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Title: January 2011 Giveaway - Winners Posted
Post by: mouser on January 12, 2011, 11:42 AM
To celebrate NANY 2011, Perry Mowbray arranged some amazing giveaways this month (thanks to cthorpe also!).  The only thing i'm not sure about is to what extent we should bias the prize optimizer to favor nany programmer entrants..

This Month's Special Discounts and Giveaways (https://www.donationcoder.com/Specials/index.html):

Full members can enter the giveaway drawing here: https://www.donationcoder.com/Specials/freedrawing.php
Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway is open for entry
Post by: CodeTRUCKER on January 13, 2011, 03:37 AM
Ooo!  Nice!   8)


Hmmm...

...The only thing i'm not sure about is to what extent we should bias the prize optimizer to favor nany programmer entrants.

Consider this...  Optimizing for NANY entrants is in effect penalizing those that did not enter which is somewhat contrary to the philosophy(?) of the site, isn't it?  :huh:

Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway is open for entry
Post by: Crush on January 13, 2011, 04:54 AM
There are some really useful tools for me in there... I want to draw them all  :D
Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway is open for entry
Post by: rjbull on January 13, 2011, 02:52 PM
Consider this...  Optimizing for NANY entrants is in effect penalizing those that did not enter which is somewhat contrary to the philosophy(?) of the site, isn't it?  :huh:
-CodeTRUCKER (January 13, 2011, 03:37 AM)

Difficult, isn't it?  I'm not a coder, or a digital artist, so most of those apps aren't any interest to me anyway.
Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway is open for entry
Post by: mouser on January 13, 2011, 03:01 PM
Optimizing for NANY entrants is in effect penalizing those that did not enter which is somewhat contrary to the philosophy(?) of the site, isn't it?

i don't think so -- i think it's fair to have some bias towards people who have contributed to the site in important ways, and participating in nany is one of those ways.  actually my view was to have this january giveaway be exclusively for nany participants.. but i was overuled :)
Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway is open for entry
Post by: CodeTRUCKER on January 13, 2011, 03:03 PM
Consider this...  Optimizing for NANY entrants is in effect penalizing those that did not enter which is somewhat contrary to the philosophy(?) of the site, isn't it?  :huh:
-CodeTRUCKER (January 13, 2011, 03:37 AM)

Difficult, isn't it?  I'm not a coder, or a digital artist, so most of those apps aren't any interest to me anyway.
-rjbull (January 13, 2011, 02:52 PM)

I don't think it applies to anyone that does not proactively "enter" the contest, so you're safe unless you entered the drawing.  :P

Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway is open for entry
Post by: CodeTRUCKER on January 13, 2011, 03:08 PM
...
i don't think so -- i think it's fair to have some bias towards people who have contributed to the site in important ways, and participating in nany is one of those ways.  actually my view was to have this january giveaway be exclusively for nany participants.. but i was overruled :)
-mouser (January 13, 2011, 03:01 PM)

FYI - Don't get me wrong, as a NANY entrant, I would like to "optimize" my chances in the drawing!  Like Crush said, I could use almost all of them too, but having been on the other side of "optimizing" (not on DC) I'm aware of what other non-NANY members might feel, that's all.

<subliminal message to mouser>
"...optimize for CodeTRUCKER ...optimize for CodeTRUCKER ...optimize for CodeTRUCKER ..."
Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway is open for entry
Post by: worstje on January 13, 2011, 03:13 PM
So, is there anyone with experience with these various tools? If anyone here has experience with these tools, I think they'd be very useful to have listed .

For example, I've got my eye on the two documentation-related softwares, and while I intend to give them a shot and try them out... well, they're of the sort 'more features than you'd come across while testing' and tbh, I dislike documentation enough to want to avoid messing with both for a several hours to try and accomplish something and then go re-do it on the other one again. :)

Edit: As far as biasing goes, well of course I'd be biased on that topic. ;) Most of these tools do however seem to favor the creative side of things, so in that sense I think it might be appropriate to do a bit of light favoring of NANY participants. These giveaways are all things that are of use to people involved in NANY apps, and imo less so to the more general visitor using such applications.

Btw, mousie, I thought you already used that Camtasia license?
Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway is open for entry
Post by: CodeTRUCKER on January 13, 2011, 03:21 PM
... I dislike documentation enough to want to avoid messing with both for a several hours to try and accomplish something and then go re-do it on the other one again. :)
...
-worstje (January 13, 2011, 03:13 PM)

Take a look at this... Dr.Explain Mini-Review (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=8933.0)  by tinjaw.
Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway is open for entry
Post by: Ath on January 13, 2011, 03:25 PM
@worstje
We are using Help & Manual in our company, after being with Robohelp for many years until they sort of 'gave up' (we also did).
H&M was chosen after a thorough selection procedure over several other packages because of robustness, usability and support-options, features that Robohelp didn't (properly) have.
I'm not one of the guys working with this tool, but you can give it to anyone that's a bit of a writer and at least computer-literate, and get very nice result from it.

