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I made it onto “a list”

Oct 20, 2008 | Personal | 20 comments

TOOT TOOT!! <——– That’s me blowing my own trumpet WAHA!! 😀

Mmk, I’m not gonna lie here, I am STOKED about this!

Sure, this blog is my outlet, it’s my personal space on the interwebz, it’s my sounding board, it’s my rant vehicle, it’s my individual life log, it’s my keyboard therapy, it’s my written expression, it’s my point of contact for many new people in my life – and for those whom I’ve known for years.

Most importantly, it’s 100% me, zero bullshit.

And while it’s all these things and I love every minute of being able to share pieces of my personal life that no-one would otherwise know about, there’s always a part of me that wonders if my blog ramblings actually add value to anybody else.

Well, I just received an email from Afrigator.com (an African blog aggregator service) that made me smile 🙂

You’re the best in Africa

Hi there,

It’s Lester here from the Afrigator.com team.

Ever wondered who the top female bloggers are in Africa, or which women you should be following online? We did, so we compiled a list of the top female bloggers – and you’re on the list!

Your blog justB[coz] made it into the Top 45 for female bloggers in Africa, well done!

For us compiling this list was an interesting exercise as we didn’t explicitly know which blogs are authored by women but we went on a mission to find out.

To see your rank, check out the table here:
http://blog.afrigator.com/2008/10/20/top-45-female-african-bloggers/

While this list is not the be all and end all, it does provide some interesting insight into which female blogs you could/should be watching. It’s clear that South African female bloggers dominate the list (at the moment) but we are very excited to see Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt, Uganda and Ethiopia make it on the list.

Till next time, keep on blogging.

Team Afrigator

So yeah, I guess I AM adding value somewhere … you’re reading and you’re returning 😀 Given that the large majority of my posts here are about personal issues (there’s not much about my work or tech/geek topics), that’s awesome!

And because of the recent flack I’ve taken for blogging, this is VERY welcome news!

I’m expecting that there’ll be a fair bit of debate about Afrigator’s list, but that’s the wonderful thing about the world of the web these days – engagement and communication!

20 Comments

  1. justB[coz]
    justB[coz] on October 21, 2008 at 9:07 am

    @Gino … hey, welcome!! Very cool to see you here 🙂

    @Craig … thanks Craig – yeah, watch out for Afrigator!

    @Linda … sheesh, so right – the timing was incredible …

  2. Linda
    Linda on October 21, 2008 at 1:43 am

    That’s awesome! Well done. Timing couldn’t be better.

  3. Craig
    Craig on October 20, 2008 at 10:13 pm

    Wow, congratulations! Didn’t even know the Afrigator team was doing that kind of thing. Keep up the good (and always entertaining!) work 🙂

  4. Gino
    Gino on October 20, 2008 at 9:21 pm

    Toot toot indeed! 🙂

  5. justB[coz]
    justB[coz] on October 20, 2008 at 7:06 pm

    Ag, thank you Bee 🙂 xxx

  6. SheBee
    SheBee on October 20, 2008 at 7:01 pm

    CONGRATULATIONS MY DARLING 🙂

  7. justB[coz]
    justB[coz] on October 20, 2008 at 5:06 pm

    Hehehe 🙂 I think I’d go mental if I couldn’t pound out my stuff here.

    And well done to your Angel for scooping the 6th slot!! Naaaice …

  8. Glugster
    Glugster on October 20, 2008 at 5:01 pm

    Well done! Just imagine how much flack you are going to get if you ever stop blogging!!!!

  9. justB[coz]
    justB[coz] on October 20, 2008 at 4:03 pm

    @ExMi … 😀

    And may I just say that am REALLY glad that Andre added you to the blog comments there, along with SheBee, Cath, Nikki and MsBehavn!!

    Plus, there are further mentions of other female bloggers that I haven’t read yet, so that’s pretty cool – new blogs to sink our thoughts into …

  10. ExMi
    ExMi on October 20, 2008 at 3:55 pm

    dude, that’s awesome.

    and of course you’re adding value. of course.

    huzzah!

  11. justB[coz]
    justB[coz] on October 20, 2008 at 3:14 pm

    Hmmm … “wise”, “interesting”, “having influence” … not *really* words I would use to define myself (wrongly or rightly, who knows?) I guess it’s all in the eye of the reader …

    Thanks MsBehavn 🙂

    @Cape Town’s Favourite Son … Thank you!!
    I’ze indeed honoured to receive well done’s from one of my all-time FAV bloggers 😀

    I beat Helen Zille LOL!!! That’s amusing hehehe …

  12. MsBehavn
    MsBehavn on October 20, 2008 at 3:09 pm

    You deserve it, lady!

    *applauds*

  13. Cape Town's Favourite Son
    Cape Town's Favourite Son on October 20, 2008 at 3:05 pm

    Well done, I see you have also beaten some heavyweights along the way. (Helen Zille et al) Give yourself a pat on the back 🙂

  14. Dad
    Dad on October 20, 2008 at 3:01 pm

    Congrats!
    I think you sometimes underestimate just how wise and interesting you actually are and thus how much influence you have on other peoples lives thru this blog. JOC’s comment just confirms this.

  15. justB[coz]
    justB[coz] on October 20, 2008 at 2:57 pm

    *bows*

    I mean …

    *curtsy’s*

    LOL 🙂

  16. Andre
    Andre on October 20, 2008 at 2:53 pm

    Brava! *applause*

  17. justB[coz]
    justB[coz] on October 20, 2008 at 2:51 pm

    Thanks 😀

    Yeah, it kinda blows me away a bit … I actually get such amazing feedback from here, I guess I shouldn’t be *too* shocked!? I probably didn’t give too much thought as to how my blog was touching other people before now, but if justBcoz is helping both others AND me in some small way, then w00t w00t!!!

    Onwards and upwards xxx

  18. Sir G
    Sir G on October 20, 2008 at 2:23 pm

    CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!

  19. JOC
    JOC on October 20, 2008 at 1:55 pm

    That’s awesome! Congrats. I’ve said it before, but I’llsay it again, I have and continue to learn from and be challenged by your blog! 🙂

  20. Po
    Po on October 20, 2008 at 1:36 pm

    That is pretty cool stuff.