After a month of reading your wonderful entries, the two winners of the Microsoft Zune mp3 contest have been chosen!
Christina Buczek of Etobicoke, Ont. let us know how using a piece technology in ways other than its main intention has made things easier for her family:
My daughter is profoundly autistic and is developmentally delayed. She can easily be overwhelmed by too much stimulation. She helped us find a great device for helping her to handle drives in a car. She has a small hand held device called a Game Boy Advance by Nintendo. It is quite small and easily held in one hand. The controls are also very simple and were easily mastered by my daughter. She doesn’t play games on this device, but instead watches short cartoon episodes. For a short time Nintendo put cartoons on the Gameboy Advance cartridges. The cartridges are made of sturdy plastic and are not easily destroyed — also an important feature for us! Our daughter uses the device as a form of “white noise” so that she isn’t overwhelmed by the stimulation around her. It has been an absolute godsend for us.
Bob Maher from Victoria, B.C., gave examples of how technology has had an enormous effect on his everyday living:
Technology has made my life easier whether it’s the ability to take photos on my digital camera and e-mail later in the day to anywhere in the world or the ability to do my banking at home on the computer even when I’m sick. I use my cell phone to contact someone when I’m in a store or out in the woods. I can pick and choose what tunes to put on my mp3 player. I can record TV shows on my PVR and watch them later or burn them to a DVD. I can order books and DVDs online and have delivered to my apartment. I can obtain information off the internet within minutes. And that’s just the tip of the technological iceberg.
Congratulations to both winners and thanks to all who entered!
To view all entries, check out the original post. And for more info on the fab Zune player, visit Microsoft’s website.
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