Spymac Analysis: Home on iPod
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Spymac speculation: the 5GB iPod
Spymac speculation: the 5GB iPod
12/02/2003 03:04 AMWhen a company is leading a saturated market by several percentage
points with a $299 low-end model, most would say there’s little room
for improvement. With accolades galore, a corporation enjoying such a
position could indeed rest until the gap closes, only to scramble once
the competition catches on. Indeed… but those other companies don’t
have Steve Jobs as a CEO.
Spymac + iStockphoto = Free iPod photo
Spymac + iStockphoto = Free iPod photo
03/19/2005 03:26 AMSpymac has teamed up with the stock photography double agents over at
iStockphoto to give all registered Spymac members the chance to win a
brand spanking new 60 GB iPod photo! All you have to do to enter is
create the godfather of all posters for SpyStock between March 18 and
April 18, 2005.
What is SpyStock? We have no idea, so that's why we need you to help
us out. The only information we have on SpyStock is that it's
centered around Spymac and iStockphoto. The rest is up to you my
friends. To help you on your artistic journey, the kind folks at
iStockphoto have supplied all participating members with eight top
notch images from their massive stock photography database. To access
these fine images, you'll need to visit the Spymac SpyStock gallery.
Once you've checked the images out, you're free to use as many as you
wish in your SpyStock masterpiece. To make things even more
interesting, you must use at least two of the iStockphoto-provided
images in your composition. Did I mention that the winner gets a
shiny new 60 GB iPod photo from the stock photography ninjas at
iStockphoto?
To recap then, the official rules are as follows:
1. The contest begins on March 18, 2005 and closes on April 18, 2005
2. The theme of the poster must be that of SpyStock
3. Aspects of both Spymac and iStockphoto must be included in the
poster
4. A minimum of two images from those provided by iStockphoto for the
SpyStock contest must be used in the composition of the poster
5. All entries must be upload to the official SpyStock Entries gallery
6. Multiple entries are allowed
7. You must be a registered member of Spymac to participate
8. The contest winner will receive a 60 GB Apple iPod photo
compliments of iStockphoto
9. All contest judging will be completed by the staff members of
iStockphoto
So, if to you, SpyStock is an event where the members of Spymac unite
to sing folk songs at a rodeo with guitars made of Lego while snapping
photographs on invisible stilts, doctor up a poster conveying that
message. Remember, aside from the outlined aspects that must be
included, SpyStock is whatever you want it to be. So get out your
crayons, thinking caps, G5s, rocket launchers, whatever works best for
you, and send us your smoking hot entries (luke-warm entries will also
be considered). Good luck to all who enter!
Entries can be uploaded here.
Spymac iPod photo contest winner
announced
Spymac iPod photo contest winner
announced
12/19/2004 02:50 PMBack in November Spymac conducted a brief survey to help better
understand its audience. By simply filling out the survey, Spymac
members received an advertisement-free account for a week and were
entered in a draw to win a new 40 GB iPod Photo worth $499.00.
Congratulations to justingo1 who won the iPod photo, courtesy of
Spymac!
Note: Please respond within 7 days to claim the prize
Spymac member wins iPod in Pepsi/iTunes
promotion
Spymac member wins iPod in Pepsi/iTunes
promotion
04/14/2005 10:40 AMSpymac member dukemeiser was the lucky winner of an iPod mini in the
Pepsi/iTunes promotion.
Check it out!
NextStage Analytics Offers Daily
Demographic Analysis Reports of Bush,
Kerry and Nader Presidential Campaign
Home Pages
NextStage Analytics Offers Daily
Demographic Analysis Reports of Bush,
Kerry and Nader Presidential Campaign
Home Pages
07/29/2004 02:49 AMFree and subscription-based demographic research available to
political reporters, campaign managers, media analysts and researchers
reports how effectively the candidates' web sites communicate their
campaign messages. [PRWEB Jul 29, 2004]
The iPod Comes Home
The iPod Comes Home
05/04/2004 01:01 AMDoes the new mini makes your old iPod seem like a clunker? Turn it
into your home stereo. Here's what you'll need. By Dean Markadakis,
Fast Company (via MyAppleMenu)
Feature: Home on the iPod
Feature: Home on the iPod
03/31/2005 05:58 PMUse your iPod’s storage as a way to create a bootable Mac OS
drive or take your personal Mac and Windows settings with you.
"Spymac"
"Spymac"
01/04/2005 11:21 AM"Spymac Through the Years..."
