Recent Blog Entries
Bike EXIF nominated for Mashable’s Open Web Awards ’09
Written by Andy Merrett on November 19, 2009

Great news for one of our 9rules members. Bike EXIF, edited by Chris Hunter, has been nominated for Best Online Magazine in this year’s Mashable Open Web Awards.
Bike EXIF is up against four other contenders. If you’d like to give it a boost, you can click on the banner below to cast your vote — you’ll need to be signed in with Twitter or Facebook Connect:
Voting remains open until 13th December, with the winners announced on Tuesday 15th December.
Are any other 9rules members nominated? Let us know in the comments and we’ll push you as well.
Congratulations, Chris, and good luck!
The Irony of Hynes Developments
Written by Jayvee Fernandez on October 25, 2009

Hynes Developments (http://www.hynesdevelopments.com) really loves our logo. The irony, from their mission page:
Our approach focuses first and foremost on the social and environmental impact of our developments. We strongly believe that as both individuals and groups our behaviour is greatly influenced by our surrounding physical environment. We seek to understand the social consequences of built form, functional organization and patterns of use, ownership and governance.
No link love for you.
This is another copyright infringement of the 9rules logo. We had another one a few days ago. Boy, we really do get around, eh.
Parkview really likes the 9rules leaf: Memories of Toyota
Written by Andy Merrett on October 20, 2009
If you’ve been following 9rules for some time, you’ll remember the story of a local Toyota dealership using the 9rules leaf for some of its publicity merchandise.
Though Toyota took the logo down (and subsequently put it back, it seems other companies are happy to do the same.
Take the South African shopping mall Parkview Centre, which has emblazoned a near-identical 9rules leaf on its building and marketing literature. (more…)
Round Updates
Written by Jayvee Fernandez on October 5, 2009
We’ve received over 150 new blog applications and though we thought the weekend was enough, we’re needing a bit more time to sort through the entries. More updates to come very soon!
Nominations Closed
Written by Jayvee Fernandez on October 1, 2009
Thank you for your nominations! We have closed the window and we’re going to be looking through these and should be sending an update in the next couple of hours.