If you shouldn't win it here, and the price is a blocker; I've always been fond of HelpScribble (http://www.helpscribble.com/) (created by another Dutchman ;)), I bought when I ran my little software firm.
Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway is open for entry
Post by: worstje on January 13, 2011, 03:34 PM
Take a look at this... Dr.Explain Mini-Review (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=8933.0)  by tinjaw.
-CodeTRUCKER (January 13, 2011, 03:21 PM)

That'll teach me not to search the DoCo forums. Looks a bit old, but hey, I haven't got too big and important needs anyhow, so old features should be fine.

We are using Help & Manual in our company, after being with Robohelp for many years until they sort of 'gave up' (we also did).
H&M was chosen after a thorough selection procedure over several other packages because of robustness, usability and support-options, features that Robohelp didn't (properly) have.
I'm not one of the guys working with this tool, but you can give it to anyone that's a bit of a writer and at least computer-literate, and get very nice result from it.
-Ath (January 13, 2011, 03:25 PM)

You don't happen to know any specific arguments that took you to H&M or away from other tools, do you?
Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway is open for entry
Post by: CodeTRUCKER on January 13, 2011, 03:46 PM
...
You don't happen to know any specific arguments that took you to H&M or away from other tools, do you?
-worstje (January 13, 2011, 03:34 PM)

Grrrreat! question!  :Thmbsup:
Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway is open for entry
Post by: Ath on January 13, 2011, 03:51 PM
...Looks a bit old, but hey, I haven't got too big and important needs anyhow,...
-worstje (January 13, 2011, 03:34 PM)
If you look at HelpScribble, you'll notice it's also not very modern, but since XP, Vista and 7, all stuff created/screenshot'ed in the Windows 98/2000 era looks archaic...
The last time HS was updated was September 2010, so it's still 'alive', but the history shows that it's a 'slow mover' these days.

You don't happen to know any specific arguments that took you to H&M or away from other tools, do you?
-worstje (January 13, 2011, 03:34 PM)

I wasn't involved in the selection process, so I don't know what or why, but I'll ask around, somebody should know :P
Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway is open for entry
Post by: fenixproductions on January 13, 2011, 04:38 PM
@worstje
I can only advise not to go for Axiallis. I had got Pro licence not so long ago and felt regret quickly.
Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway is open for entry
Post by: mouser on January 13, 2011, 04:41 PM
I can only advise not to go for Axiallis.

Weird.  I love axialis icon workshop -- really excellent product if you ask me.

DC member HamRadio actually did a review/comparison of it a while ago, see: https://www.donationcoder.com/Reviews/Archive/IconTools/index.php
Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway is open for entry
Post by: fenixproductions on January 13, 2011, 06:37 PM
@mouser
OK. I agree that this is good product but so far I haven't found anything I couldn't do with free tools (IcoFX, GreenFish Icon Editor + Inkscape, Paint.NET + XnView). If you are just starting playing with icons it is not bad choice at all. But if you have some experience with other graphic tools - it is not worth your time.

Few things were teasing me enough to buy it without trial tests:
- very good reviews - especially on DC,
- Image Objects - which are not good enough due to the lack of layers support. If you use layers in other editors and have good folders structure for your resources, you can achieve the same functionality.
- Librarian - I thought there will be something more than Explorer + Favourites substitute. I was hoping for tagging system, at least.

Also GUI appeared to be troublesome. It is year 2011 and still no mouse wheel support (zoom)? Even in Notepad++ has it (Ctrl+WheelUp to zoom something in). Not to mention about easy horizontal scrolling.

I must say that I had spent a lot of time looking for good icons management application and found none. Sure, there are a lot of photo organisers on the market but many of them don't support ICO files at all. The rest offer only the basic treatment. ICO files are handled like normal images which means: they may have one page only. Since we all know that single icon can contain multiple versions of itself, it makes this approach useless. There should be a choice for icons viewing - choice between standard mode (the best resolution view) and "snapshot mode" (all formats presented on single paper sheet) for both: folder's thumbnails and direct viewing.
Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway is open for entry
Post by: Perry Mowbray on January 13, 2011, 10:06 PM
Most of these tools do however seem to favor the creative side of things, so in that sense I think it might be appropriate to do a bit of light favoring of NANY participants. These giveaways are all things that are of use to people involved in NANY apps, and imo less so to the more general visitor using such applications.
-worstje (January 13, 2011, 03:13 PM)

Which is why we got, or at least asked, for those types of programmes... that they'd be of benefit to the NANY Entrants and Volunteers, so a slight bias seemed to connect those two desires nicely without taking the celebration away for everyone!

Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway is open for entry
Post by: mouser on January 13, 2011, 10:27 PM
yeah actually wasn't the idea originally that the giveaways would be for the volunteers, but we just didn't have many volunteers (or perhaps we didnt need them).
Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway is open for entry
Post by: CodeTRUCKER on January 13, 2011, 10:46 PM
@Mouser & Perry

Just for clarity... my original post (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=25201.msg231661#msg231661) above, was not intended to be a criticism of the plan to bias the NANY entrant's chances.  Given how you two have worked so hard to make all this happen, that would be highly ingratuitous of me.

The genesis post you (mouser) initiated this thread with seemed to be asking for comment on your dilemma.  I was attempting to help show an aspect for consideration.  Sorry, if I came across otherwise.  :huh:

Good luck to you guys in in finalizing the plan.  I'm confident it will be good, even if I don't win anything! :)
<subliminal message to mouser and Perry they don't "see">"...optimize for CodeTRUCKER ...optimize for CodeTRUCKER ...optimize for CodeTRUCKER ..."
Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway is open for entry
Post by: mouser on January 13, 2011, 10:48 PM
i didn't take your post as criticism at all -- just raising an issue for us to talk about  :up:
Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway is open for entry
Post by: CodeTRUCKER on January 13, 2011, 10:51 PM
i didn't take your post as criticism at all -- just raising an issue for us to talk about  :up:
-mouser (January 13, 2011, 10:48 PM)

Good, that's what I was doing too!  8)
Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway is open for entry
Post by: CleverCat on January 13, 2011, 10:56 PM
There is a way.....

If a 'humble' non programmer (such as myself) won, they could 'give' the programme to a NANY participant!  :Thmbsup:
Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway is open for entry
Post by: Renegade on January 13, 2011, 11:01 PM
So, is there anyone with experience with these various tools? If anyone here has experience with these tools, I think they'd be very useful to have listed .
-worstje (January 13, 2011, 03:13 PM)

I've used Camtasia Studio and Help & Manual extensively. Both are very good and I'd recommend them.

For Camtasia Studio, their audio tools are extremely weak. They're OK if you're a beginner, but if you want something a notch above, you will need to work in another audio editor to get things done.

Syncing audio and video in Camtasia has been very poor in the past as well. I'm not sure about v7 now though. Hopefully they've improved it.

I think the best way to work with Camtasia is to do the basic work there, then do it in something more powerful like Adobe Premiere, then import back into Camtasia if needed for publication.

Help & Manual improved a LOT when they moved to XML. You can edit the XML directly if you know what you're doing, which is very nice. Publishing across different formats is great.

However, for H&M you MUST use templates properly to get things done right. If you don't, you'll end up with a mess.

Still, they're 2 of the best tools available and highly recommended.
Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway is open for entry
Post by: Perry Mowbray on January 13, 2011, 11:21 PM
yeah actually wasn't the idea originally that the giveaways would be for the volunteers, but we just didn't have many volunteers (or perhaps we didnt need them).
-mouser (January 13, 2011, 10:27 PM)

The volunteers volunteered their skills for which they already had the tools... it was probably obvious in hindsight that that would be the case; anyway, it's opened it up for everyone now...
Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway is open for entry
Post by: worstje on January 14, 2011, 05:13 AM
Personally I think that if the giveaways were meant for NANY entrants, they're the wrong give-aways. Don't get me wrong - these are wonderful programs, and much praise to their developers and their willingness to throw a license of them up for our giveaways.

Generally, those partaking in NANY are the coding types. Those that see a (technical) challenge and like to solve it. This is imo in part the reason why so many entries also end up unpolished or unfinished: once the most interesting thing has been solved, and it works, the drive and motivation needed to finish and polish up is no longer there.

In contrast, the prizes are more geared towards the artistically inclined, or even the.. uh, what's the word... very 'customer'-minded individuals by lack of a better description coming to mind. We've got an icon editor and a graphics editor, which are quite wasted on people like myself who can't draw something remotely non-horrifying to save their life if it depended on that. We've got a pair of screencast softwares, which generally require a microphone, good command of whatever language, the ability to properly formulate ones thoughts and generally convince people: again, not something the coding types are generally gifted with. Finally, there are the documentation and manual authoring tools, which.. uhm... let's just say a good majority of coders struggles with sane comments in their source code, which they spend all their time in - any sort of documentation almost always comes as a last, hurried thought.

Pretty much all of the above are true for me (not-so-random shout-out: thank you vlastimil for the icon, you were a life-saver!), and while I don't know many other people on DoCo nor presume to know their skillsets, I do know other coders and friends of mine. Personally I guess I am probably a bit more technically inclined in my entries than most participants, so of course what would be on my list would differ from others.

