Who Won $500 From JoeTech.com And Qwest

Posted in Communication,web by Joe Tech on the December 29th, 2009

Early this month, I announced how you can Get Organized And Win $500 With The Qwest Hectic Holidays Sanity Contest. There were several great entries, too. In fact, it was pretty hard to judge. I made a point to not read any of them until judging time so as to not form a bias towards anyone I know. In the end, I asked my wife to help judge and between the two of us, we selected a winner. So who did I tell Qwest they should give $500 to?

Who Won?

There were a couple very close contenders, but the winner was ConnieFoggles with her thoughts on how to stay organized during the holidays:

I use a 3 way system that creates a no-fail system. All info is kept on a main calendar that the family sees and checks. My Yahoo calendar is set to email me reminders of things I need to do, right down to paying bills and buying a gift on sale. A permanent To Do List is posted on our fridge. That includes appointments and what is needed at the store when we run out, when a school project is due, when we want to have a meal out, etc.

It would be nice to have everything in one place and Qwest seems like the answer for my busy family. And the photo storage would really make my life easier too.

We found her ideas bet met the judging criteria: Creativity (50%), Uniquness (25%), Ability to help organize (25%), although like I said, there were some great comments to compete with.

You Can Still Get Organized

As mentioned in the contest, Qwest partnered up with Microsoft to offer Qwest High-Speed Internet customers Windows Live from Qwest. The service brings together your online world all in one space, with everything from news and weather to your calendar, social networks to your blog. It’s pretty handy and isn’t just for the holidays. Think about all the things coming up like New Years Eve gatherings, birthdays, family reunions, etc. Now that the contest is over, take a minute and check it out. And thanks again to Qwest for putting up such an awesome prize. If you want to keep up to date, just follow @TalkToQwest on Twitter.