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The Box has just surpassed 3 Million visitors, and in celebration, it’s time for some free stuff. I know I didn’t celebrate 1M or even 2M visits, but 3M in less than a year-and-a-half is a number I never expected to hit this quickly. One of my advertisers, Flashloaded, has signed on for this special occasion to offer up some free Flash Components to 3 lucky BittBox readers. Contest rules after the jump.
Nick La, over at WebDesignerWall recently contacted me with a cool story. A college student by the name of David Bracetty is selling ad spaces on a t-shirt in order to raise funds to go to FOWA (Future of Web Apps) in Miami, Florida. He will be wearing the t-shirt both days in an effort to pay for his trip. I recently purchased a couple spaces for BittBox, but time is running thin. His funds need to be raised by Feb 20th in order to get the shirt printed in time, so I decided to post about to try and help him out. If you have a website, and you can spare a cool $20, please visit David’s Website. I hope we can get you to FOWA David!!! (I remember how broke I was in college, and this is a great cause)
On a somewhat regular basis, I get asked to contribute my brush sets to design magazines (mainly in the UK). Here are some BittBox brushes that you can find out there in the wild:
- Advanced Photoshop #38
- Photoshop Creative #27
- Computer Arts Projects #106
(I can’t seem to find a copy of CAP 106, so if anyone has seen it around in the US, please let me know.)
With all of the recent activity with Apple updates and software releases, this one caught me a little off guard. Apple has just released Aperture 2, and shaved a $100 off the price. (Correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe it used to be around $300) If you’re a Mac user and a Photographer, this is great news. Personally, I love Aperture for RAW image processing. I think I’m finally gonna buckle down and drop the cash for it this time. Can’t wait to see what’s new!
Apparently my server’s hard drive is failing, so it’s going to have to be replaced : ( It might take up to 24 hrs, so the Box might be down for the next day or so. When I return from this dilemma, I’ve got an awesome set of vectors for everyone. See you in a day or so.
Thank you all for rolling out for the Box’s 1st Birthday contest. With over 1500 people involved, the odds weren’t in anyone’s favor, but every contest has a winner. Congratulations to Philip J., of Southern California! He was the lucky winner of the iPhone, and he so graciously sent me the image below. (ok, I asked him to). And congratulations to Sean Farrell, of Canada. He was the winner of the GoMedia vector pack! Thanks to everyone for participating, and I’m going to try and make the prizes even better next year (and more of ‘em).
If any of you have noticed anything weird lately around the Box, or are having trouble loading the RSS feeds, please give it a day or two. I just migrated BittBox to a brand new dedicated server, and it can take up to 3 days before the transition is totally done. Sorry for the inconvenience.
~Bitt
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