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Crowdsourcing.. how to?

Hey everyone, here's the skinny. I'm in this punk band, been playing for about 9 months, and none of us can agree on a band name. Literally hundreds have been thrown around.. some silly, some serious.. but none of us can agree on any of them.

We had the idea to somehow crowdsource the naming. Let people we know suggest / vote on names, and whichever one wins, that person gets $100 and we use that name. Basically, remove our own minds from the equation and see what people come up with.

Are there any sites out there that would manage something like this? Let us set up a page that we can send to friends, and that lets them participate in the process?

I know crowdsourcing design is super shitty, but I think that doing it to name a band is kind of a fun and ridiculous thing to do. We'd take over design and branding once the name was chosen, two of us are designers.

Also, suggest names here :) Thanks in advance.

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My car was totaled

My 10 year loyal Honda Civic SI was crushed this weekend by a drunk driver (while parked, no injuries). Just got word from insurance that it's totaled, not surprised about that.

Car shopping has begun. I have a $10k check coming at me, figure I'll use it as a down payment on something. Suggestions? I want something I can tow a dirt bike with.

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Photography gifts?

What to get an aspiring photographer for xmas? She has been drawn to toy cameras lately, but I don't want to get the standard holga / lomo nonsense you can buy at any urban outfitters.

Also looking for book suggestions.. general inspiration, photo process etc.

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boulder, co

moving there soon. i know its a small city but what are the best areas to live?

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PSB Scared Bros

This could be fun

http://www.buzzfeed.com/awesomer…

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QBN Creative Collab

Anyone around here up for some type of creative collab? Every new year I look for a project to get a wave of creative juices flowing, but have never collaborated with any other designers on one.

I'm sure this type of thing has gone around here before.. I think there was a moleskin or notebook project once? Something like that.. I can't quite recall if that was here.

Who is up for creating something great? Can be simple, can be complex, can be 'layer tennis', short film, animation, interpretive dance, shit I do not care.. as long as its unique and makes our community stand out. Something that hypes you up to be creative in the new year.

Are you up for the challenge?

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games you've never beat!!

Inspired by the other thread, what are some games you just couldn't finish through? For me its more often out of lack of dedication, but there is surely a list of "impossible" games out there..

One I'm ashamed to admit I never saw the end of:

http://gamersdigart.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/1215187347_90842_deadspace_boxart.png

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long distance

relationships. whose in one, and whose got advice for making one not suck complete donkey ass?

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Mario Paint

Anyone else feel like this game helped pave their way to becoming a designer / animator? I spent countless hours in this thing. I loved animating butts with turds coming out of them.

http://i.imgur.com/VOaP2.jpg

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NYC 11/18 - 11/23

Going to be in the big apple next weekend. Anything going on, or anything I can't go without seeing? First time heading up there.

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CS5 Performance

Agency upgraded all of us to cs5 last week and ever since my machine has been performing like shit. Today was especially brutal.. two kernel failures in about 2 hours.. After Effects especially. Anyone else upgrade and run into this kind of trouble?

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Taylor Acoustic?

Anyone here play a Taylor Acoustic? I'm looking at a used 914c this weekend. Any thoughts?

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chipotle, wtf?

Is this a mistake or what?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bar…

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work on sunday

jealous?

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Public Choice Signups?

Ponder this QBNers: What if you had to be officially approved in order to have permission to post to the public choice? I'm sick of this blog spam. Discuss.

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Skittles "Newlyweds"

I have no idea what to think of this. I can't imagine it's an official Skittles spot.. what do you think?

NSFW, btw

http://vimeo.com/26753142

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data visualization

I was playing around with some info-viz and I created this little diddy. Its not super fabulous or anything, but I feel its successful. I hope to refine the concept through iterations so feel free to suggest something that will make it stupid-fly.

http://www.davefelton.com/hostin…

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Canonameras

Thinking about picking up one of those hot 7D's. I have reservations because its not full-frame, and most people I talk to say the full-frame 5D has changed how they view features on a DSLR.

The interwebs hold no intel on a 7D mark ii, nor can I find anything about a 5D mark iii that would j incorporate the better video features (24 / 60 fps) of the 7D.

Is it worth to wait (who knows how long) for a full-frame 7D? Who has shot stills + video on a full frame 5D? Is it really "that much better"?

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nofx 25 years

Anyone else going to the anniversary show this weekend in LA?

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gimme a raise

What's a good raise for a designer 1 year in at an ad agency? looking for a rough percentage range, not a dollar amount. we'll say the designer is middleweight, definitely above average, good at what they do.

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