Nerd Sense

I got an e-mail from Matchstick a few weeks ago to fill out a survey. So, like a good blogger, I filled out every question and promptly discovered that I was outside of their required age group. They also had a bunch of grammar and spelling errors in their form that I pointed out were incorrect and sent them a nasty note telling them off. If you're going to send out a survey and want bloggers to chat about products, at least use a spell checker! I think I was also a little miffed that they asked all kinds of questions about my music listening consumption and then said I was too old.

Then, to my surprise, they called me last week to tell me that I have been confirmed and approved as a recipient of one of their blogger giveaways. Of course, the deal is, you need to blog about the product they send you. And, as a nice twist, they did specify that the blogging was not a "suck up job". If the product sucks, say so. I found that a nice change.

The giveaway this time is a Microsoft Zune. So, over the next while (when I receive said Zune) I will be chattering about how it rules or how it sucks. I am a long time iPod user and should be able to compare them fairly. The iPod rules but there are little things here and there that frustrate me.

Will the Zune be a better solution? Who knows. We'll find out.

[Crossposted from ShanesWorld.ca]

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