Malu Fernandez, in her Manila Standard Today column notoriously declared:
“But blogging, aside from Perez Hilton and the other big time bloggers (you know who you are) is for me a slacker job or a medium and pastime for lonely people to connect. Unless you’re in bloody Siberia or in a Gulag prison, try stepping outside your comfort zone and turn off the laptop or pc, you just might find some real live people to talk to instead of typing away in cyber space.”
Ms. Fernandez' supreme wisdom, evident genius, and all-apparent profound understanding of human motivations as betrayed in her brilliant statements had us thinking about the first challenge here at TBAC:
Why do we really blog? What compels us to shed upon the blogosphere our thoughts? What makes it irresistible to open ourselves for public scrutiny when we can do it the traditional, private diary-writing way? And what keeps us sustaining this online habit?
Are we really THAT lonely?
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Bloggers who wish to participate in this challenge please provide the link of your entry in the CBOX/Tagboard in the sidebar. Also, remember the other challenge rules.
The posts of the 10 nominated finalists would be re-posted in this blog for voting purposes.
Remember that votes should be cast in the comments section of this challenge's entry.
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The posts of the 10 nominated finalists would be re-posted in this blog for voting purposes.
Remember that votes should be cast in the comments section of this challenge's entry.
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Did you miss the winners of the TBAC promo? See the list.
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Update: April 13, 2008
Those who would like to participate in the challenge, kindly leave the exact link/URL of your entry here at the comment section. We just found out that the space provided for URL in the CBOX/Tagboard is limited only to a certain length (or number of characters). CBOX cuts long URLs and we may not be able to trace your entry.
One more thing, you have until April 27 to submit your entries.
Thanks.
Enjoy the challenge.
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Update: April 27, 2008; 12:00PM U.S. Central Time
TBAC organizers officially closed this Blog Awards Challenge 1. Any entry submitted beyond today will not be counted anymore. Top 10 best entries will be posted in a couple of days for peer voting.
While waiting for the results of the 1st challenge, why not join the 2nd challenge? Read more.
29 comments:
That's so rudely said. I will find this woman (hahahahaha) and I will convert her to be a believer hahahahaha!
When is the deadline?
Duh Malu did it again eh? tsk tsk tsk
Kindly click on my name to read my contest piece. Thank you.
hi again... this is my entry: http://earthlyexplorations.blogspot.com/2008/04/are-we-slackers-and-lonesome-bloggers.html
checkout my entry! hehe
http://pinoywebdeveloper.com/pwd/post/2008/04/A-Medium-Of-Communication---Social-Blogging.aspx
please tell me if I went way off the topic.
thanks
Hello,
You can find my entry at:
http://myfrakkinblog.blogspot.com/2008/04/why-do-we-blog-why-do-i-blog-why-do-you.html
when is the deadline for submission?
The exact URl is http://2fourteen.blogspot.com/2008/04/blog-nonsense-business.html
Have a nice day!
Here's my entry.
I hope you guys like it.
Blogging and Loving It
http://www.pinoylottowinner.com/2008/04/blogging-and-loving-it.html
I am submitting my entry:
http://hulag.blogspot.com/2008/04/reasons-why-i-love-drowning-into.html
Interesting topic, and quite worthy of a first challenge. Hope I can come up with an entry.
http://forthehappyhours.blogspot.com/2008/04/toast-to-my-13-days-of-blogging.html
My entry :)
wow, ill be sending my entry soon. :D
great job tbac!
just in case the chat box goes bonkers, here is my entry again http://causticthoughts-gracemags.blogspot.com/2008/04/i-blog-therefore-i-am.html
thanks for this great challenge
hmn.. juz a concern... wud it be nice, if the entries are in personal message...? its juz that to prevent idea theft... what i min is, you know.. peeking on someone's entry.. trying to correct mistakes, and add the missing parts...
its juz a suggestion though that entries will just be posted in announced in public after being approved.. and that, editing of entries must not be allowed, except for requirement issues...
*i know its a lil selfish..*
BUT..... i think it make sense to me.. :D
i'll be sending my entry soon.
here's my link for the post:
http://webstertwelb.blogspot.com/2008/04/i-blog-therefore-i-am.html
Hi April. I was thinking of that too. We'll implement that idea for the next challenge.
Thanks.
I don't think you need to worry about who copied whose idea since heirarchy of post will show who came up with the blog first :)
hmmm I don't think they have to worry about who copied who because in the heirarcy of comments posted here and the date the blog was created we can easily tell who stole whose idea right?:) just my two cents
Aril has a point..
maybe you can just "not approve" and keep into moderation the submitted post so as to avoid "plagiarism" in any case...
anyway here's mine:
http://blog.tambayanbox.org/2008/04/23/sweet-scrutiny/
who does she think she is? hahahha =) maybe she can't write her own blog that's why baka walang traffic.
here's my piece:
http://kritiksosyal.blogspot.com/2008/04/wordslave-monologue.html
tnx :D and gudlak.
eto na p0h entry ko.. ~.^
Hi!
Here's my entry. I've posted the link on CBOX but here it is again just in case:
http://buhaykyusi.wordpress.com/2008/03/10/oer-the-land-of-isaw-and-the-home-of-balut/
Thanks!
my cbox link is ok. pero dahil masunurin akong bata, dapat pala dito nakapost ang link. ahihi.
kung ayaw ng link, heto na lang:
http://mikelcleus.blogspot.com/2008/04/i-blog.html
more power. \m/
Hey! Here's my entry. Please check it out. Thank you :)
http://notsovictor.blogspot.com/2008/04/i-am-therefore-i-blog.html
Wee! I finally got to the comments page. Haha. I know I already placed my link on the CBox, but here it is again just in case. Thank you! :)
http://cheapsentibox.i.ph/blogs/cheapsentibox/2008/04/26/i-blogger-i-blog-therefore-i-am/
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