Yes, WE won the award (Best Group Blog) because there are a fair amount of contributors to this site. Many of whom are once-off, some who stayed for a very long time and some who helped me in the very beginning to build SA Rocks over a period of time.
As Dave (best business blog) posted on his blog: “Over 4000 blogs were nominated in this year’s awards, and over 25 000 people voted”.
I’ve been blogging for ±4 years now and it’s great to win a blog award no matter how “Shrouded” in controversy they are, seem to be or really aren’t.
I personally want to thank Chris Rawlinson and Huddlemind for putting together an absolutely sterling event that was well attended, fully stoked with Corona, Carlsberg, Stormhoek, Butlers Pizza and many more goodies. Chris – you did a fantastic job mate. Also massive thanks go out to Miguel dos Santos for all of the crazy and tough work that he did this year. Good things.
I loved the venue too, Chevelle was phenomenal and a club that I will most definitely be heading back to when I’m in CT. That’s located at 84 Harrington Rd in CT. Get there. Wicked.
Thanks to everyone for all the congratulatory responses, sms’s, emails, tweets and phonecalls. It’s great to receive recognition in any form for something that you are passionate about and contribute much time to.
And finally to everyone and anyone who took the time to support SA Rocks in this years SABA’s by nominating and voting for this blog, thank you. The growth of the supporters of this blog keep me motivated.
Oh – And to Seth Rotherham, spot on mate, you deserve every award you won. I am on my to your side of the world, live the holiday.
All images in this post are courtesy of Brandon Golding!
And Finally a video from the very hard-working Glen Verran:
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April 6th, 2009 at 8:43 pm
Hi Nic
Congratulations! You deserve this accolade. I have enjoyed everything you have done for blogging. Keep the standard. Thank you.
regards
Grant.
April 7th, 2009 at 9:22 am
Thanks Grant, appreciate the comments! And good work on being nominated so quickly after starting THOM blog. Good things for next years awards for sure!
April 16th, 2009 at 3:13 pm
Yaaaay! I voted for you (obviously!!). Very well-deserved & it’s great to be even a small part of the great brand you’ve built. I was really sorry to miss the ceremony in CT – I was getting ready for my birthday party in PE at the time… Maybe another year
May 4th, 2009 at 2:56 am
Mate your a legend
hope all well and cheers for the link back by the way.
November 3rd, 2011 at 3:17 am
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November 11th, 2011 at 2:12 am
Apple now has Rhapsody as an app, which is a great start, but it is currently hampered by the inability to store locally on your iPod, and has a dismal 64kbps bit rate. If this changes, then it will somewhat negate this advantage for the Zune, but the 10 songs per month will still be a big plus in Zune Pass’ favor.
November 11th, 2011 at 2:20 am
Between me and my husband we’ve owned more MP3 players over the years than I can count, including Sansas, iRivers, iPods (classic & touch), the Ibiza Rhapsody, etc. But, the last few years I’ve settled down to one line of players. Why? Because I was happy to discover how well-designed and fun to use the underappreciated (and widely mocked) Zunes are.
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January 4th, 2012 at 10:35 pm
I’ll gear this review to 2 types of people: current Zune owners who are considering an upgrade, and people trying to decide between a Zune and an iPod. (There are other players worth considering out there, like the Sony Walkman X, but I hope this gives you enough info to make an informed decision of the Zune vs players other than the iPod line as well.)