The contest was so simple, how could anyone screw it up? The domain name must be registered to win. The obvious answer to how someone violate this simple rule is, well, simple.
The ‘contestants’ weren’t even trying.
The official entry vehicle for the contest was a public comments area that Adam controls (I use the term loosely, the casual observer would note that Adam controls barely anything). Some comments clearly weren’t contest entries, just people talking (typing, same diff).
The contest had a new rule of sorts- a deadline. The contest would end at the end of the week. There has been a flurry of activity, some of the names unbelievable and un-registerable judging by there length.
The contest was loosely defined. Simply have the best funniest or most interesting (in the mind of the contest judge) domain. Registering the domain was clear from the beginning.
The new rule: The domain must resolve to something and that something would be a factor in determining the winner.
Contest rules, addendum 1 has been met, you’re reading all about it.
The concept was simple; win a video iPod from Adam. The execution was a bit more complicated. The reasoning was too twisted to even get into.
I started thinking of domains that would have a chance against the flood of domains that other people were entering into the contest. Then I stopped. Then I started. Then I stopped starting and decided to take a different approach. The New Plan was to think of a domain that would qualify, but have a hook, something to catch Adam’s eye.
In my head it sounded great. Offer to take the iPod to various places, then blog / podcast about where the iPod had been. I wouldn’t really “take ownership” of the iPod, it would still be Adam’s. Adam’s iPod would become a virtual Travelling Mack. Everyone would be a winner, Adam gets to keep the iPod (in spirit), everyone who doesn’t get the iPod would get to check in and see that it was being put to good use, and I would get some motivation to go places and blog/podcast about where the iPod had been. Those voices were enough to pull the trigger and register WheresAdamsIPod.com. All that was left to do to enter the contest was to post a message officially entering the contest.
Just registered
WheresAdamsIPod.com.If I win the iPod, I’ll take Adam’s iPod all kinds of places (some interesting, some ordinary, use your imagination) and blog / podcast about where the iPod has been.
Podcasting, power in the hands of the ordinary people.
And with that it was done. The die had been cast.
The contest was simple enough. It all started with TroyNeedsAnIPod.com. That domain, predictably enough, led to INeedAnIPodMoreThanTroy.com. The combined static between those two caught the attention of Adam, who had the means to create a contest; whoever registered the domain he liked the most would win an iPod. Pretty loose parameters for a contest, but that’s Adam’s way.
I thought about it for a while and couldn’t come up with anything funny (being funny seemed important at the time). So I decided instead that if I won the iPod, I’d take it to various places and blog/podcast about where it had been.
This is that blog.