"Spymac Through the Years..."
08/27/2004 01:50 PM"three generations in the Spymac"
"three generations in the Spymac"
01/03/2005 12:03 PMSpymac goes green!
Spymac goes green!
12/22/2004 01:26 AMSpymac is excited to announce it has today opened the GreenZones, a
new discussion forum centered around GreenZones.org and its efforts to
promote green living for the benefit of all life. GreenZones.org
founder Christopher Adjani will be participating in the forum today
and will be joined at 4 pm (PST) by celebrity Leslie Bega, who is also
a GreenZones.org member and a star on HBO’s The Sopranos. We welcome
them to the Spymac community and hope you enjoy your discussions with
them. The GreenZones is the latest addition to Spymac's Hangouts
forums, which consists of the Sanctuary (for religious discussions),
the Lounge (for general discussions), the Stadium (for sports) and the
Political Corner (for the brave). The Spymac Forums are home to the
largest Mac community on the Web and contains upwards of 2.3 million
posts.
Merry Christmas, Spymac!
Merry Christmas, Spymac!
12/25/2004 05:20 PMOn Spymac this Christmas,
Forums are littered with missed gifts,
Bamboozled, glossed-over wish lists
With iPod minis and iTrips.
For some, the tunes will be rocking,
For others, megahertz clocking
But what of all of those stockings
With neither socks nor a dock nor
The shocking bow-wrapped black box
With a Power Mac peeking out from
Under out of a bounty of wound-up frowns
Not an ounce of astoundment, wow or surprise
Decline in all shapes and sizes,
Stifled cries and replies
Of, “Oh, that’s not the right size?
Should it have been bigger?
White? Pink, blue or green?
Did you want the red click wheel
Or the new color screen?”
It seems the holiday spirit
Has gone the way of the Cube
It’s presents now that we care about
Instead of renewing
The vows
of tradition and family
and love we hold dear,
having replaced what were tidings
with an endless frontier
Of wrapping and ribbon
And piles of debt,
After two months of sweat
There’s no time for regret,
It’s Christmas, so let it
Be, lest we forget it,
If you got the wrong iPod
There’s always Apple Store credit.
Merry Christmas, from the Spymac News Team
Spymac/iChat story
Spymac/iChat story
09/21/2004 10:36 AMSpymac GreenZones desktops
Spymac GreenZones desktops
12/24/2004 12:09 PMSpymac job posting on Monster.com
Spymac job posting on Monster.com
03/19/2005 03:26 AMeatrains' Spymac advertisement
eatrains' Spymac advertisement
12/24/2004 12:09 PMDiscover Spymac Hosting
Discover Spymac Hosting
08/16/2004 01:52 PMMonster Spymac Statistics
Monster Spymac Statistics
03/16/2003 12:35 AMAfter merely one year and a few months of development, Spymac has
provided more than 15,000 memberships. Other overwhelming statistics
include:
The Spymac Gallery has displayed more than 10 million photos in less
than a year and uses 3GB of storage space. Over the months, the
Gallery has been shown on national television (TechTV) and mentioned
in numerous online and printed publications.
The Spymac Forums contain nearly 300,000 posts dealing with topics
ranging from future...
Spymac Forums on your desktop
Spymac Forums on your desktop
03/13/2003 10:15 AMYou can now keep track of the Spymac Forums right from your Mac OS X
desktop, thanks to the work of Spymac members Dave Yuill (thalez) and
Ben Hartig (MacTech). Yuill skillfully modified Adam Pearson's
Slashdot Konfabulator widget to create an enhanced, fully customizable
Spymac utility. Hartig then worked on the interface to produce the
widget you see on the left (click to enlarge).
The package was originally created for our Konfabulator challenge, and
you'll need to install...
PixelMania - Inside Spymac HQ
PixelMania - Inside Spymac HQ
09/01/2004 05:30 PMThe third PixelMania contest of 2004 is now open. Use your favourite
graphics program to create a new image according to the the theme:
Inside Spymac HQ. What does Spymac look like from the inside? Are
there any secret spy passages or special new technologies used at the
office? Is Spymac HQ not actually an office but a few lounge chairs
and PowerBooks on the beach?
