January

Interactive Design Competition

Communication Arts Magazine announces the deadline for their Eleventh
Interactive Design Competition–January 14th, 2005.

INTERACTIVE DESIGN COMPETITION
Enter the most prestigious design competition for interactive media, the
eleventh annual Communication Arts Interactive Design Competition. Any
interactive project created for digital distribution on the World Wide Web,
CD-ROM, interactive kiosk or handheld device is eligible.

Selected by a nationally representative panel of distinguished programmers,
interface designers and creative directors, the winning entries will be
published in the September/October Interactive Annual of Communication Arts
and on our web site. Over seventy thousand copies will be distributed
worldwide, assuring important exposure for the creators of these outstanding
projects.

Submission guidelines and FAQs can be found at:
http://www.commarts.com/CA/magazine/comp/

To download an entry form go to:
http://www.commarts.com/CA/download/entryForm_interactive.pdf

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Win a 20GB iPod!

iCompositions announced today that it would start celebrating GarageBand’s first birthday early by giving away a 20GB iPod to one randomly selected registered “Artist”. The drawing will be held on January 6th, 2005, the one year aniversary of GarageBand’s announcement.

To enter to win the iPod, simply register for a free iCompositions account. If you’re already registered, sit back, relax, make a GarageBand tune; you don’t have to do anything.
“On January 6th, 2004, Steve Jobs and John Mayer introduced a magical application called GarageBand. Through GarageBand, everyday computer users have been empowered with tools which let them make thousands of tunes…”

iCompositions is the premier venue for sharing GarageBand creations and currently hosts more than 5000 songs submitted by users.
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Apple announces Quark promotion …wrong running-mate?

As announced on Apple’s web site, between October 11, 2004, and January 10, 2005, if you purchase a Power Mac G5 or PowerBook G4 and a full version of QuarkXPress 6, and get $300 back via mail-in rebate. Or if you purchase a Power Mac G5 or PowerBook G4 and a qualifying QuarkXPress 6 upgrade, and get $100 back via mail-in rebate.

But why QuarkXPress? What were they thinking? This just ain’t right!

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