High point so far
Running its own club nights and getting advertising revenue from mainstream companies such as Uniqlo and Size?
In his own words
“The site started off three years ago as a bunch of friends blogging about things we were interested in. Now we get 60,000 unique hits per month, but we’re even more influential than those stats suggest as our readers tend to be at the forefront of what’s going on in London; the ones most likely to shape future trends.
“We recently turned BNTL into a limited company; it’s definitely turning into more of a business, but we’ve kept our editorial independence and sense of what matters to us. After all, we’re basically a bunch of ordinary teenage kids doing stuff we enjoy, and it’s that experience people want to be part of.”
Angelique
Student confessor
Blog: Raining Noodles
(raining-noodles.blogspot.com)
A witty, well-written confessional on everything from this semi-anonymous 20-year-old’s course work in Singapore to the state of her hamster’s health. Angelique promotes nothing, has no specialist axe to grind. Raining Noodles is her emotional piggy bank.
High point so far
Winning Best Teen Weblog in 2006 and 2007 in the annual international Bloggies awards.
In her own words
“I’m in Singapore, unfortunately in law school. I try to maintain as much anonymity as I can (am not particularly fond of stalkers) so don’t know why I go by my real first name online. I never had a real desire to write until I started blogging; then suddenly realized that I, a completely common commoner with zero superhero powers, had the capacity to weave stories in different threads and colors.
“I try to make my writing as personal as I can — but also respect the people around me: if they request that I do not write about them, I don’t. (Unless they’ve offended me, and then I kick their derrieres online. Muahaha . . . Kidding!)”
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