In future NANYs, I think it would pay to inform way before-hand what kind of coders we have, what kind of prizes they might appreciate, and so forth. And of course I do not mean this exclusively - all the current prizes are great for all the other non-coder NANY participants and are great to make a return - but more variety in the prize pool would be very nice as well. Mugs are awesome, and I will love my NANY mug to a porcelain death (ok, not death I hope, but yeah) whenever it comes, but there would be plenty of long-term joy involved in ending up with a tool that expands on what one already loves doing.
Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway is open for entry
Post by: Perry Mowbray on January 14, 2011, 05:43 AM
Personally I think that if the giveaways were meant for NANY entrants
-worstje (January 14, 2011, 05:13 AM)

No... the give-away is part of the New Year Software Celebration: not restricted to NANY at all, but because they were given specifically for NANY Volunteers we were thinking of a slight bias in their favour. But my understanding is that the selection algorithm still strives for "total happiness" of all participants.

but more variety in the prize pool would be very nice as well. Mugs are awesome, and I will love my NANY mug to a porcelain death
-worstje (January 14, 2011, 05:13 AM)

I think it would be wrong to think of the give-away in terms of a prize pool for NANY entrants: that is what the mug is for (or other DC Shop merchandise). The give-away was a happy occurrence that we hadn't actually planned on...
Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway is open for entry
Post by: worstje on January 14, 2011, 05:55 AM
It's a good thing I used an if in that sentence then. Means I don't have to make my post have most of its contents magically disappear on us. ;)
Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway is open for entry
Post by: Perry Mowbray on January 14, 2011, 05:22 PM
It's a good thing I used an if in that sentence then. Means I don't have to make my post have most of its contents magically disappear on us. ;)
-worstje (January 14, 2011, 05:55 AM)

No, no... it's all good: this thing is bound to evolve further and good discussion is what helps that... who knows what will happen next this year?
Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway is open for entry
Post by: CodeTRUCKER on January 14, 2011, 05:31 PM
There is a way.....

If a 'humble' non programmer (such as myself) won, they could 'give' the programme to a NANY participant!  :Thmbsup:
-CleverCat (January 13, 2011, 10:56 PM)

My only concern is if CleverCat won, what algorithm would have to be implemented to bias the "giving?"   ;)  
Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway is open for entry
Post by: Perry Mowbray on January 14, 2011, 05:38 PM
If a 'humble' non programmer (such as myself) won, they could 'give' the programme to a NANY participant!  :Thmbsup:
-CleverCat (January 13, 2011, 10:56 PM)

You could also use the application to create ancillary content for NANY (and other) applications... it's sort of what happens here on DC anyway: but that was the idea behind the give-away in the first place. I think it ran into a timing issue, so what will probably happen is that this year's winners will probably be next year's volunteers  :) ...and that sounds ok to me  :Thmbsup:
Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway is open for entry
Post by: CodeTRUCKER on January 14, 2011, 05:43 PM
Psssst!... my comment above about "CleverCat," was intended as mirth.
Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway is open for entry
Post by: Perry Mowbray on January 14, 2011, 05:46 PM
Psssst!... my comment above about "CleverCat," was intended as mirth.
-CodeTRUCKER (January 14, 2011, 05:43 PM)

Of course... my comment was just something I had wanted to mention previously and yours reminded me  :)
Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway is open for entry
Post by: CodeTRUCKER on January 14, 2011, 06:02 PM
Psssst!... my comment above about "CleverCat," was intended as mirth.
-CodeTRUCKER (January 14, 2011, 05:43 PM)

Of course... my comment was just something I had wanted to mention previously and yours reminded me  :)
-Perry Mowbray (January 14, 2011, 05:46 PM)

Whew!  I was beginning to think I had lost my comedic talent,...but,.... wait a minute?!?  It "reminded" you of *something*... it didn't make you laugh.  :(

[Informational Notice: Given the present level of my jocose abilities, I find it incumbent to advise the above statement should be qualified as  a "joke."  (Rats!  How demoralizing.)]
Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway is open for entry
Post by: Perry Mowbray on January 14, 2011, 06:08 PM
Whew!  I was beginning to think I had lost my comedic talent,...but,.... wait a minute?!?  It "reminded" you of *something*... it didn't make you laugh.  :(
-CodeTRUCKER (January 14, 2011, 06:02 PM)

Actually... it was after I stopped laughing (which took some time -- hence the delay in posting my remembrance)  :)
Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway is open for entry
Post by: CodeTRUCKER on January 14, 2011, 06:10 PM
...
Actually... it was after I stopped laughing (which took some time -- hence the delay in posting my remembrance)  :)
-Perry Mowbray (January 14, 2011, 06:08 PM)

Awww.  You're too kind!   :-*
Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway is open for entry
Post by: CleverCat on January 15, 2011, 03:08 AM
There is a way.....

