Design Contest Over
Posted March 20th, 2004 @ 08:06pm by Erik J. Barzeski
The design contest I made a few days ago has ended. The winner is Randall Schenetz (I checked the spelling three times Randall!). He's elected to go with the $40 in music, and the iTMS gift certificate has been (e)mailed!
I'd post the designs here, but an unnamed jackass would have a hissy fit. Every design submitted was an improvement over the original, and all were very nice. The competition came down to one between Randall and Michael C (I haven't gotten approval to list his full name here yet). I will be sending Michael a $10 gift certificate for being so close. In the end, Randall's design won because he made room for the large image that usually dominates the Web site - a "photo of the week" is important and has to fit.
Thanks to all who participated!
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Posted 20 Mar 2004 at 9:05pm #
Maybe it's better to be an unnamed jackass than to be insulted by name. Why all the name calling?
Posted 20 Mar 2004 at 9:33pm #
How many entries were there?
Posted 20 Mar 2004 at 9:51pm #
Just for the record, the "Unnamed Jackass" mentioned many times before IS NOT me - I always leave my full contact information.
Call me crazy, but I never did understand the positive value in being an Anonymous Coward.
For example, anonymous reader submitted comments like this are absurb: http://www.carpeaqua.com/archives/2004/03/19/maczealots_whoring.php#comments
If you think you've got something good to say, why not defend your honor?
Posted 20 Mar 2004 at 10:22pm #
Ryan, I know you're not. Roland, I received 14 entries. Two were from the same person.
Posted 21 Mar 2004 at 1:30am #
Now that it's over, do you mind if we ask why you did it? Is it really worth $40 to satisfy your curiousity of what other people would consider doing with the site, or are you interested in opening a similar concept yourself?
Posted 21 Mar 2004 at 8:29am #
Despite the nameless critic, can we at least see the winner?
Posted 21 Mar 2004 at 8:46am #
$40 was worth it because, while I can recognize and appreciate good design, designing things myself is often a challenge. I start at a white page and there it sits for days on end.
What I typically do - and what I did for FSS for example, is to browse around some sites with pleasing designs, then begin to copy a site, adding in flavors from the others. In the end, I end up with a site very much like the sites I've looked at but very much "of my own design."
The contest just increased my library of sites which are pleasingly designed. I wanted to redo the site myself - for the heck of it - and couldn't get past the "white page stage." If I were to do it now (I won't be), I would get past that stage because I've got three or four sites that fit the site and look pretty great.
Posted 21 Mar 2004 at 5:48pm #
I can't believe that pussy's still posting on your site... 😀