Updates and discussion about the Hype Machine, mp3 blog aggregator
Wow! That concludes our first ever user survey and you guys really came through. Thank you SO much for your time, we really appreciate it. We got 1764 responses and will be publishing some of our interesting findings soon!
Winners will be contacted today, so keep an eye out for our email!
Update: All prizes have been awarded! Thanks to Prickie, Threadless, The Poster List for supporting us. We already buy their stuff, you should too 🙂
Come one, come all! It’s our first ever Hype Machine User Survey, which will give us a better idea of who’s using our site, what they think of it, and how we can improve. But all work and no play makes nobody happy, right? We’re sweetening the deal with a bunch of prizes from our favorite online stores.
Click here to take survey Survey Now Closed
Prizes up for grabs:
Store: Prickie: The web’s largest collection of designer buttons. You will seriously spend hours enjoying the hunt for your favorite ones (I have).
Prize: (2) A 12 button mix-n-match pack (pick from over 15,000)
Store: Threadless: Who loves Threadless? We do! Anthony and I can’t seem to go anywhere without packing at least one Threadless shirt.
Prize: (3) A $25 Threadless Gift Certificate
Store: The Poster List: Seriously hot pop art posters designed by Neil & Adam. There’s something here for everyone, from music-related to machine guns that shoot butterflies (if only!).
Prize: (1) Three 12×18 Posters Of Your Choice
Store: Ticketmaster: This ticketing behemoth may have its faults but without it, you’d be standing outside the venue. Get out of the house already and go see a show!
Prize: (2) A $25 Ticketmaster Gift Certificate
Store: Sony MDR-EX51LP Fontopia Headphones: For the price, my favorite headphones ever (and I’ve gone through a LOT of different brands).
Prize: (2) A pair of Sony MDR-EX51LP Headphones
All you have to do is take the full survey (Survey Closed) and be sure to enter your email address at the end. We’ll pick a random winner for each prize and let you know via email.
Thank you for taking the time to help us out!
The Hype Machine’s radio page features a photo of Bruce whenever we can’t find any artwork or relevant images to display next to a track. It looks like this:
The photo is there with permission from Jovino.
Today, Bruce is doubly famous by appearing on I Can Has Cheezburger. The challenge is serious:
Had a great chat last week with Eliot Van Buskirk which led to this story at Wired’s Listening Post today:
The Music Fan Behind Hype Machine: Q&A With Anthony Volodkin
Have you ever wanted to search Hype Machine right from your Firefox 2.x browser? You can!
Just click on the Google (or other engine logo) in your search box and pick “Add Hype Machine”!
After that, you’ll be able to select Hype Machine as one of your search engines in that box! This has been available for a few months, but we totally forgot to write about it. 🙂