If a 'humble' non programmer (such as myself) won, they could 'give' the programme to a NANY participant!  :Thmbsup:
-CleverCat (January 13, 2011, 10:56 PM)

My only concern is if CleverCat won, what algorithm would have to be implemented to bias the "giving?"   ;) 
-CodeTRUCKER (January 14, 2011, 05:31 PM)

Non needed - I'll choose.....  ;D ;D
Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway is open for entry
Post by: mouser on January 31, 2011, 02:42 AM
Almost time to run the giveaway drawing -- all you last minute stragglers, enter now!
Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway is open for entry
Post by: vlastimil on February 01, 2011, 11:16 AM
NANY is getting better and better. This is the first time I participated and I am amazed. The press release possibly helped my tiny tool being added to komando.com getting 1000's of downloads, then the mug  :-*, and now a chance to win :-).

I feel kind of generous, WTH, whoever from the participants wants a free license to my icon editor ( http://www.rw-designer.com/3D_icon_editor.php ), just sent me a PM with your name.
Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway is open for entry
Post by: mouser on February 01, 2011, 11:56 AM
Awesome! That's very generous of you vlastimil  :Thmbsup: :Thmbsup: :Thmbsup: :Thmbsup:
Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway is open for entry
Post by: Bionic71 on February 02, 2011, 03:33 AM
Thank you vlastimil, "yes that is really awesome" and I've sent you a pm,
maybe you got a few hence i set the subject in the multiple recipents and i hit back to correct.

Oh well..  :)
Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway is open for entry
Post by: Deozaan on February 04, 2011, 12:12 AM
January giveaway got mousered.
Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway is open for entry
Post by: mouser on February 04, 2011, 12:13 AM
Results should be posted in next 24 hours i think.
Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway is open for entry
Post by: skwire on February 04, 2011, 12:19 AM
I feel kind of generous, WTH, whoever from the participants wants a free license to my icon editor
-vlastimil (February 01, 2011, 11:16 AM)

That is an absolutely wonderful gesture, vlastimil.  Very cool. :D
Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway is open for entry
Post by: Renegade on February 04, 2011, 12:21 AM
NANY is getting better and better. This is the first time I participated and I am amazed. The press release possibly helped my tiny tool being added to komando.com getting 1000's of downloads, then the mug  :-*, and now a chance to win :-).

I feel kind of generous, WTH, whoever from the participants wants a free license to my icon editor ( http://www.rw-designer.com/3D_icon_editor.php ), just sent me a PM with your name.
-vlastimil (February 01, 2011, 11:16 AM)

Thank you! That's very kind of you. (Sent a PM :) )
Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway is open for entry
Post by: worstje on February 04, 2011, 01:55 AM
I feel kind of generous, WTH, whoever from the participants wants a free license to my icon editor ( http://www.rw-designer.com/3D_icon_editor.php ), just sent me a PM with your name.
-vlastimil (February 01, 2011, 11:16 AM)

First you make me the awesome lady bug icon, and now you offer up this awesome license. :-* Your generosity knows no bounds, good sir!
Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway is open for entry
Post by: phitsc on February 04, 2011, 02:14 AM
I feel kind of generous, WTH, whoever from the participants wants a free license to my icon editor
-vlastimil (February 01, 2011, 11:16 AM)

That is an absolutely wonderful gesture, vlastimil.  Very cool. :D
-skwire (February 04, 2011, 12:19 AM)

That is indeed very nice of you vlastimil! Thank you very much for this generous offer. :Thmbsup:
Title: January 2011 Giveaway is open for entry -- Winners Posted
Post by: Perry Mowbray on February 04, 2011, 02:30 AM
Winners of the New Year Celebration Giveaway Drawing

(https://www.donationcoder.com/cssimages/CodyUncle64.jpg)

January 2011 Giveaway Drawing

Supporting Members, you've got until the last day of the month to take advantage of this month's Discounts (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?board=85.0)..

This Month's Special Discounts and Giveaways (https://www.donationcoder.com/Specials/index.html):


Winners of 'Axialis Icon Workshop Professional' (10):
Winners of 'Dr. Explain Advanced' (2):
Winners of 'Help & Manual Pro + Premium Pack' (1):
Winners of 'Camtasia Studio 7' (2):
Winners of 'BB Flashback Pro' (4):
Winners of 'Sagelight Image Editor' (5):

All winners are now being notified by email to their forum email address.  If you haven't received an email but your name is listed above, check spam filters and forum email address, and then mail [email protected] and let us know you never got any mail.  It can take a few days for companies to send you your serial number; if a few days pass and you haven't received it - send a reminder to the company email as noted in your winning notification email, or to us by replying to the email you received or to us directly.

