Seth Godin talks about marketing, and the paradox of it being a bargain hunt, where it really should be an attempt to overbid each other.
Likewise, I have never seen the reason for having contributors to charity enter competitions or what not — if you personally gain something, where is the charity part in it? You should be donating to charity for every other reason than your own personal well-being; except perhaps your conscience.
This is Simply Jonathan, a blog written by Jonathan Holst. It's mostly about technical topics (and mainly the Web at that), but an occasional post on clothing, sports, and general personal life topics can be found.
Jonathan Holst is a programmer, language enthusiast, sports fan, and appreciator of good design, living in Copenhagen, Denmark, Europe. He is also someone pretentious enough to call himself the 'author' of a blog. And talk about himself in the third person.