{"id":6413,"date":"2011-05-18T18:56:08","date_gmt":"2011-05-18T22:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/?p=6413"},"modified":"2011-05-18T18:57:16","modified_gmt":"2011-05-18T22:57:16","slug":"with-friends-like-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opticality.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/18\/with-friends-like-this\/","title":{"rendered":"With Friends Like This…"},"content":{"rendered":"

With friends like this, who needs family<\/strong>?<\/p>\n

Yesterday, I entered a weekly contest that Amazon.com runs. This week\u2019s prize is a Kindle 3G. It\u2019s only the second time I\u2019ve entered an Amazon contest.<\/p>\n

After entering, I was offered the opportunity to update my Facebook<\/a> status. It was optional. Even though spreading the word about the contest feels counterintuitive, because it encourages more people to enter, I decided that what Amazon is doing is nice and I wanted to help spread the Amazon love.<\/p>\n

So, I posted the following:<\/p>\n

I am so on the fence for buying a Kindle. Winning one would solve my problem. \ud83d\ude42<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Below that was the full link and description to the contest.<\/span><\/p>\n

Within minutes, a buddy of mine IM\u2019ed me to tell me that he believed my Facebook account was hacked! I got a huge laugh out of that, because I correctly pointed out that his had been hacked a couple of months back!<\/span><\/p>\n

I assured him that it was me that essentially created an ad for Amazon.<\/span><\/p>\n

Today, I got a package from Amazon. Here\u2019s a photo, including a gift card (click for a larger version):<\/span><\/p>\n

\"KindleGiftWrappingAndCard\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

A different friend of mine (you know who you are!) saw my update and decided to create a contest of one and he immediately declared me the winner<\/strong>! Wow, unbelievable. I don\u2019t know what to say, except:<\/span><\/p>\n

Thanks, you are beyond awesome!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

I have no doubt that I am going to love this. It turns out that my top five favorite gadgets of all time were things I never thought I wanted, let alone needed. Someone else knew better and bought it for me. Within a day, each became so indispensable to me that I couldn\u2019t imagine how I lived without it the day before (e.g., my first email-only Blackberry, my first GPS, my first Treo, my current Droid, my Garmin Forerunner).<\/span><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s safely add the Kindle to that list.<\/span><\/p>\n

Thanks PSC! \"Smile\"<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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