{"id":141,"date":"2008-06-03T01:25:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-03T05:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jdhitsolutions.com\/blog\/2008\/06\/03\/win-a-kindle\/"},"modified":"2013-07-02T08:13:59","modified_gmt":"2013-07-02T12:13:59","slug":"win-a-kindle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jdhitsolutions.com\/blog\/powershell\/141\/win-a-kindle\/","title":{"rendered":"Win a Kindle"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fellow PowerShell MPV (and former SAPIEN colleague) Don Jones is off to a new venture with Redmond Magazines' Greg Shields<\/a>. Their offering up a tasty incentive to get people involved with their new site. If you post a relevant comment to one of their blog entries you'll be entered into a drawing for a free Amazon Kindle. <\/p>\n

Don showed my his Kindle the last time we were together and I have to admit it is intriguing. Personally, if Amazon could add a sexy form factor ala Apple, I'd buy one in a heartbeat. Although honestly, I can barely get through books I check out of the library between work, kids, wife and everything else. But who's going to pass up a free Kindle? Anyway, check out Don's site and get involved.<\/p>\n

Check out http:\/\/concentratedtech.com\/content\/index.php\/2008\/06\/02\/amazon-kindle-review-win-one\/ for all the details.<\/p>\n

Technorati Tags: ConcentratedTech, Don Jones<\/a>, Greg Shields, Kindle<\/a>, Amazon<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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