Comments on: And it’s goodbye from me

By: Ian Hughes

Ian Hughes — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:12:51 +0000

Congratulations on the blog result for CIB, you all must be delighted, what a way to go!

By: Lisa

Lisa — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:42:32 +0000

Chris, good luck and thanks for all the support of Capsule related events and Home Of Metal, always invaluable to have people take an interest.

By: Chris Unitt

Chris Unitt — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:54:25 +0000

Cheers Mark. My main aim was just to not drop the baby. The blog’s still going so I’m happy!

By: Mark Murph

Mark Murph — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:51:51 +0000

Best wishes for future ventures Chris…
Pete had set the bar pretty darn high but you kept it all right on track. Good work Sir!
Adios… Mark :)

By: Charlotte Carey

Charlotte Carey — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:57:29 +0000

yeah – what everyone else said! Look fwd to continued reading

By: Katie

Katie — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:52:44 +0000

I’d also like to thank Mr Unitt for being so ace – and say hi to Kate. Hi Kate!

By: Steve Cooper

Steve Cooper — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:02:22 +0000

Job well done Chris and hello to Kate

All the best for your future projects

By: Shona

Shona — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:45:23 +0000

Chris, you’ve done a really fantastic job since you took up the reins – you really tapped into the essence of CiB and, whilst keeping this up, made it your own, too. You will be missed lots, lovey.

But, I’m very much looking forward to seeing Kate take up the baton, get her hands mucky and make it her own! This is the beauty of how it’s been handled since its creation – the fact that it doesn’t ‘belong’ to one person adds to the mix and keeps it lovely and noisy.

Au revoir Chris, and welcome Kate!

By: kate

kate — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:53:08 +0000

Thanks for that Chris! I still think we should do a Doctor Who style regeneration video, although I am not as exciting as a new Doctor obviously. I hope to do as good a job as Chris and the rest of the authors have and I will properly introduce myself very soon. Jon – I am hoping to come along next Wed so see you then!

By: sara

sara — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:50:52 +0000

thanks Chris – you’ve done a great job. Hello and congrats to Kate – looking forward to your posts

By: Russ L

Russ L — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:19:11 +0000

Salute to Chris.

Hello to Kate.

By: Rich Batsford

Rich Batsford — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 10:32:13 +0000

Hi Chris

congratulations on a job well done and all the best for your new life in “civvy street”.

Rich
Xx

By: Chris Unitt

Chris Unitt — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 10:18:29 +0000

Cheers all.

James – there are two meet-ups you might fancy:

* Birmingham Bloggers – http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=4209690476 (next meet up is on Tues 14 Jan at the Lloyds on Broad St from 6ish) Info here too – http://www.paradisecircus.com/
* Birmingham Social Media Cafe – http://birminghamsocialmediacafe.wordpress.com/ Next one is Fri 30 Jan 10am – 12pm at the Coffee Lounge, Navigation St

By: James griffin

James griffin — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 10:05:29 +0000

I’ve thoroughly enjoyed your words on here. It’s nearly always one of the first clicks in my RSS! I hope this won’t change with the new author. Good luck on Future projects!

James

P.s) whats all this Birmingham blogger meet up stuff?

By: Jon Bounds

Jon Bounds — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 09:42:16 +0000

I do like the way that CiB has become a little like the Birmingham Creative ’scene’ version of the Brazilian Boy-Band ‘Menudo’ — the band that has a revolving door policy for members. They leave when they get “too old” — 16! — and are instantly replaced, but the band carries on.

Some say this is a bit like the Aztec boy-kings that were feted, lived like …erm… kings and then were sacrificed, but I just think it’s a great way to keep something fresh and true to its ideals.

Some of the boy-bandees fade into obscurity, some go on to greater success — as I’m sure you will Chris. Unfortunately this makes you Ricky Martin.

Welcome Kate, blog blog blog (and do come along to the Brum Bloggers meet-up next Wednesday (14th http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1326691/) if you can and say hello. In the words of the late great Ron Pickering…

away you go.

By: dp

dp — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 08:46:24 +0000

You might note that the blog award votes can be made from multiple machines, as well as every 24 hours. So there’s an opportunity for serious gamers to magnify their votes dramatically.

It seems there are other ways to game the system, as Wonkette have apparently been systematically trashing the competition. So much so that it’s bringing the credibility of the award into question.