Best Designed Filipino Blogs for 2006 Announced!

December 1, 2006

Basang Panaginip, the highly controversial blog that brought us The Sexiest Filipino Bloggers, The Sexiest Filipina Bloggers, and The World’s Most Photorealistic Vector Art have come up with a new list: the Best Designed Filipino Blogs for 2006.

I was shocked to find out that Michael dropped by to tell me I was on the list. The awards are no Philippine Webbies*, but my respect (or awe) for that award-giving body has started to erode a long time ago (here’s Mia’s story).

I’ve listed the winners here, but you should visit Basang Panaginip’s entry for visual proof. (Which means you’re under a rock and you haven’t heard of these people, much less visited their kickass sites before.)

Best use of contrast, eh? To me that means they appreciated how I used black. Wai!

But beyond basking in awe (a. that they called me Sophie; b. Caterina Fake! Avalonstar! Rebelpixel! Can you say webstarstruck?) and l33tness, I’m thankful I have a few more Filipino greats to add to my list. Of what? Shhh!

* I know I’ve read sites from around the world that use “webbys”. The proper way to pluralize a word ending in Y preceded by a consonant is to use -ies. Adding an S is used for vowels preceding Y’s. (This grammar lesson is brought to you by The Obsessive-Compulsive Grammar Police, me.)

14 Comments

  1. Corsarius #

    wow — wai wai nga! congrats!!!

    (black rules. mwehe.)

  2. ia #

    Corsarius said:

    wow — wai wai nga! congrats!!!

    The “wai wai” sounds just plain funny the way you said it! Hahahaha! Thanks though.

  3. Mia #

    Congrats Ia-chaaaa’ :D

    Your list of… what? People from whom to suck the brains and talent when you finally transform into a brainpire? Mwahahaha.

    (Ohman, now I remembered that I have to re-do Stranje.)

  4. ia #

    Yep, brainsucking. ;)

    Thanks!!

  5. Ferdz #

    Wai! I agree with basang Panaginip on including you in this list. I like site design. I have the sentiments with award giving bodies though, lie last year’s Philippine Blog Awards which caused quite a stir in the local blogging community. I’m not surprised they didn’t launch it this year.

  6. Carlos #

    Haloooo.. Congrats congrats! Recognition pa rin yan, in some weird way.. Hehe. :D

  7. ia #

    @Ferdz: Thank you. :) Ohwell, the problems with the Philippines! Gotta start somewhere though.

    @Carlos: Haha, thanks! (Napadaan at napacomment ka rin!)

  8. Marni #

    Hey, Congrats! I like the way your site’s designed.

    And oh, great contrast, too! ;)

  9. ia #

    @Marni: Thank you! Congratulations as well. ;)

  10. Garro #

    congrats Sophie! haha :P

    ba’t andaming categories? did you apply for that or did they just find you? iunno, andami kasi eh. sana may award din for best content (I’d vote for Maddox if he were Pinoy. haha)

  11. ia #

    @Garro: No, I didn’t. I just found out in the previous post comments. It’s not an official award-giving body anyway. Best content? Design nga eh!

  12. Wit, Skit, and Brit » Slip of the Pen #

    [...] Oh, and before I forget: The cover is damn beautiful. Damn. Of all the books in my collection, I’d award this one with the “Best Use of Contrast in Book Cover”. (Speaking of contrast, Ia’s Stellify was honored with the “Best Use of Contrast in Blog Design” last month.) [...]

  13. eric aka senor enrique #

    Congratulations, Ia!

    Black and white can be stunning besides being classic. Have been dabbling with b&w photography lately and loving it!

  14. Nodnerb #

    Kutitots.com??? Is that the best Wordpress theme design a Filipino Designer can come up with? How about lastleaf.org? Best use of colors? Oh Come on… Grrrr.

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