I've been loath to mention this year's Bloggie awards - although I did trail them back in Blog watch a couple of weeks ago.
Why? Well, mainly because there are a million-and-one blog awards these days, and because the nominations this year were pretty uninspiring, mainly gravitating (Nick Denton's Gawker empire scored seven nominations), and old favourites (like Boing Boing, Slashdot etc).
Some of the most interesting political blogs (surely a movement in itself these days?) got short shrift, while the "lifetime achievement" cut-off date of January 2001 seems a bit far away these days.
Still, it's all a bit of fun, and although Onlineblog didn't repeat last year's nomination, our august publication does get a mention in the "Best article about weblogging" category - with this interview with Tom Reynolds, a lovely piece by Jane Perrone that shows the human side of what this technology can do. (The Observer also gets a nod for New kids on the blog)
Still, it's the taking part, not the winning. Then again, if you can take these things extremely seriously, why shouldn't you?
The Blogherald cranks up the hysteria:
The biggest shock in the nominations was the overlooking of any number of very high profile political blogs by the panel... A number of web pioneers have been overlooked again this year, notably Dave Winer
Good luck everyone, and remember, it's just a bit of fun.
