Millions of people have had their lives profoundly affected by Apple and its products. However, few people understand the nature of that vision, and how it can incite both ringing joy and deep disappointment, other than the Apple Investor.

The Mac Observer wants to get you into Macworld Expo 2011 in San Francisco, but we’ll need a little something in return. Send us an original haiku by January 3, and if we like yours best you’ll win a Conference Super Pass valued at US$870. Two lucky poets will also walk away with a Users Conference pass worth $475.

BlogWorld & New Media Expo has extended their discount early bird pricing by one week and TMO has the goods! Enter today for your chance to win a free Weekend Pass badge for the show! Details after the jump.

The good folks at TrickleStar have provided us with three (yes, 3!) PC TrickleSaver units to award to 3 random members of the TMO Express, our daily newsletter that includes all of the TMO and iPO headlines and news briefs each day.

The good folks at TrickleStar have provided us with three (yes, 3!) PC TrickleSaver units to award to 3 random members of the TMO Express, our daily newsletter that includes all of the TMO and iPO headlines and news briefs each day.

Electronic Arts has launched its Spore API Contest, which challenges entrants to create applications -- either from scratch or by using source code from a sample app -- that access the game's data, including XML files with information about players' creations, creators' data, and common game data.

The Mac Observer's Get Into Macworld Expo with Your Inner Bard contest is closed, and we have picked our two winning haiku entries. Congratulations to Doug Grinbergs and Carrie Skinfill -- their entries won them passes to Macworld Expo 2009 in January.