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Gnomedex Green Screen Challenge: Your Commercial Could be on TV!

Chris — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:05:58 +0000

Gnomedex Green Screen Challenge: Your Commercial Could be on TV! is a post from Chris Pirillo

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This week, I’m taking the Green Screen Challenge a step or two further than usual! Normally, I make a blog post, showcasing a few of my favorite entries. This time around, you can actually win a couple of very cool things!

The challenge: Create a Gnomedex commercial! My annual Gnomedex conference is only five weeks away, and it’s shaping up to be the best one yet! To help spread the excitement, I want you to come up with your very own Gnomedex commercial. Be as creative and innovative as you can – but please keep Creative Commons licensing in mind. We don’t want any legal troubles.

So what will you potentially win? I’m so glad you asked! Next week, I will choose one winner from all of the entries submitted via video response. That person will win two very cool “prizes”…

Have your commercial featured on television! Yes, that’s right – on television. The winning entry will be featured on the Seattle-area Comcast network!! Your name will of course be prominent, giving credit (and maybe fame?!) where credit is due.
Win a full-access pass to the Gnomedex conference! If you are over 18 and can pay your own travel/hotel/expenses, you can find yourself right in the middle of things during Gnomedex. It’s an amazing conference, and attending can literally change your life by giving you new perspectives and ways of thinking outside the proverbial box. Of course, if you cannot attend, you can do as you wish with the ticket – sell it to someone else, or give it away to someone who might not otherwise be able to attend.

If you aren’t sure yet how to work with these videos, make sure you check out the tutorial I wrote awhile back.

I’m very excited to see what everyone is going to come up with. Based on past entries for our weekly challenge, I know that the level of creativity out there in our community is astounding. Have fun with this – and good luck to everyone!

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Throwboy Pillows – Win One Today!

Chris — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 09:27:42 +0000

Throwboy Pillows – Win One Today! is a post from Chris Pirillo

Each week, we do a contest on our new(ish) Contests page. We’ve sadly put them on the back burner recently, due to working so hard on other projects. The good news for you all is that we’re reviving the contests, and having a great time with them! If you have ideas for future Twitter contests, or are a company interested in donating prizes, drop me a line!

This week, you have a chance to win one of two Throwboy pillows. Two winners will be chosen at random, and each will be able to choose which of these awesome little pillows they will have sent to them! The contest itself is simple to enter:

You must be following me on Twitter @chrispirillo
You have to Tweet the following: @chrispirillo #throwboy [Your Entry for What You Would Do]

That’s it! Honest! Seriously! Now, to be clear… make sure you don’t actually put the words [Your Entry for What You Would Do]. You need to exchange that, and tell me what it is you would do with/for a Throwboy! Be creative – and make it fun! Please keep all entries PG, though. There are a lot of younger people out there!

Even bigger news is that the folks at Throwboy have agreed to run this very same contest every other month! So if you don’t win this time, hang in there until September’s contest!

Good luck to everyone. :)

How to Enter Community Contests, Giveaways, and Sweepstakes

Chris — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 23:17:04 +0000

How to Enter Community Contests, Giveaways, and Sweepstakes is a post from Chris Pirillo

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If you like contests, giveaways and free stuff… I have the site for you! Everyone loves these things – you know you do! You’re going to want to keep an eye on our new contest site every week!

I’ve been wanting to do more giveaways, and get people more involved. This was the perfect answer! We can do Twitter contests through here. We can even do video contests through here! We launched the first contest here at the beginning of the weekend, so it’s about over now. However, by the time you check the site out there may be a lot more things going on!

My plan is to try and do something at least once a week. I get hardware and software to review a lot – so why not give it away!? Just keep an eye out – keep it bookmarked! You can enter each contest you’re eligible for. Who knows what you might win?!

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Gimme Gimme Gimme

Chris — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 05:13:16 +0000

Gimme Gimme Gimme is a post from Chris Pirillo

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We like doing weekly giveaways. I’ve been trying to do them randomly. However, everyone asked so nicely, I decided to do a giveaway tonight!

There are only a few requirements to win the giveaway. They’re really simple, as well!

You must be subscribed to my YouTube Channel.
You have to have left a good comment somewhere on my blog.
You must be present in my chat room at the time of the giveaway.
Since the giveaway is sponsored by Ustream.tv, we have to follow their rules. They want the winner to live either in the US or Canada, as shipping and legalities could be an issue elsewhere in the world.

That’s all there is to it! So tonight we are using a GoToMeeting to choose a winner. The new PickerBot has chosen ChrisH first. He has to be here! He’s like always here! Seriously… he’s not around?! I can’t believe that.

Well, back we go to my fake music and the PickerBot. This time, RichardC was chosen, but he’s idle for nine hours. Now we move on, and see that SugarSpicehas been chosen! Yes, SugarSpice is subscribed to the YouTube blog. And great! There’s a comment on the blog, as well! That’s a win!

Congratulations, SugarSpice for being this week’s Web Cam winner!

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The Giveaway That Almost Didn’t Happen – Rigged?

Chris — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:31:50 +0000

The Giveaway That Almost Didn’t Happen – Rigged? is a post from Chris Pirillo

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This past week, it seemed nothing was going right for our giveaway. However, we do have a winner. I was saying “GO!!” and Allan took that to mean that the bot was supposed to choose a winner. Since the person had their links ready…

modhacker had their links ready. He is indeed subscribed to the YouTube channel, and has left a few good comments on my blog. Therefore… shortest giveaway yet to date! What a crazy video, and night this was.

Congratulations, Modhacker on your win! Join us next week for YOUR chance!

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How to Handle Remote Tech Support

chris@lockergnome.com (Chris Pirillo) — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 06:30:00 GMT

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Network Tools for Windows

chris@lockergnome.com (Chris Pirillo) — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 06:30:00 GMT

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VMware and Parallels for Virtual Machines

chris@lockergnome.com (Chris Pirillo) — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 06:30:00 GMT

It doesn't matter if you're running on Windows or Mac OS X - every power user needs either Parallels or VMware (or both). There's never been an easier way to test software without destroying your primary operating system's stability. Think of how many times you wish you could press a 'reverse' button on your computer. Plus, there's no easier way to try new Linux distributions - see what all the fuss is about. Run Windows in OS X, run Linux in Windows, but the best way to do either is with VMware and/or Parallels.

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chris@lockergnome.com (Chris Pirillo) — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 07:56:13 GMT

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