How to get people to participate in your blog contest
October 4th, 2007 2:40:50 pm pst by 
Sterling Camden
Simple: offer them cash.
That’s what [GAS] is doing — real cash prizes (along with some other stuff) for four contestants, and a non-cash prize for two more. The first-place winner gets over $700 in cash and prizes, with most of that being real money! Not all of this is coming out of Kiltak’s back pocket — [GAS] recruited several sponsors to help foot the bill. I’m really wondering why Chitika came up with exactly $271.82, though. Maybe it’s to get people like me to write about it.
So, what do you have to do to have a chance at wrapping your sweaty little fingers around all this filthy lucre? Just write a blog post! It has to be a “how to”, and it has to be “geeky”. How simple is that? But don’t take your chances on my word alone — go read the complete rules here.
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Well since the contest was being held by GeeksAreSexy we thought we would get into the spirit by using a number only the “true” geeks could appreciate. $271.82 is e multiplied by 100 and rounded to the nearest cent. E– also known as the limit of (1 + 1/x)^x as x goes to infinity –is one of the most wonderful constants in math. Being part of the wonderful formula: e^(i*pi) + 1 = 0. This may help explain it better: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E_(mathematical_constant)
-The Chitika Team/strong>
Chip: Quote from Chitika’s blog:
Chitika Says:
October 4th, 2007 at 8:04 pm
Well since the contest was being held by GeeksAreSexy we thought it would only be necessary to use a number only the “true” geeks could appreciate. $271.28 is e multiplied by 100 and rounded to the nearest cent. E– also known as the limit of (1 + 1/x)^x as x goes to infinity –is one of the most wonderful constants in math. Being part of the wonderful formula: e^(i*pi) + 1 = 0. This may help explain it better: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E_(mathematical_constant)
Well since the contest was being held by GeeksAreSexy we thought it would only be necessary to use a number only the “true” geeks could appreciate. $271.28 is e multiplied by 100 and rounded to the nearest cent. E– also known as the limit of (1 + 1/x)^x as x goes to infinity –is one of the most wonderful constants in math. Being part of the wonderful formula: e^(i*pi) + 1 = 0. This may help explain it better: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E_(mathematical_constant)
-The Chitika Team!
I’d have to give that idea an “e” for “excellent!”
As a sexy geek, I’m not sure if I appreciate that.
Surely you remember e from your high school math classes, Doug. Careful, geek cred on the line!
I saw that but couldn’t for the life of me think of anything geeky to write. Sexy maybe but not geeky. lol
Well, there’s a question for a post in itself: define “geeky”. I don’t think it’s limited to gadgets, math, and Web 2.0. Webster gives some interesting definitions, especially the part about biting off chickens’ heads.