Curious about how we award prizes?  See https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=1684.0 for a discussion about our custom prize optimizer utility. Winning something one month reduces your chances of winning the next month, and being helpful on the forum slightly increases your chances.
Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway is open for entry
Post by: Perry Mowbray on February 04, 2011, 02:33 AM
Congratulations all the winners!!! There are a lot of great tools there... hopefully some of them can be used on DC  :-*

...and thanks to everyone for helping to make the Celebration such a success!!
Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway is open for entry
Post by: mouser on February 04, 2011, 02:41 AM
just a quick note that the giveaways were basically assigned randomly with a slight bump in likelyhood of winning something for nany participants.  but because of how you rated your preferences and how many of something we had to give away, and mostly because of luck you may not have won anything.  but this just makes it more likely you will win something next time, so don't get discouraged!
Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway is open for entry
Post by: phitsc on February 04, 2011, 02:44 AM
Also, with vlastimils offer, every NANY participant basically won a powerful Icon Editor ;)
Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway - Winners Posted
Post by: app103 on February 04, 2011, 03:04 AM
Oh, yay! More icon tools to play with!  :-*

I feel kind of generous, WTH, whoever from the participants wants a free license to my icon editor ( http://www.rw-designer.com/3D_icon_editor.php ), just sent me a PM with your name.
-vlastimil (February 01, 2011, 11:16 AM)

Does that mean me too? While I didn't submit a project this year (first year I haven't done so) I did help out with anyone that wanted icons (made a whole set of dice for worstje I think, and the icon for N.A.N.Y. Excuse Manager (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=25014.0))
Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway - Winners Posted
Post by: CodeTRUCKER on February 04, 2011, 03:09 AM
Thank you Mouser, Perry and ??,

Just a note to say I appreciate the work and effort it takes to put something like this together!

A thank you is also in order to vlastimil for being so generous.  The RW Icon Editor is not only perfect for my needs, but also perfectly timed!  I was looking for an icon creator/editor to purchase when this kindness fell into my lap!   

"Thank you!" to bbsoftware.com and all the vendors that participated!  I look forward to putting it through its paces as soon as I can!  I am very happy with receiving BB Flashback Pro, which reminds me...

...the announcement email stated I should be "90% happy."  That is wrong... I am 100% happy!   :D

~CT

Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway - Winners Posted
Post by: tomos on February 04, 2011, 04:15 AM
Congratulations all the winners!!! There are a lot of great tools there... hopefully some of them can be used on DC  :-*

...and thanks to everyone for helping to make the Celebration such a success!!
-Perry Mowbray (February 04, 2011, 02:33 AM)

a BIG thanks to all the organisers !! Perry, mouser, et al

and thanks for the win :D also to Rob Nelson (Sagelight author)
Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway - Winners Posted
Post by: vlastimil on February 04, 2011, 04:16 AM
Does that mean me too? While I didn't submit a project this year (first year I haven't done so) I did help out with anyone that wanted icons (made a whole set of dice for worstje I think, and the icon for N.A.N.Y. Excuse Manager (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=25014.0))
-app103 (February 04, 2011, 03:04 AM)

Yes, just PM me your name.
Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway - Winners Posted
Post by: Renegade on February 04, 2011, 04:25 AM
Winners of 'Help & Manual Pro + Premium Pack' (1):
  • Renegade
-Perry Mowbray (February 04, 2011, 02:30 AM)

YAY~! Thank you so much~! It's greatly appreciated~! :D

I suppose I'm now obligated to write a help file for Duplicate Photo Finder now. ;)

Thank you Perry and mouser for all the effort that you put into organizing NANY. Things like this really do make the world just a little brighter. :)
Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway - Winners Posted
Post by: Bionic71 on February 04, 2011, 06:17 AM
With vlastimils offer and the axialis winning maybe I'm destined for creating icons.  :tellme:
Many thanks to everyone involved & Thank you vlastimil for the nice bonus. - 100% Happy!
Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway - Winners Posted
Post by: cranioscopical on February 04, 2011, 06:47 AM
Congratulations to the prizewinners, and thanks to the prizegivers.
Also, thanks to the DonationCoder team for making this such a useful and congenial place at which to hang out.
Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway - Winners Posted
Post by: wraith808 on February 04, 2011, 09:09 AM
Wow! Thanks!  And thanks to vastamil also
Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway - Winners Posted
Post by: skwire on February 04, 2011, 09:49 AM
Thanks very much for the BB Flashback Pro prize.  I suppose I need to become a screencasta' masta' now, eh?
Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway - Winners Posted
Post by: nharding on February 04, 2011, 10:29 AM
Yay, I won the Sagelight Image editor and what looks like a great icon editor as an unexpected bonus too ;) I've been working hard on DCDisplay, and have been writing scrapers to grab lots of data to help populate a comic database. I've got so many features planned, I will still be working on it by the time there is a NANY 2012 (The Apocalypse Edition) :)

