August 2008

Olympic Lessons, Crafting Winners, and Boost the MB Medal Count!

Dear MindBites Member,

MindBites has Olympic fever! Learn how to train for your event, take a look at some winners, and help MindBites win the Gold… Here's What's New at MindBites:

1. Lesson Medalists
2. And the Crafting winners are...
3. Author Spotlight: Jeremy Denbow
4. MindBites Goes for Gold
5. News & Notes

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Lesson Medalists

Don't see your "event"? Enter your own wanted listing or add your vote to one of these.

And the Winners Are...

From Secretary's Delight Resin Bracelet, to D.I.Y. Shrinky Dinks, to Make a Cool Centerpiece from Old Spoons, the MindBites community really came out strong for this first contest. It was hard for our judges to pick a winner, but one lesson stood a step above in terms of originality, material, and quality.

Congrats to the $1,000 Grand Prize winner:

Crafty Rock Star Grungeboard Pin by Margot Potter

and to the $500 People’s Choice winner:

Light Painting-Fun With Photography by PhotoTony

Thanks to all the entrants, each of whom will get a MindBites T-shirt. Go see all of their works of art here.

Miss out on this contest? Our next contest starts in September. Register as an author and start working on your lesson now!

Author Spotlight: Jeremy Denbow

Jeremy is a personal swim instructor in Austin, TX and has been swimming competitively since age 7. He works with swimmers of all levels, from non-swimmers to triathletes, and is currently training for his first Ironman triathlon.

"I've had new clients able to recognize me faster on our first meeting because they looked at the MindBites video first! The whole MindBites authoring experience has been so pleasant!”

Jeremy teaches a Beginner’s Guide to Swimming and Training for Your Triathlon.

MindBites Goes for Gold!

MindBites’ Founder, Jason Reneau, is listed on two panels for the SXSW Interactive festival. Beginning August 8th, go and vote to see Debunking the Free-tard Manifesto: Marketplaces, Content & Rationality and Crazy Train: Ruby on Rails and Agile Entrepreneurship.

News & Notes

• Introduce yourself to Chuy and Chelsea, our new User's and Author's Best Friends
• Join our Group and be our Fan on Facebook and Myspace
• Welcome our newest MindBite's employees Huntley & Nathan
• A new look for MindBites.com coming soon.

As always, thanks for your support. We're working hard every day to keep making MindBites better for you, so please let us know any and all ideas. We hope you're having a great summer.
- Jason & the MindBites Crew

"I'm just trying to learn as much as I can every day." - Michael Johnson