Comments on: SA Blog Awards – My 2c

By: Andrew Smith

Andrew Smith — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:40:51 +0000

@Wade not sure if you will read this comment, but I’d be interested to know what led to your conclusion about the elitist group? What examples of blocking new bloggers have you seen?

By: Wade Balsdon

Wade Balsdon — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 09:44:08 +0000

A few valid comments. I do find that there appears an “elitist” group that think it is there responsibility to block all new coming bloggers. The fact some of these kids should be home in nappies and tucked into bed at 19h30 makes it all the more infuriating.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:04:30 +0000

@Max – ok, maybe you missed that I was giving Dave (and the power of community) and not blogging itself the compliment. Dave would have been perceived by many, as I was, as ‘ordinary’, regardless of what potential he had or didn’t have. And I was just an ordinary salesman, with an ordinary salary and no entrepreneurial anythings on the side – perhaps that makes him significantly different to me – I don’t think so. Bottom line, the medium of blogging has made an unmistakable impact on both our lives.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:28:07 +0000

Well said, Mike.

By: Andrew Smith

Andrew Smith — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:13:19 +0000

Well said Mike. It’s so easy for people to spend 5 minutes typing out a moan about what’s wrong with the awards, while the organisers spend literally hundreds of unpaid hours, and naturally fail to please everyone (has that ever been done, anywhere?). Much of the feedback that was generated last year was used to change the structure for this year, and of course those changes are being criticised by new voices.

Being an organiser is less than a thankless task – it’s flame-inducing suicide wish.

I look forward to seeing what happens next year. The “usual suspects” probably won’t be involved in the organising.

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SA Blog Awards, WTF? by Justin Hartman — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 10:18:21 +0000

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By: Maximillian Kaizen

Maximillian Kaizen — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 09:05:00 +0000

Ordinary employee my ass, LOL!
Dave’s never been that Mike. Perhaps in as much as you were an “ordinary” salesman.
With an array of different entrepreneurial ventures that he was running concurrently, organising events & doing NPO work , he was hardly just the lucky recipient of the kiss of fortune from the blog gods. It’s simply a catalyst to crank the volume up on what you do, not the holy grail.

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