The Golden Propeller Awards [Polls are up: VOTE NOW!]
Microcontrolled
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Original Post:
I've been thinking about this for a while, so I thought I might as well throw it out there.
Wouldn't it be nice to have an annual online awards session where we give honor to those who have contributed most to the online Propeller community? There wouldn't have to be any ACTUAL physical award, just a massive vote out of nominees for certain categories, the winners of which would then be announced in the official thread. I know that their are Parallax "Star Contributors" but that list is hard to make. This would be an easier-to-win contest that would consist of different members every year.
Here is examples of the categories for awards:
Most helpful member (VIP members will be excluded from this)
Most improved Propeller user
Coolest project made with the Propeller
Most useful project made with the Propeller
User who has evangelized the Propeller the most
Favorite forum member
Most professional Propeller project
Best object contribution
Best Propeller Tutorial contribution
Best PC software contribution (BradC is excluded because we already know he is awesome)
Favorite forum member would be someone who is kind, helpful, and has a real mind for electronics and the Propeller chip.
We would start a thread where you can list potential nominees. Then we will pick nominees from the list and start a thread with a poll for each category. Winners will be chosen and announced.
Also, we could give away a small physical award if anyone knows where you could buy a cheap, small metal Propeller hat that could be painted gold.
Just a fun thought that I thought would be nice to share. If you want to do it, start listing some nominees and I'll get a poll up on my site. (Forum won't support multiple polls in one thread)
Thanks,
Microcontrolled
http://microcontrolled.com/?page_id=94
VOTE NOW!!!!!!!!!
Make sure to vote in ALL the categories!
Original Post:
I've been thinking about this for a while, so I thought I might as well throw it out there.
Wouldn't it be nice to have an annual online awards session where we give honor to those who have contributed most to the online Propeller community? There wouldn't have to be any ACTUAL physical award, just a massive vote out of nominees for certain categories, the winners of which would then be announced in the official thread. I know that their are Parallax "Star Contributors" but that list is hard to make. This would be an easier-to-win contest that would consist of different members every year.
Here is examples of the categories for awards:
Most helpful member (VIP members will be excluded from this)
Most improved Propeller user
Coolest project made with the Propeller
Most useful project made with the Propeller
User who has evangelized the Propeller the most
Favorite forum member
Most professional Propeller project
Best object contribution
Best Propeller Tutorial contribution
Best PC software contribution (BradC is excluded because we already know he is awesome)
Favorite forum member would be someone who is kind, helpful, and has a real mind for electronics and the Propeller chip.
We would start a thread where you can list potential nominees. Then we will pick nominees from the list and start a thread with a poll for each category. Winners will be chosen and announced.
Also, we could give away a small physical award if anyone knows where you could buy a cheap, small metal Propeller hat that could be painted gold.
Just a fun thought that I thought would be nice to share. If you want to do it, start listing some nominees and I'll get a poll up on my site. (Forum won't support multiple polls in one thread)
Thanks,
Microcontrolled
Comments
I nominate the Karplus-Strong laser guitar.
I nominate WBA Consulting.
No contest... P.J. Allen!
2008: Mike Green
2009: Mike Green
2010: Mike Green
2011: Mike Green
2012: Mike Green ?
Thanks for the nomination Martin. The Propeller has really enabled me to get some ideas out of my head and into reality so I truly back it every chance I get.
I think the most helpful award should be named "The Honorary MG Award".........
Whatever. You have to meet him in person to truly understand his awesomeness.
Tracy Allen is like this too.
Edit: Just caught the comment about my avatar! Thanks! It's not real components, as a light would have never looked correct if in a picture, but it's a 3D design I made. I wrote out the whole username for my blog's banner, but had to trim it down for forum specs. And if you act now, you can get your very own cool 3D logo designed for only $39.99! Order now before it's too late! :-)
2004 Mike Green
2005 Mike Green
2006 Mike Green
2007 Mike Green
Most helpful member - Besides VIP members? Duane Degn and OBC
Most improved Propeller user - none
Coolest project made with the Propeller - PropTouch module by Jazzed
Most useful project made with the Propeller - none
User who has evangelized the Propeller the most - Hanno, Nick McClick, OBC
Favorite forum member - WBA consulting, Ken Gracy, mctriva (I can't chose!)
