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And the iPod Touch goes to…
At the Web Directions South conference in Sydney a couple of weeks ago, SitePoint ran a competition for conference-goers to win an iPod Touch. To enter, attendees had to answer the question, Why do you love the Web?
The competition drew an enormous number of entries that were funny, serious and just plain weird. However, after much deliberation I’m pleased to announce that we have selected a winner.
Teresa Ko, from NSW, is the lucky winner of a brand new iPod Touch. Teresa summarised her love for the Web in poem:
The World Wide Web, a wonderful thing,
Throughout the globe, all encompassing.
Information abound, on every conceivable topic,
Access the Web from everywhere—
Even whilst holidaying in the tropics!
Though there’s progress to be made yet—
Accessibility! Have standards been met?
Not all earthlings are yet digitally connected,
Not all computers Net Nanny-ed, children protected,
The web is for all, every age, race and creed,
The web has something for you, for anything that you need.
My iPod Touch quest concludes, as my words flow and ebb,
Now ends my ode as to why I love the Web!
There were two runners up, and the following folks will each be receiving a SitePoint book of …
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