<b>Maximum one entry per member</b>. Contest closes on
September 15th. Those who entered will then have their entries judged
by Spymac members (one vote per person!) up until September 30th when
the winner will be announced. The winner will receive <a
href="http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2003/jan/07ilife.html"
>iLife '03</a> (compliments of <a
href="http://www.fastmac.com"
target="_blank">FastMac</a>), a <a
href="http://www.spymac.com/shop/index.php?action=showcat&catid=1
4" target="_blank">Spymac.Cap</a>, and <a
href="http://www.spymac.com/shop/index.php?action=showcat&catid=1
7" target="_blank">Spymac Magnetic Carrying
Case</a>.
Upload the pictures to the PixelMania gallery <a
href="http://www.spymac.com/gallery/show_pics.php?catid=19827&quo
t; target="_blank">here</a>.
Agent infiltrates Spymac HQ
Agent infiltrates Spymac HQ
12/22/2003 04:14 PM
In The Leak, an agent is shown infiltrating the Spymac headquarters.
His secretive and powerful connections have tipped him off to Spymac
3's administrator login information, but security personnel discover
the leak just as crucial information is to be transmitted, forcing the
double agent and his directors to wait until January 2004 for further
information. View the trailer at Spymac3.com [Discuss]
Welcome to Spymac, Leslie Bega!
Welcome to Spymac, Leslie Bega!
12/22/2004 01:26 AMSpymac member photos
Spymac member photos
12/28/2004 11:39 AMSpymac and Wheel 'all about community'
Spymac and Wheel 'all about community'
07/15/2004 03:43 PMby Dennis Sellers - Spymac Networks has what is arguable the most
eye-catching booth at this week's Macworld Conference & Expo...
Spymac Case on German television
Spymac Case on German television
04/15/2005 12:46 PMSpymac News: PayPal payments only
Spymac News: PayPal payments only
12/29/2004 02:21 PMSpymac is experiencing difficulties with its on-line payment system.
As a result, only PayPal payments are being accepted on the Spymac
Network until further notice. We apologize for any inconvenience this
may cause and are working to resolve the issue. Thank you for your
patience.
Spymac Rolls Out the Internet’s First 3
GB E-Mail
Spymac Rolls Out the Internet’s First 3
GB E-Mail
07/15/2004 03:05 AMSpymac Network, Inc. today announced the immediate availability of the
Internet’s first 3 GB e-mail service, Spymac Mail Pro. The premium
account includes 3 GB of storage (accessible via POP, IMAP and the
Web), desktop syncing, cell phone integration and leading-edge spam
and virus filters. Spymac Mail Pro is $18.99 per year. [PRWEB Jul 15,
2004]
Spymac Photo Club Assignment #19
Spymac Photo Club Assignment #19
01/03/2005 12:03 PMSpymac Photo Club Project 21
Spymac Photo Club Project 21
03/31/2005 12:25 PMAn open discussion about the future of
Spymac
An open discussion about the future of
Spymac
06/22/2005 01:54 AMLadies and gentlemen,
I want to take this opportunity to talk about some of the issues that
we've all noticed, and to let everyone know what we're doing about
them. We are also very interested in hearing the community's feedback
and ideas on the below points.
Harassment and the overall quality of content on Spymac
Spymac has always been intended to be a safe environment that serves
as a break from real-world stresses. As of late, there has been an
increase in harassing notes, abusive posts and all sorts of garbage
that, put simply, lessens the Spymac experience. We feel that our
greatest weakness (and cruelly, our greatest strength) is that Spymac
is an open community. Anyone with a unique e-mail address can
register for an account and enjoy or abuse our services and community.
If a member abuses his or her privileges, Spymac is able to ban that
account and its corresponding e-mail and IP address.
That is not enough. It is far too simple to get a new e-mail address
and register through a proxy or Internet cafe, for example, only to
return to wreak further havoc.
It's went relatively unnoticed, but the Spymac registration system has
been closed for more than a week. We are not accepting any new
accounts until we find a way to link more accountability to free
member accounts. This is challenging because we are an international
community with a diverse demographic. We don't want to make people pay
anything (such is the case if we use a verification service), and we
want to keep our doors open to the world-wide Internet community. We
also don't want to set a barrier that is too high for the majority of
valuable users interested in registering and enjoying a Spymac
account.
It is my belief that members will appreciate the new, safer and
cleaner Spymac. Clearly, there are countless other places on the
Internet where registration is completely anonymous.
We have a few processes we are working on that we feel are optimal for
our situation, and we are going to provide as many alternatives as
possible. It is this point especially that we are interested in
hearing your ideas and suggestions.
Let's talk about how we can create a safe environment without setting
the barrier too high.
