Of course you do.
It’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for! The 2.0 Life is giving away two (count ‘em: two) computers, an awesome bag, and some great software to boot. All in all, it’s worth well over $1,000.
This bundle makes for a powerful, portable, always-in-sync system for anyone who ever needs a computer when they’re not at their desk. It’s the ideal situation for students, professionals, soccer moms, lacrosse dads, and, well, people in general.
(Update: There’s only one day left in the contest! Enter today or tomorrow, through midnight, to win all this insane stuff! I’m loving all the creative versions of “doofusface” I’m being called on Twitter. Keep it up!
Also, a few people have mentioned not being able to find their comment after posting it. It’s there, I promise! Keep hitting “more comments” and you’ll be there.)
Here’s how to win:
There are five ways to enter this contest, all super-simple. You can enter in three different ways, should you so desire, and that’ll count as three entries; only one entry per person, per method.
(No re-subscribing or re-following, by the way. I know when they happen. And for answers to questions, only good ones will be counted.)
1. Subscribe to the RSS feed of The 2.0 Life, and comment here to let me know you subscribed. New subscribers only.
2. Follow me on Twitter: @piercedavid. Then tweet to me something like “@piercedavid I want computers, doofusface!” Make sure it’s to me, and make sure you mention you want computers, and link to this post.
3. Comment on this post, answering the question: “What would you improve about a computer or Web application that you currently use?”
4. Comment on this post, answering the question: “What does your perfect computer or Web application do?”
5. Tell me a funny joke. And it’d better be funny.
Here’s the loot:
For more information on the package, plus links to all the other contests, check out the Better Together homepage.
The HP Mini 110 Netbook (value: $369.99)
The HP dv6 Notebook (value: $649.99+)
Syncables Software ($29)
The Timbuk2 Hemlock Bag ($100)
For more information on every part of the contest, check out the review of the whole bundle, and of the Syncables software.
The contest is running from this moment (12:00am, August 29) through 11:59pm on September 2. EST, in case you were wondering.
That’s how to win. I’ll pick the winner on September 3rd, using methods I’m not going to tell you (mostly because I haven’t figured it out yet. It’ll be awesome though).
Good luck!
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Me too! A first-timer!
I use Evernote, and I saw another web-based program called Springpad, which starts to integrate the kind of notes that you make in Evernote with their intended uses (scheduling, planning a trip, a to-do list, etc). What I would really love is a scheduling web-based program that allows you to take these notes that you've made and insert them into a calendar (a la Google Docs), so that your notes could be sorted in terms of time sensitivity and chronological importance. That would be sweet! And if it would sync with phones and your computer when it's offline (like Evernote does already), that would make my life a little bit better.
Thanks for running this contest!!
I just subscribed to your RSS feed, and thanx for the contest!
I subscribed to the RSS feed last night (and forgot to comment).
Hi! I just subscribed to your RSS feed!!
I'd like to have a 'Gmail Ticker Tape' that I can run whilst I'm supposed to be working. It would show me the Headline of each new email – I could click on it and open it if I wanted to read it.
Hey David, I subscribed as well.
As for what piece of software I would improve, it would be Google Apps – Docs & Spreadsheets. I'm a teacher and I use the built in form function to embed quizzes for my students over at mrbrammer dot com. What would be great is if the quizzes could be automatically graded and generic feedback given to the student so that they know how well they did.
hahah, that one is nice!
2. Entered via twitter about some hungry pufferfishes
3. Smarter pufferfishes. Bitly needs to discard extra characters whren certain apps “adds” trailing garbage (hint: TinyTwitter and corrupt parmeter passing)
4. Perfect computer? A beowulf cluster of smart pufferfishes, with frickin' lasers on their heads. So when spammer tries to abuse bitly, they can be erased, permanently.
5. A joke? I for one welcome our laser-equipped genius pufferfish overlords.
I subscribed to your feed!
following and tweeted.lottiegirlx@piercedavid I want to win 2 HP laptops, a bag, and some great software! http://bit.ly/eD25P
rubbish at telling jokes sorry!
I too just subscribed to your RSS feed. I think that I want the bag. Weird huh?
What would you improve about a computer or Web application that you currently use?
I would let you rotate pdf files you have added to OneNote
What does your perfect computer or Web application do?
My perfect computer's battery lasts for 12 hours straight, recharges in the sun and gets internet anywhere I go. Plus I can use it on planes.
