Paul Jacobson - Latest Comments in The controversial 2007 SA Blog Awards

Re: The controversial 2007 SA Blog Awards

Charl — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 17:27:25 -0000

@Sven

Why had the honours to the same blog each year?

Re: The controversial 2007 SA Blog Awards

Charl — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 17:27:25 -0000

@Sven

Why had the honours to the same blog each year?

Re: The controversial 2007 SA Blog Awards

Charl — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 17:27:25 -0000

@Sven

Why had the honours to the same blog each year?

Re: The controversial 2007 SA Blog Awards

Sven — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 05:16:26 -0000

hahaha was getting a bit one sided in any cases, just give the best overall trophy to 2oceansvibe and move along.

Re: The controversial 2007 SA Blog Awards

Sven — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 05:16:26 -0000

hahaha was getting a bit one sided in any cases, just give the best overall trophy to 2oceansvibe and move along.

Re: The controversial 2007 SA Blog Awards

Sven — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 05:16:26 -0000

hahaha was getting a bit one sided in any cases, just give the best overall trophy to 2oceansvibe and move along.

Re: The controversial 2007 SA Blog Awards

Paul — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 04:26:07 -0000

Shaun, I feel your pain. I went through many boxes of cheap tissues when I saw Wired Gecko wasn't nominated but then I remembered that it is all about the children ... I mean, all the bloggers and the sun came out again!

Re: The controversial 2007 SA Blog Awards

Paul — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 04:26:07 -0000

Re: The controversial 2007 SA Blog Awards

Paul — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 04:26:07 -0000

Re: The controversial 2007 SA Blog Awards

Shaun Oakes — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 04:05:23 -0000

Hello there, Wired Gecko. Good article, I thought it was strange that my stupendously briliant website wasn't nominated this year.

Many evenings were spent crying myself to sleep, trying to figure out why.

This makes perfect sense, and I can now get on with my life again.

Re: The controversial 2007 SA Blog Awards

Shaun Oakes — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 04:05:23 -0000

Hello there, Wired Gecko. Good article, I thought it was strange that my stupendously briliant website wasn't nominated this year.

Many evenings were spent crying myself to sleep, trying to figure out why.

This makes perfect sense, and I can now get on with my life again.

Re: The controversial 2007 SA Blog Awards

Shaun Oakes — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 04:05:23 -0000

Hello there, Wired Gecko. Good article, I thought it was strange that my stupendously briliant website wasn't nominated this year.

Many evenings were spent crying myself to sleep, trying to figure out why.

This makes perfect sense, and I can now get on with my life again.

Re: The controversial 2007 SA Blog Awards

Paul — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 11:48:59 -0000

Hi Vincent, thanks for your comment.

Hi Colin, I believe it completely. My partner in chili, Victoire, was/is one of the judges and I know some of the others so I really don't believe there was anything underhand going on there. The judges may be influential in their own right but I genuinely believe they were doing the best job they could.

Re: The controversial 2007 SA Blog Awards

Paul — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 11:48:59 -0000

Hi Vincent, thanks for your comment.

Hi Colin, I believe it completely. My partner in chili, Victoire, was/is one of the judges and I know some of the others so I really don't believe there was anything underhand going on there. The judges may be influential in their own right but I genuinely believe they were doing the best job they could.

Re: The controversial 2007 SA Blog Awards

Paul — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 11:48:59 -0000

Hi Vincent, thanks for your comment.

Re: The controversial 2007 SA Blog Awards

Colin Daniels — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 09:37:08 -0000

Nice summary Paul.

Believe it or not I do believe we are doing a lot right at the moment and there are some real dedicated guys out there who are in it for the right reasons. As always, there is much room for improvement and I hope this starts to happen sooner rather than later ;-)

Re: The controversial 2007 SA Blog Awards

Colin Daniels — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 09:37:08 -0000

Nice summary Paul.

