Interests:Hobbies and Interests:
traveling, good food, concerts, clubbing, dancing, anime, comic books, video games, halo, martial arts, wushu, poker, fantasy basketball, basketball, snowboarding, rockclimbing
Favorite Books:
book of greek myths, piers anthony, roald dahl, ender's game, harry potter, hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy, sci-fi, fantasy, comic books, da vinci code
Favorite Movies:
lord of the rings, gladiator, x-men, x2, spiderman, blade, matrix, dark city, aliens, predator, terminator 2, moulin rouge, big fish, eternal sunshine, groundhog day, princess bride, 50 first dates, zoolander, there's something about mary, elf, transformers, the last unicorn, miyazaki, spirited away, disney, pixar, the incredibles, the last dragon, jet li, once upon a time in china, jackie chan, stephen chow, shaolin soccer, kung fu hustle
Favorite Music:
alternative, rock, no doubt, green day, weezer, linkin park, smashing pumpkins, franz ferdinand, the killers, evanescence, keane, u2, oasis,
we've launched a new blog import tool on alivenotdead. so now you can have all of your xanga blogs imported to alivenotdead. you can even "subscribe" to your xanga blog so that any updates you make over here will appear over there.
[ALIVE NOT DEAD] Wants to Take You To Hawaii! Honolulu, Hawaii, USA on October 18-28
We're looking for one special guest blogger to help cover this year's Hawaii International Film Festival
THE WINNER WILL RECEIVE -Round trip ticket to Hawaii -3 night/4 day hotel stay in Honolulu -VIP ticket to the FTG and THK screenings -"Meet and Greet" with the cast and crew of FTG and THK -VIP access to FTG/THK afterparty -Signed FTG and THK posters -FTG and THK t-shirts, hats, and DVDs *Winner may invite one guest along, provided guest covers their own airfare and hotel.
HOW TO ENTER 1) Sign up and receive 1 entry -- CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO! 2) Invite your friends 3) Receive 1 more entry per friend that registers
TIP #1: Invite more users to increase your chances to win!
TIP #2: For best results, fill out your profile info completely and stay active!
you could be that lightbulb.
Contest Rules
To be eligible to
participate, user (and guest) must have proper passport and visa
documents to travel to Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. [ALIVE NOT DEAD] is not
responsible for assistance with travel visas.
Eligible Users can enter the contest by inviting friends to
register on alivenotdead.com. Signing up for the contest receives one
entry into our drawing. For each new user you invite using the
invitation URL or email provided by our Find Friends page that registers as a new alivenotdead.com member, you will receive one addition entry in the drawing.
The drawing will be held on September 20th, 2007. One winner will
be randomly selected from all eligible entries in the drawing. [ALIVE
NOT DEAD] will then review all of the winner's "invited friends" to
make sure they are all legitimate entries. If we feel that any of the
entries have been faked (ie. the user was cheating), we will disqualify
the user and select another winner. Decisions of the contest judges are
final.
The contest is open to any [ALIVE NOT DEAD] user over the age of 18
(or the age of majority in user's area of residence). Full-time or paid
employees of [ALIVE NOT DEAD], contest sponsors, their respective
affiliates and associates and such employees' immediate family members
and persons with whom such employees are domiciled are excluded from
this contest.
The prize is not redeemable in cash and must be accepted as awarded.
Winner may not substitute another person in his/her place. If winner cannot accept the prize, we will redo the drawing.
By claiming the prize, the winner (and guest) authorizes the use,
without additional compensation of his or her name and/or likeness
and/or voice/photograph and municipality of residence for promotion
and/or advertising purposes in any manner and in any medium (including
without limitation, radio broadcasts, newspapers and other publications
and in television or film releases, slides, videotape, distribution
over the internet and picture date storage) which [ALIVE NOT DEAD] may
deem appropriate.
In accepting the prize, the winner (and guest) acknowledges that
[ALIVE NOT DEAD] may not be held liable for any loss, damages or injury
associated with accepting or using this prize(s).
Winners (and guest) at the age of majority must sign a release form
as prepared and accepted by [ALIVE NOT DEAD] acknowledging their
acceptance and understanding of the complete contest rules.
[ALIVE NOT DEAD] retains the rights, in its absolute and sole discretion, to make substitutions of equivalent kind or
approximate value in the event of the unavailability of any prize or component of the prize for any reason whatsoever.
This contest is subject to all federal, provincial and municipal laws of the United States of America.
[ALIVE NOT DEAD] reserves the right to withdraw or terminate this contest at any time without prior notice.
Approximate value of prizes vary.
Winner (and guest) must agree to the airline's Terms and Conditions
of travel. Once confirmed, trip dates and travel accommodations cannot
be changed by winner (or guest); however, travel is subject to
availability, blackout dates, and/or change due to circumstances beyond
Sponsors' and Administrators' control. No extensions will be permitted,
and any unused travel will be forfeited. Prize cannot be used in
conjunction with any other promotion or offer and may not be separated.
All tickets issued in conjunction with the Grand Prize are not eligible
for frequent flyer miles, and no code-share flights may be used.
