Contest: Win a Pass to FITC

  • Posted by Tim
  • Filed in Tech
  • April 8, 2008

FITC TorontoFITC, one of North America's most anticipated annual festivals covering new media, design and technology, is back in Toronto for a seventh year starting April 19th. Once again, the event is jammed packed with presentations, demonstrations and panel discussion featuring the world's finest tech geeks and designers who are at the forefront of creating some of the interactive world's most cutting edge stuff. Sessions cover all aspects of the creative process, explore the latest developments in rich media technology, and provide insight into the ups and downs of running an interactive business.

There's also an awards show at Revival and parties each night at spots like the Burroughes Building, Wrongbar and Tattoo.

Advance tickets for the three day event start at $325 for students to $699 for regular folk. But since blogTO is a sponsor this year we've managed to land a festival pass that we'll be giving away to one lucky winner. Keep reading for details on how this pass could be yours!

Contest details:

To win the contest, all you need to do is be the first person to place a comment on this post exactly on or after 3pm EST tomorrow (Wednesday). In your comment, you must name one of the other cities (ie. not Toronto) that FITC has or will be taking place in 2008.

Please note:

* Only place one comment. Anyone who places more than one comment will be disqualified. We will be tracking double comments by IP address.
* Anyone who places a comment before 3pm EST tomorrow (Wednesday) will be disqualified.
* The contest is open to Ontario residents only.

Prize details:

The winner of the contest will receive a FITC delegate pass which includes access to the conference, awards show and all the parties.

More details about FITC:

* Featured Speakers
* Schedule

Photo by FITC on Flickr

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gonna get my sniper rifle ready!

For the contest, not a real rifle, you damn FBI and RCMP snoops!

Posted by: Ry-Tron at April 8, 2008 9:39 AM

It's true... dang.

Posted by: Ry-Tron is a dolt at April 8, 2008 9:43 AM

just testing out this posting system....it's on!

Posted by: Justyna at April 8, 2008 10:18 AM

For Ry-Tron and Justyna - don't worry....you haven't disqualified yourself from the contest. It's obvious that your comments weren't actual attempted contest entries.

Posted by: Tim at April 8, 2008 10:22 AM

just a test

Posted by: Mark at April 8, 2008 5:45 PM

I hope the Internets aren't going to explode here at 3pm tomorrow. It's a contest doubling as a server load test, eh? ;)

Posted by: Jerrold at April 8, 2008 6:00 PM

Just a heads up that any comments made between now and 2:59PM tomorrow will be disqualified. We don't want a bunch of people to comment here "testing" the system. Thanks.

Posted by: Tim at April 8, 2008 6:16 PM

test

Posted by: jay at April 8, 2008 7:29 PM

We're shifted blogTO time by +40seconds. Or -12seconds. Or not at all. :P

Posted by: Jerrold at April 8, 2008 10:14 PM

I guess I won't win the contest since i'm not the first to post, but it's in Chicago also.

Posted by: chris at April 9, 2008 11:50 AM

Amsterdam!

Posted by: Elle Driver at April 9, 2008 3:00 PM

Also in Amsterdam!

Posted by: jordan at April 9, 2008 3:00 PM

FITC Chicago 2008

Posted by: Leo Nanfara at April 9, 2008 3:00 PM

Chicago

Posted by: Mark Green at April 9, 2008 3:00 PM

chicago

Posted by: Jim Schwartz at April 9, 2008 3:00 PM

Chicago

Posted by: Margaret Law at April 9, 2008 3:00 PM

Chicago!

Posted by: Heather at April 9, 2008 3:00 PM

Chicago?

Posted by: cliftonp [TypeKey Profile Page] at April 9, 2008 3:00 PM

bang bang!!

FITC in Chicago!

Posted by: Carlos at April 9, 2008 3:04 PM

FITC also took place in Amsterdam.

Posted by: Tim at April 9, 2008 3:31 PM

The FITC conference has been held in Toronto, Chicago, Winnipeg, Hollywood and very recently - Amsterdam. sooooo... DID I WIN?

***********we are currently in EDT. 4pm EDT = 3 pm EST******************


Posted by: justyna at April 9, 2008 4:00 PM

Justyna - by EST I meant Eastern, as in, local Toronto time. Nice try though!

Posted by: Tim at April 9, 2008 4:09 PM

damn!! i was there and ready at 3 pm local time and then i thought....hmmmm maybe they are trying to be tricky...so i looked it up and sure enough....

http://www.torontomike.com/2005/09/est_vs_edt.html

sooooo that may be what you meant but TECHNICALLY, the argument could be made: you wrote 3 EST, which is actually 4pm in local time EDT - the current timezone .....should I be fighting this??? haha.

Posted by: justyna at April 9, 2008 4:19 PM

We wouldn't be that tricky. You can meet me at the corner of Queen and Gladstone at 7pm and we can duke it out in an epic battle of rock, paper, scissors.

Posted by: Tim at April 9, 2008 4:28 PM

haha! are you serious?? because im down for the battle. its only fair. ;)

Posted by: justyna at April 9, 2008 5:07 PM

Tim No Show! I waited. smoked a cigarette. waited some more. flexed my fingers in preparation for the epic battle...but, alas, you failed to make an appearance at said corner. Should I take this forfeit on your part as an automatic win?? hmmmm?

Posted by: justyna at April 9, 2008 7:43 PM

Oops! Did I say Gladstone? I meant Ossington. I was there!

Posted by: Tim at April 9, 2008 10:53 PM

well then, shall we reschedule the battle? and how can i be sure you haven't already handed off the big prize? im not quitting that easy! rematch!

Posted by: justyna at April 10, 2008 1:21 AM

top of the cn tower. midnight.

Posted by: Tim at April 10, 2008 8:44 AM

lol. midnight is past my bedtime and im afraid of heights. but most of all Im afraid ill be left standing up there, with no smoking section, and you wont show.
can we bring it down somewhere to earth level?

Posted by: justyna at April 10, 2008 9:32 AM

is this some kind of test to see how far ill go for that pass? because if it has to come down to climbing the CN don't think I wouldn't. i still cant tell if you're being serious.

Posted by: Justyna at April 10, 2008 9:35 AM

Oh. Sorry. I thought it was clear this was just a joke. As per my original post the time we were looking for was 3 eastern (local) so the winner of the pass is Elle Driver.

Posted by: Tim at April 10, 2008 9:45 AM

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