Believe it or not I do believe we are doing a lot right at the moment and there are some real dedicated guys out there who are in it for the right reasons. As always, there is much room for improvement and I hope this starts to happen sooner rather than later ;-)

Re: The controversial 2007 SA Blog Awards

Colin Daniels — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 09:37:08 -0000

Nice summary Paul.

Re: The controversial 2007 SA Blog Awards

Vincent Maher — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 08:47:49 -0000

Great analysis Paul, though I still think the solution is a s simple as saying "the judges are not eligible".

Re: The controversial 2007 SA Blog Awards

Vincent Maher — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 08:47:49 -0000

Great analysis Paul, though I still think the solution is a s simple as saying "the judges are not eligible".

Re: The controversial 2007 SA Blog Awards

Vincent Maher — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 08:47:49 -0000

Great analysis Paul, though I still think the solution is a s simple as saying "the judges are not eligible".

Re: The controversial 2007 SA Blog Awards

Paul — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 11:47:18 -0000

Hi Rob

Thanks for the kind words. I didn't mean to suggest that Muti itself be used but rather something that works like Muti/Digg. The idea is that people will have to log in (so we can only vote on each blog once) and then either vote for a blog or not. Once the vote is logged, it will go into the database. Blogs should be categorised according to whichever categories exist at the time or there should be a set of checkboxes so voters can choose the category for each blog being voted for. The system should also ensure that duplicate entries are not included in the list.

I also suggest that there be at least 2 rounds of voting. The first vote will be to identify the shortlist of, say, 10 blogs per category and the second round of voting will result in the winner in each category and runners-up.

This process has the advantage of limiting any possible influence of the judges themselves (not that I believe the judges were anything but diligent and honest but some people disagree) and the voting process is driven by the community, hopefully with all the possible blogs being part of the process. The challenge with this year's process is that there was no real chance of a voter seeing a blog he/she forgot about being voted on by other people and deciding to include that blog in his/her vote. This is a bit like a recommendation thing as well.

Ok, lots of ideas here for the next year's process so if anyone wants to brainstorm a bit more, feel free to give me a call or drop me an email?

Re: The controversial 2007 SA Blog Awards

Paul — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 11:47:18 -0000

Hi Rob

Ok, lots of ideas here for the next year's process so if anyone wants to brainstorm a bit more, feel free to give me a call or drop me an email?

Re: The controversial 2007 SA Blog Awards

Paul — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 10:47:18 -0000

Hi Rob

Thanks for the kind words. I didn't mean to suggest that Muti itself be used but rather something that works like Muti/Digg. The idea is that people will have to log in (so we can only vote on each blog once) and then either vote for a blog or not. Once the vote is logged, it will go into the database. Blogs should be categorised according to whichever categories exist at the time or there should be a set of checkboxes so voters can choose the category for each blog being voted for. The system should also ensure that duplicate entries are not included in the list.

I also suggest that there be at least 2 rounds of voting. The first vote will be to identify the shortlist of, say, 10 blogs per category and the second round of voting will result in the winner in each category and runners-up.

This process has the advantage of limiting any possible influence of the judges themselves (not that I believe the judges were anything but diligent and honest but some people disagree) and the voting process is driven by the community, hopefully with all the possible blogs being part of the process. The challenge with this year's process is that there was no real chance of a voter seeing a blog he/she forgot about being voted on by other people and deciding to include that blog in his/her vote. This is a bit like a recommendation thing as well.

Ok, lots of ideas here for the next year's process so if anyone wants to brainstorm a bit more, feel free to give me a call or drop me an email?

Re: The controversial 2007 SA Blog Awards

Rob — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 09:49:25 -0000

"throwing some words together"... whatever..., those were some great thoughts and an excellent summation of the situation. Whatever happens, this is new ground for all of us so at least we're talking about it, learning and I believe improving.

The one concern I have about using Muti for the voting is that in small communities it can be gamed like the logo votes have been. Hopefully as more people use it, this will be tougher.