off number of comments to flickr by a certain date. That way everyone who participates gets some publicity from the thing.

Thoughts?

If everyone thinks it's a good idea, I'll kick it off tomorrow with a new post. Thanks to all for the ideas, I'll use them all for other contests... Now to figure out what else to give away (that won't break my bank account)

Re: I Have a Shuffle to Give Away, But How?

paul — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 16:35:16 -0000

give it to the first dutchman! or donate it to Unicef? the wales or the orks ;-)

Re: I Have a Shuffle to Give Away, But How?

Michelle — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 16:18:40 -0000

I think I like both the logo and the photo contest ideas.....

Re: I Have a Shuffle to Give Away, But How?

Kevin — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 12:49:29 -0000

Photo contests and design contests are always fun; you could try something like that...

Re: I Have a Shuffle to Give Away, But How?

Lucas Sieber — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 08:07:18 -0000

"Good choice with with the Airport Extreme ;) I may not have remembered telling you it was cool, but it definitely is cool!"

Apple does not release any uncool stuff, it's not microsoft ;)

Re: I Have a Shuffle to Give Away, But How?

Gal — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 00:00:29 -0000

I say just throw it in the air above a printed list of all comments, and the person it hit should get it.

Re: I Have a Shuffle to Give Away, But How?

Derek Punsalan — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 23:12:42 -0000

Good choice with with the Airport Extreme ;) I may not have remembered telling you it was cool, but it definitely is cool!

Re: I Have a Shuffle to Give Away, But How?

Brent — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 21:18:44 -0000

*Consoles Phil

Re: I Have a Shuffle to Give Away, But How?

Phil Bowell — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 21:15:10 -0000

What about a logo contest?

I know that the site has a great design, always will while Derek is designing for it, but it just occured to me that it might benefit from a logo of some sort. Just to enhace the sites brand a bit more. Plus I read you wanted more creative ideas and as a creative didn't feel I had been original enough. But then this isn't an original idea! *walks off to stop himself burbling any longer!*

Re: I Have a Shuffle to Give Away, But How?

Ben — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 20:27:37 -0000

I have no idea, some way to convince you?

Re: I Have a Shuffle to Give Away, But How?

Brent — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 20:25:49 -0000

I'm not asking who to give it to, but what type of contest we should hold to decide. I figured that a Mac site probably has a lot of creative people visiting it, so I was hoping for some creative ideas. Some pretty good ones so far.

Re: I Have a Shuffle to Give Away, But How?

Ben — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 20:17:59 -0000

I would love the shuffle too. I am a Mac Addict. Everything Mac, I love. I wish I had money for a new shuffle, but unfortunately taht is not possible. My family went through some hard times, and unfortunately money is a big issue for us. A new shuffle could make the world for me.

Re: I Have a Shuffle to Give Away, But How?

Brent — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 20:09:07 -0000

Speaking of Digg... Please Digg This Post

Re: I Have a Shuffle to Give Away, But How?

zuhl — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 20:00:49 -0000

I'll take it!

And I'll tell everyone I know that iBAM and I are BFFs.

Promise!

though I agree about digg as a decent place to post about it. If you can somehow rise above the fray. Possibly that's un-possible. :-]

Re: I Have a Shuffle to Give Away, But How?

Ben — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 19:58:59 -0000

Give it to someone who really wants it, maybe some teenager who likes cool technology but can't afford it, or someone who proves they really want it.

Re: I Have a Shuffle to Give Away, But How?

Brent — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 19:31:50 -0000

Thanks AJ, I do appreciate your participation. BTW, we have a TON of really cool articles coming out soon, so please stay tuned. I hope that everyone finds them useful.

Back to the Shuffle post... I was fairly taken back today at the Apple store when the associate (also named Brent... Oh wait, I mentioned that already, right) asked what the Shuffle was for. I responded with "For my blog, iboughtamac.com" and he said, "I've heard of that site" - How crazy is that? Needless to say, that felt pretty cool!

Re: I Have a Shuffle to Give Away, But How?

Aj — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 19:15:22 -0000

I was only joking Brent, I saw the opportunity and I took it. No consolation prize needed, I enjoy visiting this site. Phil's idea sounds reasonable.