Neil
Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway - Winners Posted
Post by: worstje on February 04, 2011, 11:56 AM
Does that mean me too? While I didn't submit a project this year (first year I haven't done so) I did help out with anyone that wanted icons (made a whole set of dice for worstje I think, and the icon for N.A.N.Y. Excuse Manager (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=25014.0))
-app103 (February 04, 2011, 03:04 AM)

I never got a proper chance to put those icons in. :-[ Soooo sorry. :(

It was a great giveaway tho! Congratulations all of you lucky winners!
Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway - Winners Posted
Post by: hamradio on February 04, 2011, 12:19 PM
Thanks everyone and congrats to all the other winners.  :)

Also, thanks to Rob for offering Sagelight Image Editor which I won and to all the other prize givers.
Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway - Winners Posted
Post by: mrainey on February 04, 2011, 01:04 PM
I won!  I'm planning some major rewrites this spring, and can't wait to incorporate a supertool like "Dr. Explain Advanced" into my development efforts.

Can't thank the folks at Indigo Byte Systems enough.  You're pretty cool too, mouser.
Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway - Winners Posted
Post by: Josh on February 04, 2011, 01:07 PM
You're pretty cool too, mouser.
-mrainey (February 04, 2011, 01:04 PM)

Don't say that! It goes to his head!
Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway - Winners Posted
Post by: mouser on February 04, 2011, 01:35 PM
All thanks should really go to Perry -- he rounded up most of these giveaways -- i just watched on in awe.

Special thanks to Curt for getting the Sagelight copies to give away.

And of course, huge thanks to the companies who donated the software to give away.
Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway - Winners Posted
Post by: mrainey on February 04, 2011, 02:02 PM
You've done an amazing job, Perry.  Many thanks!
Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway - Winners Posted
Post by: edbro on February 04, 2011, 02:24 PM
Does anybody know how to get the non-trial version of Axialis Icon WS? I emailed Marc EMILE this morning but haven't gotten a reply. It appears that the trial version is not able to upgrade with the serial number.
Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway - Winners Posted
Post by: wraith808 on February 04, 2011, 02:28 PM
You've done an amazing job, Perry.  Many thanks!
-mrainey (February 04, 2011, 02:02 PM)

Agreed  :Thmbsup:  He's DoCo's Agent P (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent_P)!

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/dc/Perry_the_Platypus.png)
Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway - Winners Posted
Post by: wraith808 on February 04, 2011, 02:28 PM
Does anybody know how to get the non-trial version of Axialis Icon WS? I emailed Marc EMILE this morning but haven't gotten a reply. It appears that the trial version is not able to upgrade with the serial number.
-edbro (February 04, 2011, 02:24 PM)

See app's thread on this subject (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=25519.msg235268#msg235268).
Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway - Winners Posted
Post by: edbro on February 04, 2011, 02:46 PM
Does anybody know how to get the non-trial version of Axialis Icon WS? I emailed Marc EMILE this morning but haven't gotten a reply. It appears that the trial version is not able to upgrade with the serial number.
-edbro (February 04, 2011, 02:24 PM)

See app's thread on this subject (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=25519.msg235268#msg235268).
-wraith808 (February 04, 2011, 02:28 PM)
Thanks, I got it now.
Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway - Winners Posted
Post by: Perry Mowbray on February 04, 2011, 05:19 PM
You've done an amazing job, Perry.  Many thanks!
-mrainey (February 04, 2011, 02:02 PM)

Agreed  :Thmbsup:  He's DoCo's Agent P (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent_P)!

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/dc/Perry_the_Platypus.png)
-wraith808 (February 04, 2011, 02:28 PM)

That's funny: never seen that before.

But (like mouser said), I was blown away by the generosity of the companies I approached for the Giveaway (which really was meant to supply tools for the NANY Volunteers -- but I think I got the cart before the horse with that one  :-[)... Every company I approached immediately said they'd contribute prizes!! I think the DonationCoder Community has a lot to do with that sort of response!!
Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway - Winners Posted
Post by: CodeTRUCKER on February 04, 2011, 05:53 PM
...
Agreed  :Thmbsup:  He's DoCo's Agent P (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent_P)!
...
-wraith808 (February 04, 2011, 02:28 PM)

+1 and here is something I composed just for fun!!


