Comments on: A Beginner At The Irish Blog Awards

By: Hello Blogland | DarrenByrne.com

Hello Blogland | DarrenByrne.com — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 23:31:45 +0000

[...] a fierce amount of prepping being done for the Blog Awards at the end of February. Ken asks what advice we’d give to the newbies. Hmm? Get out [...]

By: Will Knott

Will Knott — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:05:46 +0000

Ask the hotel if they are still leaving ornamental vehicles parked in that little pitch beside the bar. And bring a soft football.

Or a large beachball.

By: Darragh

Darragh — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:05:15 +0000

hey Byrne. Two words. second word: Hair.

By: Darren

Darren — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:03:01 +0000

Bahahahahah – you really think someone will take the side of that little twerp? Ha, I say, ha ha!

By: Ken McGuire

Ken McGuire — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:54:04 +0000

You know, you two need badges for the IBA’s.

One that says “Darren’s Bitch”

One that says “Darragh’s Bitch”

Maybe in not-so-heavy terms. But it could work. At the end of the night there could be a good game of 140-a-side football in the ballroom?

By: Will Knott

Will Knott — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:40:18 +0000

Let him be. Hes one of the few I haven’t met yet.
Can’t help wondering if Pinky is in the same way that “the brain” seems to be.
As for corruption…

By: Darragh

Darragh — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:36:27 +0000

Ah feck, strikethrough doesn’t work. HTML fail.

By: Darragh

Darragh — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:35:56 +0000

Feck off Darren, stop trying to rob the newbies. Let me corrupt their fragile little minds introduce them to people. They’ll like that, they will.

By: Darren

Darren — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 13:17:20 +0000

Best advice ever: If you’re feeling a bit shy or nervous come chat with me. I’d talk to the wall and I generally buy the first round.

By: WillKnott.ie » Blog Archive » For those about to attend

WillKnott.ie » Blog Archive » For those about to attend — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:27:17 +0000

[...] Irish Blog Awards. And I want to go to this years (its in the CIA Hotel, great venue in Cork), but Ken was asking for tips for new attendees, yes this post started out as a comment. Most of the tips equally apply to the forthcoming TeenCamp [...]

By: Anthony McG

Anthony McG — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:24:26 +0000

Don’t drench other people with your champagne. They probably won’t like that.

By: Ken McGuire

Ken McGuire — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:48:50 +0000

Spoken like a true professional, Ben.

By: ben

ben — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:59:27 +0000

never swap your top with a female when drunk. Ever. You will miss the shirt.

By: Will Knott

Will Knott — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:29:24 +0000

Don’t be shy. Go and talk to people. The name tags are there for a reason.

Speaking of name tags, Don’t dress up in anything that might be ruined by sticky labels (I’ve heard stories).

Don’t be afraid to admit that you haven’t read their blog (but don’t be surprised if they have a hard time explaining what they blog about). Rick, who won best pop culture blog, didn’t know he was a pop culture blogger until he was nominated.

Do chat.

Don’t be afraid to admit you don’t know something. Ask.
This is a new area for a lot of people. Some of use are experts that don’t know it yet. Don’t be surprised if none of the explanations match.

Don’t be intimidated if it appears that everyone knows everyone else. Some do, after all, they have spent the last year reading about each others lives. Some of these “old friends” may be having their first face to face meeting.

Don’t pretend you are “Twenty”.

Do have fun

Go dance (someone has to).

Do take pictures if you are that way inclined. Don’t take pictures very late in the evening. Or at least, don’t upload. Hair will let down, even by those of us without any.

Bloggers are people. Some are extroverts who want the world to know about them. Some are business people who are revealing life behind the curtain. Some are shy and reveal parts of their lives to help themselves and others. Some are story tellers, who have to write. Some are investigators who have to help and reveal truths. All are different, but share one thing;

They blog.
They write.
They talk.
Go chat.

By: Kentar

Kentar — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:52:28 +0000

Dangerous offer chief

Dangerous!

Oh G1 is there anything you can’t do!?!

By: Ken McGuire

Ken McGuire — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:31:06 +0000

I think I’m on the first round this stint. Have yourself and Andy (@goodonpaper) on the pint list. Anyone else want in?

By: Darragh

Darragh — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:39:00 +0000

Okay

Read some blogs. It’s handy to know at least what one is.

Then remember, you’re only going to be with a group of people who just happen to all write stuff or take photos and put them on the internet. That’s all. They’re just people. Just like you.

So have fun. Talk to people. That’s what Darren and I did (starting with you and Ross as you know, Ken) and we had loads of fun. Great night.

Ken, introduce them to me. I’d be happy for them to buy me a pint