A man walks into a bar. As he is sitting down he sees a fellow customer stuff a $10 bill into a large jar, which is filled with $10 dollar bills. The man asks the bartender, “Whats that jar?” The bartenders responds that if you give $10 dollars to the pot you can compete in a bet to win the entire jar – almost $10,000! The man asks what he would have to do and the bartender replies that first you must chug a bottle of whiskey, then pull a tooth from the pit bull out back, then go upstairs and have sex with the owners elderly mother. The man says easy enough and places his $10 in the jar. He quickly downs the entire bottle of whiskey and asks to be directed toward the dog. The man goes outside and everyone hears a great deal of barking, yelping and screaming. Finally the man walks back in and says, “Can I use pliers for taking out this lady's tooth?”
i subscribed to the feed!
I currently use Firefox and I would improve it so that crashing wasn't an issue! The amount of times I've had to restart because of crashing.
I just subscribed to your RSS feed via Google reader
Twincere(at)gmail(dot)com
I just subscribed to your blog feed via email.
Thanks for this wonderful contest!
Aimee
sierranelsby (at) gmail (dot) com
I am following you on Twitter (user name: Nelsby) AND I Tweeted about this giveaway: http://twitter.com/Nelsby/status/3693112644
Thanks!
Aimee
sierranelsby (at) gmail (dot) com
I would improve Twitter by making it easier to sort and/or search through the people you are following. Currently, the people you are following are listed in the order you added them. I would really like the ability to sort the people I follow alphabetically — as well as the ability to search for specific people.
Thanks!
Aimee
sierranelsby (at) gmail (dot) com
Just subscribed – I like what you're doing!
@piercedavid I especially want those 2 HP computers, doofusface!
no jokes I'm afraid !
I have also subscribed to the rss feed !
Just subscribed to the RSS feed
My favorite web app I currently is MIXERO for twitter , I love it , but when you run it on my old pc , (dual pentium 4 ) with only 1gig of memory , and a hard drive filled to the gills with software that is definatley not made for my machine… Lightroom 2.4 and Adobe CS4 , and a lover of burning movies makes converting to dvd format a timely process to say the least, but what I would change about my computer would be to update it from 1995 to year 2009 , lol , AND I love mixero but it demands mucho memory which I dont have , so with a new pc , with more memory would make MIXERO as well as every other app run as smooth as exlax on a saturday morning .. soooOOO PLEASE help me out , I addicted to technology , but my budget cant fund my addiction , so Im about 3 weeks from trading a kidney for a new Corei i7 setup, soo helP!!!
My ideal web app would be able SUCCESSFULLY merge social media with true real time reporting , allowing anyone to open one lightweight app , and be able to navigate/ and share there library of docs,apps,pics,fonts , websites , ANYTHING , on there system with anyone who is on the list of people they collaborate with. From this app you should be able to link right through the app to your flickr app , and while remainging in the app, send a message to a friend or collegue in real time , linking them directly to the said media , without ever having to launch a browser, I think of it as an ALL IN ONE Media Powerhouse, letting you post , reply and share anything on all the major social networks as well as post directly to all the major blogging sites, like twitter, friendfeed, facebook , and WordPress, Tumblr, Live , Type Pad etc. In the end this would mean that the top tech companies would have to come to some sort of agreement , befre this could ever happen , and I can see that happening anytime soon , the closest to this is Googles upcoming “Wave” which I cant wait to check out next month!!
Here is your funny Joke:
A Really Bad Day
There was this guy at a bar, just looking at his drink. He stays like that for half of an hour.
Then, this big trouble-making truck driver steps next to him, takes the drink from the guy, and just drinks it all down. The poor man starts crying. The truck driver says, “Come on man, I was just joking. Here, I'll buy you another drink. I just can't stand to see a man cry.”
“No, it's not that. This day is the worst of my life. First, I fall asleep, and I go late to my office. My boss, outrageous, fires me. When I leave the building, to my car, I found out it was stolen. The police said that they can do nothing. I get a cab to return home, and when I leave it, I remember I left my wallet and credit cards there. The cab driver just drives away.”
“I go home, and when I get there, I find my wife in bed with the gardener. I leave home, and come to this bar. And just when I was thinking about putting an end to my life, you show up and drink my poison.”
Hi!
I’m a new subsciber to your blog’s RSS feed.
Thanks.
A man runs into an old friend of his and his new wife. His friend greets him with a hello and introduces him to his spouse by saying, ” This is my smokin hot trophy wife named Sarah!” The man replys back to him,” What did you win, second place?”