Hi there, everyone. [alive not dead] is looking to expand our team and bring on a much-needed, all-star programmer to help improve and build out the site. If you're a web programmer or know of one who is looking for a great position at a fun, growing company, please let us know. Let your qualified friends and acquaintances know as well. If you want to help us publicize this job post on public forums/post boards, feel free to message me and let me know first.
The position is located in Hong Kong, but we can help you relocate if necessary.
We'd really appreciate it if you could also help us out by sending this out to your qualified friends. Thanks!
-Patrick
Senior Web Programmer (PHP/Mysql), alivenotdead.com
* Work in a small team (two programmers and one designer) to help continue building the new [alive not dead] online community. * Be a vital voice in defining the featureset and roadmap of the web site in the coming years. * A minimum of two years experience programming in a LAMP (Linux, Apache, Mysql, PHP) environment. You don't necessarily need a Computer Science or Electrical Engineering degree, but you need to show us your abilties and drive by showing us both your job programming experience and your personal programming projects. * An independent, resourceful problem-solver who knows how to find the solution to anything. You might not know how to get something done at the beginning, but you're confident enough in your abilities to find a way of getting it done by the end.
Criteria * This is not a 9-to-5 job (which hopefully you aren't searching for anyways). This is a mission to build something of long-lasting value that will eventually make you a star amongst your circle of friends. We'll all be working non-traditional hours and team members. * You will be required to put in the time necessary to get the work done. * You must completely obsessed with the online world and online communities. Don't bother to apply if you're not prepared to show us your rigorously updated blog and or a frequent participant in online forums. * This position is located in Hong Kong. You must be able to speak either English or Mandarin Chinese. The ability to speak both is a plus. The ability speak Cantonese is a BIG plus. The ability to read and type Chinese is a BIG plus. If you are not currently located in Hong Kong, you must be willing to relocate. * We're looking for nice, ethical, smart people. We will keep the team small for as long as we need to so we need to know that we can trust our first few team members and enjoy working together for the long-term.
Compensation We are a small team looking to do BIG things so we provide an ample and flexible sliding salary/equity scale. Also, we are willing to provide a relocation allowance to help you move to Hong Kong.
About [alive not dead] [alive not dead] (alivenotdead.com) is an online community of artists (musicians, filmmakers, and more) centered around Asia and located in Hong Kong. Our goal is to allow artists of all levels to find and communicate directly with their fans and to help fans find new great artists as well as communicate and connect with other fans. We are building a social community similar to MySpace featuring artist profiles, blogs, photos, music downloads, and other communication tools with direct involvement by many artists. Our efforts are targeted at here in Asia but we aim to help our artists find fans abroad by offering both English and Chinese language versions of the site.
[alive not dead] is the creation of the founders of Rotten Tomatoes (rottentomatoes.com), a leading movie web site and now a part of Fox Interactive Media (also the parent of MySpace) in partnership with various Hong Kong local artists. The team has a proven track record of developing and selling great Internet companies and is building another great Internet company with the new [alive not dead] web site.
More about the founders Patrick Lee: http://www.alivenotdead.com/?rottendoubt http://www.linkedin.com/in/rottendoubt
Stephen Wang: http://www.alivenotdead.com/?stephen http://www.linkedin.com/in/swang75
now that we've launched, we're looking to find some marketing interns interested in helping us promote the site.
here's what i'm looking for:
-you can make at least a six month commitment.
-highly
active social-networkers; people that have 200+ friends on facebook,
friendster, myspace, etc. (note -- these have to be REAL friends. we
aren't looking for friend collectors.)
-online saavy; you're on
a bunch of social networks, you im, you use sites like flickr, digg,
slide, etc. you don't use aol. you don't forward on mail forward
spam. =P
-friendly, sociable, and responsible. you won't get
into flame wars with other users on our site. you won't take advantage
of your position or use your position inappropriately.
this is what i want you to do:
-help come up with marketing strategies and help with the execution of these strategies.
-spread the word to all of your friends, family and people that you meet. both on the street and online.
-recruit
each of your friends over from whatever social networks you are on.
unless your friends are at your every beck and call, you'll probably
have to contact each friend individually and drag them over.
-act
as a welcoming committee on our site, especially for your friends.
when they sign on, leave them a guestbook comment. when they blog or
add photos, comment on that as well. help them figure out how to use
the site if they are having trouble. encourage them to be active on
the site and to bring their friends on.
here's what you get:
-this is an unpaid internship. there is no monetary or equity compensation.
-however, it's part-time (approx 10 hours per week) and you can work remotely and on your own schedule.
-you can put this on your resume and i'll happily provide you with any recommendations you need down the road.
-you
get a chance to learn about and have hands-on experience with online
marketing with the team that helped to build rottentomatoes.com.
-you'll
get a chance to be part of a very cool and fun team. you get to be
friends with admin bear. (no promises, but if we were to hire for a
marketing position down the road, we'd look at our interns first)
-you'll be on the inside and have access to events and parties whenever we hold them.
-alivenotdead t-shirt and hat!
if
you meet the qualifications above and are interested in joining us as a
marketing intern, please send me a private message to my alivenotdead
account. thanks!
