My friend and guru blogger, Darren Barefoot, is conducting a wee online survey: Why blog? Why do YOU blog? Wait, what’s a blog?
Check it out and take the survey, if you feel so inclined. And if that was the weakest pitch you ever heard, there are prizes involved…
I have just been recruited to blog for the CNMA’s! What the hell is the CNMA’s, you ask? Well, it’s Canada’s premier award show for new media in this technological marvel of a country we live in: The Canadian New Media Awards. This year, the event will be held in Toronto on May 28th – and you can go, and WIN!! But first, you must be nominated, something nice you can do for a friend, colleague or even yourself!
Here is the first post from the new CNMA blog that highlights some important details on the awards and the nominations:
The nominations for this year’s Canadian New Media Awards is open for business. There are 15 categories, 7 for product and 8 for individual and company – take a spin through the list and check out the categories to nominate your colleagues and friends whom you feel deserves the recognition of a CNMA. Heck, you can nominate yourself as well, if you so wish!
New This Year: Early bird prices you should not miss out on! Get your nominations in now, before February 16th at 5pm EDT, and you’ll save mucho dinero on the nomination fee.
Finalists are announced and notified in mid-April, with the award show to follow, set for May 28th in Toronto.
To find out a little more on the previous winners and nominees of a Canadian New Media Award, have a look at the categories and accomplishments of the 2006 finalists.
Nominations are only open until March 2nd, so let your voice be heard while we’re still listening – submit your nomination now!
You Are One Today!!
I started my blog one year ago…. since then, well, I’ve enjoyed the blog. I like writing, always have. It has led me to write on a few other sites as well, and I continue to pursue writing for the web. I find writing on this blog cathartic. Yes, it is my online journal, and it truly is just a bunch of my jargon, but this was the beginnings of my online networks, communities and connections, and I can’t say enough about how wonderful this aspect of ‘my life online’ has been, especially when you get those random, sweet comments from around the world, like this one.
I just left my position at Raincity a week ago, and am in the process of molding, shaping, building a whole new site (oh, and business) for myself that will encompass all aspects of what I do: designing, writing, photography, hosting, blogging… all coming soon to a megan portal near you!
But for now, this simple, unchanged and unedited (sometimes neglected!) WordPress blog of which I have grown fond over this past year, will remain my place of jargon for the time being.