The voting phase of the SA Blog awards 2010 has started, and it seems that Synapses has made the final 10 in two categories: best blog about politics, and best post on a South African blog, for my February post on Giving Jacob Zuma the finger. Thanks for the nominations, whomever you generous folks may be. If you’re inclined to follow it up with a vote, then the banners below give you an easy way to do so. The left-hand one is for the politics category, and the right-hand one for best post – of course, you can just click one of them and fill in your other nominations when you get to the voting site.
There’s a bunch of good stuff there to vote for, but also some very strange contenders. Some of the blogs haven’t been updated in ages, and some aren’t even blogs (for example, The Daily Maverick). Unfortunately for me, if one is going to (falsely) consider the Maverick to be a blog, then they (rather than me) should certainly get your vote. But they’re not a blog, so rather vote for me. (Update: see Chris’s comment below. The Daily Maverick have taken themselves out of the running.) You can vote until the 17th of September, and the process allows for one vote per day. Yes, I know, the methodology is completely screwy, but there you go.
Other people/blogs worth checking out:
Two of my competitors for best post: 6000 with his Dear Uruguay (clearly inspired by my post, The hand of god, revisited, but never mind that); and Michael Meadon’s post, On deference, which exhorts us to bear the limits of our knowledge in mind, and to understand what authority means in the context of scientific claims.
Two of the entrants for “Best Science and Technology blog”: Michael Meadon’s Ionian Enchantment and Angela Meadon’s The Skeptic Detective also merit your consideration.
“…clearly inspired by my post, The hand of god, revisited, but never mind that”
You’re making the assumption that I read your blog?!?
I’ll admit it: I was tempted by the REALLY HUGE BANNERS as well. But then I didn’t go for them.
You really should check your PC for keyboard-logger software, 6000. And yes, thanks – I’ll shrink those loud banners…
Best of luck in the Awards. Daily Maverick have graciously taken themselves out of the running, so one less competitor for you to worry about
All the best,
Chris
Thanks for the update, Chris. Good to see that a social media competition can accommodate the fact that real journalism, rather than just blogging (ie. the Maverick) can happen online also.