"Secret DoCo Man"
(Sung to Johnny River's "Secret Agent Man")
You can sing along with this MIDI file...
http://www.free-midi.org/midi1/j/johnny_rivers-secret_agent_man.mid

<Intro>

Verse 1
-------------------------------------
There was one who joined back in '05.
He was just another member here,
But it wouldn't be too long before he'd earn this song.
'Now lead's all the NANY's that go on here!

Chorus
-------------------------------------
Secret DoCo Man, Secret DoCo Man
He works with all the members in every way he can.

Verse 2
-------------------------------------
Mr. Mowbray works without expecting...
In seeking praise, he never makes a peep,
But one must wonder when his next project begins
Because it is obvious he don't sleep!

<CHORUS>

<Musical Interlude>

<CHORUS>

Verse 3
-------------------------------------
Our beloved Mouser does all that he can.
But the load is too heavy for just one man.
Now he can shout "Yippie!" for a fellow named, "Perry."
'cause now Mouser can go get a sun tan!

<CHORUS>

<End>


Thanks again, Mouser & Perry!

~CT
Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway - Winners Posted
Post by: mouser on February 04, 2011, 06:00 PM
 ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway - Winners Posted
Post by: wraith808 on February 04, 2011, 08:07 PM
:Thmbsup:

That's great CT!
Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway - Winners Posted
Post by: Renegade on February 04, 2011, 08:42 PM
NANY is getting better and better. This is the first time I participated and I am amazed. The press release possibly helped my tiny tool being added to komando.com getting 1000's of downloads, then the mug  :-*, and now a chance to win :-).

I feel kind of generous, WTH, whoever from the participants wants a free license to my icon editor ( http://www.rw-designer.com/3D_icon_editor.php ), just sent me a PM with your name.
-vlastimil (February 01, 2011, 11:16 AM)

I just noticed this on your website:

God is in the details.

:D Hahahah~! Nice twist on the phrase~! :D
Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway - Winners Posted
Post by: CodeTRUCKER on February 05, 2011, 01:46 AM

God is in the details.

For those that are as ignorant as I am was...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_is_in_the_detail

~CT
Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway - Winners Posted
Post by: vlastimil on February 05, 2011, 04:43 AM
God is in the details.

Well, English not being my native language, I use whatever seems right at the moment. I often wonder how do native speakers perceive my "creative" use of English.
Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway - Winners Posted
Post by: app103 on February 05, 2011, 08:04 AM
God is in the details.

Well, English not being my native language, I use whatever seems right at the moment. I often wonder how do native speakers perceive my "creative" use of English.
-vlastimil (February 05, 2011, 04:43 AM)

Wait, what? You are not a native English speaker? You fooled me!  :)
Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway - Winners Posted
Post by: Ath on February 05, 2011, 08:07 AM
quote author=vlastimil

Wait, what? You are not a native English speaker? You fooled me!  :)
-app103 (February 05, 2011, 08:04 AM)

Usually the giveaway is in the name :P
Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway - Winners Posted
Post by: app103 on February 05, 2011, 08:11 AM
Usually the giveaway is in the name
-Ath (February 05, 2011, 08:07 AM)

Not always true. I live in an area with a lot of immigrants, and their kids are born here, are native speakers of English and plenty have foreign sounding names.
Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway - Winners Posted
Post by: phitsc on February 11, 2011, 02:51 PM
vlastimil, just want to thank you again for the free license for your RealWorld Icon Editor. I'm working with it right now and although what I do with it is certainly far from its capabilities I have to say that I find it bloody excellent!  :Thmbsup:

p.s. I know it's not the right place to ask :(, but well...
When I copy a certain region from one icon to another, it would be really helpful if, when I paste that region, it would get pasted at the exact same position where it was in the source icon. Can I do that somehow?
Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway - Winners Posted
Post by: vlastimil on February 12, 2011, 06:29 PM
I do not think so. If you have selected part of the image, it is copied simply as a normal image, without any additional information. When pasting it, it is always placed to the top left corner of the visible area. You would have to copy it with an additional free space - that would be possible if you added the top left pixel to the selection (hold SHIFT when selecting to add things to the selection (if it is not a floating selection)), but it seems kind of weird. Maybe the operation you are trying to do can be accomplished by some other method.
Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway - Winners Posted
Post by: phitsc on February 13, 2011, 01:48 PM
Thanks vlastimil.
Title: Re: January 2011 Giveaway - Winners Posted
Post by: CodeTRUCKER on February 14, 2011, 05:14 AM
God is in the details.

Well, English not being my native language, I use whatever seems right at the moment. I often wonder how do native speakers perceive my "creative" use of English.
-vlastimil (February 05, 2011, 04:43 AM)

Wait, what? You are not a native English speaker? You fooled me!  :)
-app103 (February 05, 2011, 08:04 AM)

+1