Reliability and security
This is perhaps the area that we have to prove ourselves most in, and
we will. The situation we're facing is that we are upgrading our
cluster to utilize high-speed fiber channel technology. In conjunction
with additions to the redundancy and backup features of our cluster,
this upgrade will: Make Spymac community services fly, tremendously
increase the reliability of all free and paid services, and offer the
peace of mind needed to store important files with us. Truly, many
members have their entire life stored on Spymac — from blogs to
pictures to e-mail to web-pages — and it is our top priority to give
those users the speed and reliability they deserve. The upgrade has
been in progress for some time now. Without getting too technical, our
system needs custom programming work done before we can fully utilize
the upgrade. The programmers are working as fast as they can and we
will launch with the new technology very soon (before the arrival of
Spymac 4), but we are unable to speed up this process. All we can do
is ask for your continued support and patience in this area. Most of
you have been more-than-generous in this regard and we all thank you
for that. We will make it up to users who have stood with us through
this difficult transition, and we look forward to hearing your
comments on what we can do for you to show our appreciation.
A short note on security: This area had a few holes in the past that
we admittedly did not have the foresight to plan for. We had a
disturbing wake up call a few months ago and have since been planning
and working on an abundance of security features and precautions to
protect all of your data with Fort-Knox-level security (apologies for
being trite). The pendulum is now swinging in the right direction and
we want you all to know how important this issue is to us. Many of
the changes have already been implemented, and others will be added
with time.
Spam and e-mail
E-mail, e-mail... e-mail... For many of you, it's why you use Spymac;
Others come for the community services and couldn't care less about
it. The aforementioned hardware upgrade will fix the speed and
reliability, and Spymac is working with a leader in SPAM prevention to
cut-back on that garbage as much as possible. Again, actions speak
louder than words and we just ask for the opportunity to prove
ourselves in this area.
The future
Spymac 4 is a great thing and the whole team is busy at work to ensure
its arrival on August 31. It will bring many changes to the core of
Spymac and will ensure a bright future for our community and services.
We don't want to give away too many details at this point (we like
surprises, we know you do, too), but we will be pre-announcing some of
the new features sometime in August. In the mean time, we need some
help from members who would like to beta-test the new version, and
from skilled graphic artists who can work with us to complete this
huge undertaking. If you would like to volunteer to assist the Spymac
4 roll-out in one of these areas, please send me an e-mail
(atarist@spymac.com). You'll have to sign an NDA (non-disclosure
agreement), but your help is absolutely fundamental to a successful
release.
Spymac featured in Your Mac Life
interview
Spymac featured in Your Mac Life
interview
09/07/2004 10:53 AMSpymac 2005 Calendar Contest!
Spymac 2005 Calendar Contest!
08/27/2004 01:50 PMSpymac's 2005 Calendar Contest is now open! Enter your original
images to the Contest Gallery and have the chance to have your image
chosen for the Spymac 2005 Calendar. The entrant with the highest
number of votes will have their image featured on the cover of the
calendar and receive a one-year subscription to MacDirectory along
with a Hooded Spymac Sweatshirt.
The Spymac administrator team will assemble a PDF file of the winning
13 entries (one cover and twelve months) from the contest. The file
will be available for download from the site by November. Spymac
members will be able to enjoy the calendar on their computer, print
off a copy at home or take the file to a copy centre to have it
professionally printed.
Entries can be previous contest entries (such as PixelMania), pictures
of hardware, pictures of people in the Spymac clothing, or anything
that may be fitting for the Spymac 2005 Calendar. You may also choose
to enter pictures with monthly themes (St. Patrick's Day, Easter,
etc).
Maximum one entry per member. The pictures should be at least
1024x768. All entries can be judged by the Spymac community in the
Gallery after the contest closes on September 30, 2004.
Pictures can be uploaded <a
href="http://www.spymac.com/gallery/show_pics.php?catid=19359&quo
t; target="_blank">here</a>.
Spymac members and the Asian quakes
Spymac members and the Asian quakes
12/27/2004 01:02 PMSpymac members quoted in MacUser mag
Spymac members quoted in MacUser mag
04/14/2005 10:39 AMEnter the Spymac Haiku Contest!
Enter the Spymac Haiku Contest!
