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November 08, 2005
Shockwave Turns Ten - Content Contest Announcement
December of 2005 marks an important milestone in the history of the Shockwave Player, specifically it's the ten year anniversary of the it's first public release in 1995. In order to help celebrate we are hosting a contest to highlight the best and/or most memorable examples of Shockwave content throughout the years. We are opening the doors to everyone to submit their own content pieces for consideration. The top ten will be selected by members of the Director and Shockwave team here at Macromedia, and then featured as part of our Shockwave anniversary promotional efforts. In addition, the top 3 pieces in particular will win the following prizes:
Third Place
Rio Karma 20GB MP3 player -- $199 Retail
Second Place
Konica Minolta DiMAGE Xt "World's Slimmest" 3MP Digital Camera -- $299 Retail
First Place
Canon PowerShot S50 5MP Digital Camera -- $699 retail
We're looking for content that spans Shockwave player's history so reach back into those archives, break out those dusty floppy disks and see what you can turn up. Are you interested in submitting a piece of your own content? If so, then please send me the following information:
1. URL(s) for where I can view and download the content in question. If your project involves multiple files then please do your best to package those up for easier download (zip, sit, hqx, etc.). At this time I don't necessarily need your source files but please indicate to me whether you have access to those or not in case we do need them later on.
2. A description of the content itself, how it was used by you or your client, why you feel it's an important piece of Shockwave history or a good example of the technology and how it has been used over time.
3. Please note that in submitting this content you will need to provide us the rights to use the content in our Shockwave Anniversary promotion. In your submission please indicate whether you are currently able to provide us the rights to use the content or whether you will need to consult with others first. Once we have submissions in and selected we can then begin the official process of securing those rights via appropriate channels.
4. Your contact information.
Please provide the above information by filling out the following PDF form and then pressing the submit button (found in the form document itself):
Submit your entries directly to me, Tom Higgins, via email at thiggins@macromedia.com, all entries must be received by 5:00pm Pacific Time on Friday, November 18, 2005. Winning entries will be announced on the anniversary promotion pages on December 1, 2005. If there are any questions about this contest please don't hesitate to ask, you can send those questions directly to me by email at thiggins@macromedia.com or by posting comments to this blog entry.
Thanks for everyone's support of both Macromedia Director and the Shockwave Player throughout the years, and of course good luck to those that submit entries for the contest!
Posted by thiggins at November 8, 2005 10:39 AM