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title: 'The Contest Now: Redux'
teaser:
tags: news
author: Matt Jankowski
published_on: 2009-03-11
---

Last week we announced [a
contest](https://thoughtbot.com/blog/step-right-up-win-a-1-295-prize) which
people could enter by following [@thoughtbot](http://twitter.com/thoughtbot) on
twitter.  A couple hundred of you listened, and entered to win some excellent
prizes.

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Mr Blair Cummins was so inspired by our contest, that he launched [One Million
Tweets](http://1milliontweets.com/) - which will give 10% of the profit it
yields him to The Bridges Foundation.  Dutch historians were able to use the
contest to confirm that a painting which has apparently been in their house for
300 years is most likely a new [portrait of
Shakespeare](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7936629.stm) held by
the Cobbe Family.  We are awaiting confirmation as to whether Alex Rodriguez's
decision to undergo arthroscopic knee surgery is a result of having heard about
the contest as well - but he may never admit wether it was.

Anyway, on to the winners!  These tweeple (tweeps?) have won...

The Monday Winner of a brand spanking new
[Widgetfinger](http://www.widgetfinger.com) account is none other than
[@keenpixel](http://twitter.com/keenpixel)

The Tuesday Winner wins a Tadpole [Hoptoad](http://www.hoptoadapp.com) account,
and that person is [@railslove](http://twitter.com/railslove)

There are two more hoptoad accounts and a Rails training prize to be given
out—so if you haven't followed yet, get in while she's still cooking, and
follow [@thoughtbot](http://twitter.com/thoughtbot) on twitter.