In regards to Mark – what label would you afix then to a comment here about what a waste of time this "utterly pointless" blog is? I hope you type fast, time being money and all that.

Thanks to Joanna too for…

The only 'skew' I perceive in Public Address is towards informed debate and intelligent conversation.

PA is a must-read for me most days. I tend to feel I'm getting more of what I want / need from the informative or issues-based posts and I do admit to struggling with writing about too much personal…

Am obviously a 'lurker' ... I've been reading Public Address for a while. And since being in London it's the website I go to everyday to catch up on NZ news and opinion ... my starting point at least.

So thanks Russell and crew ........

Comments.

PA: best signal to noise ratio.
Spot on. Corollary: Kiwiblog. Great posts, useless comments.

Best blog runner up: Aardvark.
FFS. It's nothing but a right wing whinge day after day. Stopped reading that when it turned into a mid-life crisis about…

Ooops.

I suppose it's a little early for speculation on what Cunliffe will be offering us in terms of fibre

Speculation around the traps is that it will be announced in the Budget on the 22nd. Sounds as thought the Nat's policy may have brought Labour's announcement forward as the rumbles…

Best news story of the awards for me was www.vorb.co.nz.

Just a shame they didn’t get one more vote.

Tama didn't seem to mind. He spoke briefly about how much has happened for him since last year — he has a financial partner, and a new car (important, given that…

Just a shame they didn’t get one more vote.

blogs.nzherald.co.nz/blog/blogger-bites-back a finalist in the best blog site???

That seems very MSM leaning.

Agreed (should there be an emphasis on the greed bit?)
I had a look at that "blog" it didn't take long. Out of the ten posts there were only two comments,…

congratulations!
i suppose we can excuse your absence from bFM this morning :) Mike Havoc said you were too hungover to do hard news!

I did tell his producer why ...

It's all David Slack's fault, basically.

That seems very MSM leaning.

(and I mean that in all earnestness)

Oh God. I have only just realised the humour in that statement. Thanks Andrew Ll for pointing it out. Sigh.

Thanks David, but I think credit goes to online editors of all these sites (stuff, NZH, Scoop) who frankly do an amazing job in an industry that is only *just* being recognised.

Don, you're too modest, but you touch on an important point.

There are still a lot of online…

Is there a list of all finalists in the various categories somewhere?

It's here.

No bouquets at all to Facebook, though. Surely there was someone in New Zealand who could have turned up to accept the award it won?

You would have thought that everyone in the New Zealand group would have been invited.

Is there a list of all finalists in the various categories somewhere?

(He asks stupidly)

Paul Smith is putting up a story about our Japanese adventures, on kiwiboomers.com, this week (May 15). Take a look…

now, are you absolutely sure you can't loan me the one from 2005? because... well... because.

Playboy Playmate of the Year: Hot or Not? Very important vital stuff...

Already? I hadn't even got round to voting for whether Christina Ricci is hot or not.

Thanks David, but I think credit goes to online editors of all these sites (stuff, NZH, Scoop) who frankly do an amazing job in an industry that is only *just* being recognised.

One of the biggest things on Stuff right now is a poll – Playboy Playmate of the Year:…

(and I mean that in all earnestness)

That's important.

Deservedly won, a goody among the goodies of the kiwi interweb.

Thanks David, but I think credit goes to online editors of all these sites (stuff, NZH, Scoop) who frankly do an amazing job in an industry that is only *just* being recognised.

Yeah, that's what it's about – recognition. It's not a passing trend or some niche thing that only…

Eventually, I needed feeding, so I dragged David off to Euro and treated us to the wagyu special

What, even after Metro "blogged" about it? And my quotation marks are to emphasise my distaste for sites that claim to be blogs but take forever to moderate comments, edit out…

Thanks David, but I think credit goes to online editors of all these sites (stuff, NZH, Scoop) who frankly do an amazing job in an industry that is only *just* being recognised.

Must. Do. Some. Work.

Or perhaps there should be an award for individual blogs (the work of one blogger) and group blogs (the work of several bloggers).

Also, I would like to extravagantly demand…

Congratulations (and I mean that in all earnestness) to Don Christie and Catalyst IT. Stuff cleaned up – no fewer than three awards including the grand prize.

Now, if last night was Billy Joel, what's tonight going to be? (No-one mention Westlife, OK?)

It'll be The Who.

Stroppy, occasionally violent old buggers, and there's not many of them left.

Now, if last night was Billy Joel, what's tonight going to be? (No-one mention Westlife, OK?)

Oh, and wish us luck for the Qantas Media Awards tonight …

Had to sign the code of conduct in blood yet?