This is one proud editor in chief!
20 March 2008Yesterday was hectic day. First I went to the Web 2.0 conference PLUGG in Brussels, to do some hard conference blogging. It was a fairly interesting and well-organized conference. However I did find out that I hate panels. See the Next Web for more coverage.
I had to leave kinda early, to show up at the Dutch Bloggies – The Dutch Oscars for blogs – in The Hague. The Next Web was nominated three times (ICT, Technology and Marketing) and Spotlight Effect managed to get a nomination (Marketing) as well. I was happily greeted by my dear fellow Spotlight bloggers. After a few beers, the time for the ceremony had come.
Unfortunately The Next Web didn’t make it, since the jury thought the blog was too young. However, they did say that it’s a ‘very promising concept’. But the good news is, Spotlight Effect DID win! We celebrated and cheered so loud that the audience was really surprised. We stormed to the stage with 8 guys, where Jeroen Mirck handed us the award.
Jeroen Mirck congratulates Spotlight Effect, photo by Anne Helmond
Standing there with my team was awesome, and I’m really proud what these guys have done. As I said during the ceremony: they’re one inspiring group of people. And yes, this is one proud editor in chief.
If you’re Dutch I recommend reading Philip Rouwenhorst’s post on Spotlight Effect. It’s really funny.
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Tags: award, dutchbloggies, plugg2008, spotlighteffect, thenextweb
W00t! W00t!
Fantastic news – well done EJ and the team!
Congrats again for this great achievement!
Good job! congrats!
Congratulations. Just wanted to urge you to lurn english or write in your moerstaal. This site suffocates of the grammar mistakes and would do better if you wrote in your audience’s mother tongue, which is the same as yours.
@Abraham Cornelis Caan-van Neck (great nickname), thanks for your comment. I’m internationally minded – see The Next Web Blog for example – so blogging in English does make sense for me. Sure, I make mistakes sometimes. Yet I see it as a learning process. Switching back to my native language would be too easy.