After long and busy months, I’m finally back and I have some good news to share with you!

I want to share to you a very interesting website that I stumbled just a few days ago. Web and graphics designers like me will benefit this most, as they will use their skills to participate.

So what’s the website?

The website I’m talking about is Prova.fm, which calls itself a “crowdsourcing” platform that takes social approach to business. Crowdsourcing is a brand new buzzword (for me!) that implies “the act of businesses outsourcing their talent needs from within a community.” It also connects to social networks like Facebook and Twitter, helps promote the work of graphic designers and improves the publicity of participating businesses.

Why it’s good for web graphic designers like me?

As a web and graphics designer, Prova.fm provides a great way for me to try monetizing my designing skills based on the quality of my work. Prova.fm enables companies that need graphic resources – for instance, a company logo – to run contests that designers can join and participate. These contests are listed in Prova.fm and they are open to all interested designers, regardless of their country of residence or nationality. That is so cool.

Designers who submit entries to Prova are ensured to receive feedback from customers, and fellow participants through its “I like” voting system. In most cases, popularity of the design will decide the winner. Designs submitted to Prova are also allowed to be included in the respective designers’ portfolios.

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Update: HP has already released the list of winners.

You can watch the Tech Conclave video or read the article here.

You know in the past two weeks I’ve drawn my focus to campaigning for my video entry for HP You on You contest in YouTube. I really want to win because the prizes can improve my life, the lives of people directly attached to me online or offline, and my show, Tech Conclave.

Last night, I got a big surprise from my online friend named Bryce whom I met through a podcast and owns a tech reviews blog called Bilsta57. He has been helping me campaigning for my video entry in the past few days and last night he made me stunned and totally shocked when he announced on Twitter that he will do an iPhone 3GS giveaway if I ever win the HP contest. That’s extremely generous. I’m not even an iPhone owner myself nor can afford to buy it. He literally made me cry and my parents were very pleased as well. It’s just unbelievable for me: I’ve never encountered a compassion or help yet that big in my personal life. Bryce actually doesn’t actually talk or chat with me as my other closer friends do and I don’t even know what he looks like, so I firmly believe that his help is extremely sincere.

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Updated: Easier steps to enter the contest!

My birthday is coming on May 25th and Tech Conclave, my tech news show is doing great. In line with that, I decided to run a contest on Episode 5 which will be formally announced and commenced on May 15th and I will be giving away free Speedy web hosting and a domain name to five (5) lucky winners valid for 12 months! The prizes are sponsored by the nice folks at Top Hosting Center who gladly accepted my invitation.

What’s a web hosting and domain name and why do you want them?
A web hosting is what you need when you want to start a blog, a website, or anything Web-related. A web hosting must be partnered with a domain name. A domain name is the web address you want (for example, www.yourblogaddress.com, or anything)

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