spread the fox
from spreadfirefox.com:
We launched a new program/contest yesterday called Operation Firefox. To me it feels like a great fit for Spread Firefox, because it's all about being as creative as possible, and should be a lot of fun for anyone who wants to get involved. Andrew Stein's recent post on the Mozilla Blog has all the details:
Are you ready to infiltrate society and spread Firefox one sticker at a time? Operation Firefox is currently recruiting agents to place huge 3.5' Firefox stickers where the world will see them. In addition to worldwide notoriety, you might wind up with a new MacBook Pro or a Nintendo Wii.
Operation Firefox began last summer as a project initiated by the Mozilla Marketing interns. We had seen what the Mozilla community produced before, including the New York Times ad, the Firefox crop circle, and the Firefox Flicks context, and decided to step up to the challenge and create another opportunity for Mozilla fans to show off their creativity.
This newest campaign puts 3.5' Firefox stickers in the hands of our community and looks for creative new ways to share Firefox with the world. Ultimately our goal is to get 50 great photos of the Firefox logo in situations that promote some of the defining characteristics of the Web browser: performance, security, customization and community.
The contest is two-tiered: first, we're putting out a call for the 50 best 'placements' for these stickers (due November 9th). Then, the most creative agents will receive a fathead sticker to complete their mission: take a photograph and submit before December 3rd. All 50 photos will be displayed on the Operation Firefox website, but the four best ones will receive a new MacBook Pro or Nintendo Wii.
Do you think you have what it takes to be an Operation Firefox agent? To learn more about the contest and how to participate, visit www.operationfirefox.com.
We certainly hope that you guys will get involved and submit ideas for the contest, but even if not we'd really appreciate if you could Digg it and generally spread the word to people you think might be interested. Thanks!
reactions, thoughts, comments, etc.
Why is the entire site in caps? I gave up reading it after a couple minutes.
Posted by: Rishi | October 23, 2007 1:22 PM
As long as this doesn't become a "who can do get arrested first" competition by placing them in very public, but very non-legal locations, I'm all for it.
Which begs the question, where would it be legal to post such a thing?
In my home town, unless you've paid for a billboard, it ain't legal.
Posted by: steve | October 23, 2007 1:51 PM
Hm, this Operation Firefox website is a kick in the teeth to all webstandards evangelists they thought Mozilla supports validness, accessibility, table free layouts ...
Posted by: Thomas | October 23, 2007 4:39 PM
How bad that it only opens for very few countries' residents.
Posted by: isriya | October 24, 2007 2:17 AM
Agreed with Thomas. Can Mozilla please stop spending money on incompetant web developers?
Posted by: Robin | October 24, 2007 5:03 AM