09/15/2004 11:20 AMSpymac's Haiku contest is now open! Enter your original
technology-related haiku to the contest thread and have the chance to
win a <a
href="http://www.spymac.com/shop/index.php?artid=13"
target="_blank">Spymac.Cap</a> and a <a
href="http://www.spymac.com/shop/index.php?artid=5"
target="_blank">Spymac logo embroidered
t-shirt</a>. The haiku can be about anything technology
related. Entries may include such topics as "New G5",
"My cell phone", "iPod mini" or "I hate my
printer".
A haiku is an unrhymed Japanese poem generally consisting of three
lines with five, seven, and five syllables, respectively.
Traditionally the poem concerns nature, the seasons, or an aspect of
the natural world, but we are going to focus on technology for this
contest.
Example 1:
I love my iPod
Sounds, oh so sweet to my ears
Play me some music.
Example 2:
Cinema display
electronic glowing abyss
eyes never lost
<b>Maximum one entry per member.</b> Contest closes on
September 31st. Those who entered will then have their entries judged
by Spymac members (one vote per person!) up until October 15th when
the winner will be announced. Entries should be posted in the <a
href="http://www.spymac.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=118211
" target="_blank">discussion thread in the
Lounge</a>.
Prize information:
<b>Spymac T-Shirt</b>
The Spymac T-Shirt is made in Greece from 100% high-quality cotton and
features an embroidered Spymac logo on the chest.
<b>Spymac.Cap</b>
The Spymac.Cap is constructed of cotton twill and peach skin, and
utilizes a
hidden adjustable size-strap that features the Spymac logo. A silver
Spymac
Smoking Man is embroidered on the front of this comfortable and
stylish cap.
PixelMania: Spymac membership card
PixelMania: Spymac membership card
03/30/2005 11:35 AMThe fourth PixelMania contest of 2005 asks members to create a Spymac
membership card. Some features on the member card might include (but
are not limited to) Spymac username, avatar, signature, fingerprint,
or age. Entries should include both a back and a front for the card.
Maximum one entry per member (any multiple entries by members will be
deleted leaving only the first entry). Contest closes April 13th when
voting will be opened to the community.
Any questions regarding the contest can be directed to
contest@spymac.com.
The lucky winner will receive a one year Wheel account and a Spymac
aluminum CD/DVD stand.
Here are some Spymac images that may be used in your entries:
Current Spymac logo
Large Spymac logo
Large Spymac head
Spymac head wax seal
Upload your entry to the Spymac Gallery here.
Spymac speculation: MWSF software
Spymac speculation: MWSF software
12/21/2003 01:19 PMNow that Steve has officially announced his keynote time-slot, let
the speculation truly begin.
Last week, we talked hardware, not let’s dig up some of those software
skeletons tucked up in Apple’s closet.
Spymac sponsors new Mac game contest
Spymac sponsors new Mac game contest
06/05/2005 11:20 PMFor the next 21 days, Spymac and iDevGames invite Mac developers to
pay homage to our OS of choice by creating a game which places the
player at the top of the food chain in the new 21 Days Later: Predator
game contest.
Carlos Camacho of iDevGames says be it teeth, claw, poison, horns,
cunning, blade or ballistics, it's time to make the predators prey in
the new "mini" contest. First place prize is a free one-year
subscription to Wheel and the Spymac Set. Second place will receive a
free one-year subscription to Wheel and the Spymac Pack and third
place will get a one-year subscription to the Wheel and any item from
the Clothing Line at the Spymac Shop.
Deadline for applications is June 16, 2005 and the game entry deadline
is June 23, 2005. The contest is open to all developers, regardless of
location and age, except for where prohibited by law.To enter the
Predator contest, follow the instructions on this page:
http://www.idevgames.com/forum/showthread.php?p=88435
iDevGames is a website committed to promoting the development of Mac
gaming. The site hosts an annual developer contest and several "mini"
game contests throughout the year.
Spymac Speculation: What to expect
(IMHO)
Spymac Speculation: What to expect
(IMHO)
12/28/2003 12:29 PMIn the wake of my past two Macworld San Francisco speculation
articles, rumors have been swirling surrounding both iPod and iLife
updates. That, coupled with the usual surprises and last-minute
decisions, adds up to a very exciting Macworld (and well into January,
no doubt).
Last year’s Macworld was a whirlwind of releases and new technologies,
which saw updated PowerBooks, Airport Extreme and iLife. As I’ve said
before, this year also looks to see another iLife demonstration,
with...
Grok Description matches for Spymac Analysis: Home on iPod
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Spymac Analysis: Home on iPod
