---
title: "Geek Desktop Contest Announced"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2006/7/14/geek-desktop-contest-announced.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2006/7/14/geek-desktop-contest-announced.html"
published: "2006-07-14T14:33:00"
updated: "2006-07-14T14:33:00"
tags: ["Community News"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "It's time for another Geek Desktop Contest (last one was 3 years ago!). Just head on over to http://Desktops.Osherove.com , register, and upload a screenshot of your desktop. Contest closes on august 31st 2006, and the…"
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
---

# Geek Desktop Contest Announced

By Roy Osherove July 14, 2006 In [Community News](https://osherove.com/blog/category/community-news)

**Historical article** · Originally published July 14, 2006; technical details may be outdated.

It's time for another Geek Desktop Contest (last one was 3 years ago!).

Just head on over to [http://Desktops.Osherove.com](http://desktops.osherove.com/) , register, and upload a screenshot of your desktop.

Contest closes on august 31st 2006, and the first prize is an [MSDN Premium Subscription](http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/products/subscriptions/premium/) for 1 year.

I'm still at the point of getting judges and other cool prizes for this, but rest assured this is going to **rock!**.

 and of course, you can always just boast with your geek desktop no matter if you win or lose.

The site will stay on for as long my hosting service lets me (which should be enough for a lifetime).

More details soon, but  meanwhile - you can start submitting your screenshots on the site!

- JPG format only
- no larger than 200k

## More in Community News

[All posts in Community News](https://osherove.com/blog/category/community-news)

- Jul 17, 2006

    ### [See you at Tech-Ed Europe!](https://osherove.com/blog/2006/7/17/see-you-at-tech-ed-europe.html)

- Jul 15, 2006

    ### [Some updates about the desktop screenshot contest](https://osherove.com/blog/2006/7/15/some-updates-about-the-desktop-screenshot-contest.html)

- Jul 9, 2006

    ### [More Interesting Podcasts about technology](https://osherove.com/blog/2006/7/9/more-interesting-podcasts-about-technology.html)

- Jul 9, 2006

    ### [Introducing Regulazy: Point & Click Regular Expression](https://osherove.com/blog/2006/7/9/introducing-regulazy-point-click-regular-expression.html)


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## About the author

**Roy Osherove**: Senior Solutions Architect at AWS working on AI for production and AI-driven development; author of The Art of Unit Testing and Elastic Leadership, with about 20 years of consulting and training on unit testing, TDD, team leadership and continuous delivery.

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- [RobotPaper](https://robotpaper.ai/): This blog: AI patterns and anti-patterns, AI and coding agents, and engineering leadership.
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