Most professional Propeller project - wjstee's (I think I got it right) aircraft-thing
Best object contribution - Micha's USB engine
Best Propeller Tutorial contribution - Nick's Gadget Gangster tutorials
Best PC software contribution - Rayman!!
You're much too modest! My vote:
-Phil
I remember we used to be on Corbin's case for spelling and grammatical errors all the time.
He has turned into an excellent contributor, and must have read a few books on writing, or just taken examples from Phil and Mike, and others on how to communicate.
Erco and PJ could have had a hand in it also:)
My vote for most likely to be intern: Micro.
I haven't read any books on writing, I started using spellcheck until I learned how to spel moste wordes withowt ite! (Couldn't pass up the opportunity for that joke....)
Thanks guys! You've made my day!
Speaking of the Star Contributors, we're still waiting for Brad (BST) to provide us with a picture. A few additional folks you know have recently been nominated as Star Contributors and we'll contact them shortly too. There's no official committee inside Parallax to ratify these nominations, but it's interesting how our people unanimously agree about inducting certain people into the Star Contributor listing.
Ken Gracey
1. Ross (RossH) for Catalina
2. Brad for bst
3. Michael (mpark) for homespun and sphinx
My nominations in "User who has evangelized the Propeller the most" - OBC, Nick McClick
My nominations in "Favorite forum members" - OBC, Baggers, Kye, Eric ball, Jazzed, potatohead, Nick McClick
My nominations in "Most professional Propeller project" - Open Stomp by Eric Moyer
My nominations in "Best object contribution" - Everything by Kye
My nominations in "Best Propeller Tutorial contribution" - OBC
My nominations in "Best PC software contribution" - 12Blocks by Hanno, BST by BradC
/Ahle2
I second that nomination!
Micro also wins for most prolific young propellerhead :-)
(wish I could bottle his tech enthusiasm and give my cousin Enid a dose)
Dr_Acula
Thinking about avatars made me remember your old one..you know,
the one where you look like a sportscaster :-) I tried to find an old copy just now
using google image search... it never occurred to me what your forum name
is if you drop the underscore! Do a google image search for Dr_Acula and see
what horrors pop up ..LoL
Seriously, there are so many super forum members here that I would have to
list dozens who deserve an award. I must mention Mike Green though...for best
tech help and most modest, he's always called out as a star of this forum and
he never takes a bow..what a guy :-)
RossH needs mentioning for Catalina, what a great piece of work...both Ross and
the compiler!
For forum member who's posts are most eagerly clicked on I nominate Chip Gracey!
I just wish he had more time to chat on the forum....He's so busy making that wonderful
new toy we are all dreaming about.
Now that I have named a few people I feel bad because I'm leaving so many others out :-(
*grin*. Oh ok Holly, this is where all the silliness started http://www.scamorama.com/Smile_bloodbank.html This exchange ended up being a chapter in the Scamorama book (see on the top right of this page http://www.scamorama.com/).
Back to the topic - I'm going to put in a nomination for Gadget Gangster for making the board that has become the 'official' propeller board.
BTW, your creation of the Dracblade (available at a very fair price) and your evangelization of retro computing with the same, not to mention your frequent help to those in need and your many interesting projects, deserves award consideration.
Most amusing forum member would have to be Electric Aye.
Meh. I met him this morning. He was a complete a**hole!
LOL! Keep it up and you'll be vying with Electric Aye for the humor nomination.
Best propeller demo - Turbulence by Linus
@Holly: Thanks!
@Ahle2: I've added your categories to the list, thanks!
I am counting up your nominees and will continue to until this post reaches 4 pages, or June 10th, whichever comes first. I may have to extend this if I have lots of repeats/not enough nominees per category. I'll put the poll up then.