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Is this a reflection post, such as those already being made about these awards, which consider it necessary to try to thank all s your comments, your support and for spending a moment to this site. Also for those who congratulated me by mail, unaccustomed on the subject of blogs, and never would of put all into a list of thanks.

So accustomed was (and am) to the famous phrase is the important part, which I am still wondering how the hell should celebrate this award. It might be because I've never won anything, the credit provided it usually takes another, or simply be difficult to describe exactly what we won. When I share the friendships that I won the prize for the best blog theme 2004 (Provided by Bitácoras.com), the immediate question is: what gave you? To which I reply with the face of circumstances that really nothing. So all I've done with this award is really losing money by multiple rounds I owe, including Madrid not forget, besides acquiring stage fright and uncertainty about the next thing I publish.

As I have one of the main features of this blog is his seriousness, though when we get a little silly scold us we were better before publishing long articles and analytical debate, and therefore faced the issue with what cards are left, I think mine is best and is essentially continue doing what we see fit depending on the time.

I will tell you that I discovered that we had won until 8 am on Tuesday when I received a text message on your phone by Maria Elena, though Julie had sent me an email at 7:30. Maybe it was the effect of the lack of caffeine, but certainly not celebrated as much as the pass to the second phase of the prizes (So yes I jumped). The truth is that I did not want anything to win, maybe because the blogosphere drift into pure and simple competition, making us forget that we are not here to compete. Personally, I leave the search for audiences and economic benefit to the income statement for the media, I do not compete, just write.

In this text sincere, I will say that the earlier text, that he appreciated the award, was not the fruit of the moment, but rather a summary of what we wanted to convey in the case that we won. Yes, it was a prepared result rather uncoordinated Bitácoras.com that our faith in the possibility of winning. I remember that the date for the announcement of the winners was scheduled for 1 June, but said the jury was very late and the tension decreased. Given the chance we cogiesen with the wrong foot, we decided to write a preparatory text for if we could not write something at the time as finally happened.

For better or for worse, we won and fear reactions came true. My main concern was that people wonder why the hell was rewarded with two librarians who were engaged in boring blog post. Are not there blogs better or more fun? That stemmed necessarily with the philosophy that we have followed the abandonment of the portal and the evolution of the blog, do not do something fun, we are serious but attractive (Somehow). And this fear was not born from nothing, of course. When it announced the first cut came some critical comments and created the idea of elite blogospheric ( "Now we walk creating classes in the blogosphere?) But if there is this elite, certainly not belong to her or our ambition be included.

But apparently been more or less have achieved our objectives. Thus, after the failure of the awards some bloggers shared their views on the decisions of the Awards, we did pretty bad nor unemployed, for example, Bicubic say about us:

Deserved, but also with reservations ... The site is sober and invites the reading of his fine collection of writings, however, as almost everything in life is relative, decide which theme is the best place is a matter of taste ...

Or your partner in the same category of the Awards, Freelance Corner, thanks for the comment:

I am delighted that the prize for best blog theme is what has been, (since I could not be me :-D ), The documentary Entangled. It is a blog that is read with much pleasure and publishes frequently articles of great interest. I recommend, of course, on Sunday the Blogosphere.

For now, we got rid of the fiercest critics in other contests are less happy, maybe because the impact on the media has not been excessive. Thus only two media collected Bitácoras.com failure: Liberty Digital and La Vanguardia. Curiously enough, when the blogs are in full swing and the media continue unabated their efforts to promote them.

But mostly, these awards are left with two anecdotes. The first is that Maria Elena became the only blogger who won a prize in this edition. So since the blog All stated:

The presence of women among the winners this year was lower than in previous editions. Low minimums, numerically speaking, there existed a large number of logs in the final female authorship and readership logs show preference for female company in large numbers in the rankings of hearing the same site that has organized this contest in this edition : Bitacoras.com
Fortunately there is such a representation of a woman author in the results of this year and very worthily represented: - kisses and applause Maria Elena Mateo on the part of all! --

And the second we came from Germany, where he caught Text und Blog that attributing our success to our readers (Thanks Fernando aka Treebeard "):

Mit folgenden Worten selbstlosen geben den Preis an die Betreiber ihre Leser weiter

But of course we expected more enjoyment were the comments from the blogosphere bibliodocumentaloide, and we thank them here, so from Catorze, Javier, our dean that old man who was also competing with us for best blog topic, congratulated us, while in Documentary Deakialli stated:

And to the delight of documentaloides, the prize for best blog topic for the documentary has been entangled, that we believe is the first award that is given a log of where documentacióny also writes the only weblogger who has received an award in this call.

As you noted, I never won anything, but for once I do, I have dwelt at ease.

Again, thank you all for being there and we will walk next week tangled on other issues.



Currently there are "11 comments" in this text:

  1. Yavannna says:

    Do not give as many rounds, what have you won because you so deserve, convinais perfectamene humor and satire with scientific issues and more serious.

    Unaware that it was the only writer with a blog ... go! my double congratulations to Maria Elena! (To Mark also eye! : P )

    I said, remain as you are, it's like super! : D

  2. "We want to be serious but attractive." Then you go on track. But I hope that if we were to invite me to those forty rods acabeis being quite the opposite. I will not put anything in Bido (you know how heavy that I get to the topic of blogs and those things the editorial line), but you know that I'm glad.

  3. Julius says:

    It is a source of joy for everyone: O)

    estooooooooo ... I change my cane for a refreshment??? , O)

  4. Anomie says:

    Weblogs out there that I read about who writes them for something other than "mere write what one thinks about something" was not even aware that you are using a weblog and not a publisher of pamphlets.

    Greetings

  5. Mark Ros says:

    Thank you all!

    Alvaro is that you missed a lot in Madrid, to tell you, to tell you what happened at that dinner Blogueril and you'll see.

    ;-)

  6. Catuxa says:

    In Code Zero, a Galician newspaper online, have I seen a story about the awards, and you try to retrieve the step ;)

  7. Mark Ros says:

    If you appreciate what you get back

    :-D

  8. Álvaro, better not tell you what happened at that dinner Blogueril ... Alcohol is very bad! And it was not responsible for my actions!

  9. Catuxa says:

    Here is the review of Zero Code:

    Outras o seu logs weighed tamén award, coma Escolar.net (reward or blog mellor European and of Xornalismo) Microsiervos (mellor collective blog), Green Sleeves (mellor tecnoloxía Blog), The Entangled Documentalist (mellor blog topic), Boar Fotolog (mellor photoblog) ou Papel Continuo (mellor deseño).

  10. Javier Alarcón says:

    Congratulations, Mark!!

    Although no prize money, prestige counts too. I know I have a beer in your hand because I am an unashamed and not by Valencia drew me, but I who owes you one, mate. Hugs :-D

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