So after a few good weeks of campaigning, the SA Blog Awards ceremony happened on Friday evening at a pretty slick venue called Chevelle in Cape Town.

Organised and managed by the guys from Huddlemind, it was obvious that a lot of time and effort went into arranging the function and I have to thank them for that. Great job on a job well done!

I was in the running for two awards this year and it being my first year, Best New Blog was the category that I was most keen on winning, though an award in Best Science and Technology Blog would have truly been fabulous.

I must admit that I thought that I had a very good chance of winning Best New Blog and was fairly concerned about the competition in the other category, especially iMod. ChrisM has been around for a few years and has developed a massive following over the years. He puts in many many hours and in my opinion, the only true competition in the category.

Rightfully so, iMod won Best Science and Technology Blog again this year, with him defending his title that he won in 2008. Though I did not win, I was complimented by Chris when his girlfriend chatted to me early at the awards ceremony and told me Chris was particularly concerned about losing his title to me. I have a great deal of respect for iMod and Chris, and though winning would have been great, I am satisfied with the compliment of being considered a good competitor to iMod in this category. Next year, I will take up the challenge again.

Best New Blog went to the brothers of From-The-Couch. I am a fan of their work and though not winning disappointed me immensely, I think that I would have been gravely disappointed if I had lost to any other blog in the category. These guys deserve it and I am proud to have lost to a good contender like From-The-Couch.

The other awards were predominantly cleaned out by 2oceansvibe, who took away SIX awards (my count), including Best Blog of 2009! Well done Seth, I know that you put a lot into your work (if you would dare call it work!).

To the other blog awards winners, well done and good luck for 2009/2010! I will definitely see you in the running of the SA Blog Awards 2010 and it will be an honour for me to compete amongst you next year!

I started blogging less than a year ago when I was inspired by my good mate ChrisM who runs iMod when he won an SA Blog Award.

My blog and I have been through a lot this last year and seen its ups and downs, but one thing remained constant, my determination to get to the SA Blog Awards and win!

Thanks to so many of my loyal supporters, I have been nominated in TWO categories in the 2009 SA Blog Awards: Best New Blog and Best Science & Technology Blog. I am eternally grateful for so many who have thought that I deserve to compete on this level and I am VERY proud of my blog.

The final round of the competition is a numbers game and the most votes comes out the victor and again I will not be able to win this without the support of my ardents readers and supporters.

Please vote for me in both these categories by following these steps:

1. Visit the SA Blog Awards Site
2. Select DChetty.co.za under the Best New Blog and the Best Science & Technology sections
3. Enter you email address and submit
4. Confirm your nomination by clicking on the link in your email account.

Its that simple!

Some of my other work in the last year has seen me feature on the Mail & Gaurdian owned blog called Techleader with my article titled, ” The Future of the Web is Contextual!”
and my recent article on MoralFibre where I reviewed a coffee shop.