The Contest:
On February 22, 2008, the DataPortability Project launched a contest to find a new logo. Over the following month, we received over 400 submissions from the community. After three grueling weeks, working with our panel of expert judges, we paired down the entries to 15 finalists. Out of these finalists, we are asking you, the community, to help us choose the winning logo.
The Details:
When: The public voting begins on April 15, at 12pm (PST), and ends on Friday, April 18, at 11:59pm (PST).
Where: Cast your vote online at: http://dataportability.techcrunch.com
Prizes: The winning entry will be awarded the following prizes:
- 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
- Free Ticket to Plugg (worth €500) thanks to Robin Wauters
- A Goplan Unlimited account valid for one year (worth $1200)
Second and Third Place entries will receive:
- An A0 Trendmap from Information Architects
The Talking Points:
- We are building a Trust Mark for the data portability conversation
- This was a massive group effort across three continents and 15 time zones. This proves that the distributed participant democracy system in place in the DataPortability organization works.
- DataPortability is transparent - community built and community driven. This logo contest is an example of that ethos in practice. The community is picking our logo!
The Sponsors:
We would also like to extend a very grateful thank you to our logistical sponsors, without whom, we would never have been able to hold a public vote. Thank you to Webreakstuff for building this excellent voting application, to TechCrunch for their logistical and networking support (both social and digital), to MediaTemple for hosting, and to ConceptShare for their donation of an online collaboration space.
Initial Coverage:
Contributors:
Brady Brim-DeForest, Phil Wolff
