2007 Webby Award Nominees Announced

[mandy]

The list of nominees: http://www.webbyawards.com/webbys/current.php

Press release:

In keeping with its famous five-word speech limit, The 11th Annual Webby Awards nominees unveiled today can be summed with just five words: "The Year of Online Video."

From Jumpcut (Best Broadband) and AOL's TMZ.com (Best Celebrity/Fan) to Steven Voltz's "The Extreme Diet Coke and Mentos Experiments" (Best Viral) and Mekanism's "Clearification" (Best Branded Advertising), video innovation is a hallmark of nominees in dozens of categories, confirming why it has become the driving force in a medium which continues to reshape everything from advertising and business to pop culture and politics.

A full list of all nominees in more than 100 categories can be found at www.webbyawards.com

"The Internet is becoming an even more integral part of our everyday lives thanks to the creativity and innovation of this year's nominees," said David-Michel Davies, the executive director of The Webby Awards. "It's especially exciting to see how so many of them are using the power of video to create a more vital and entertaining online experience."...

full press release: http://www.webbyawards.com/press/press-r...php?id=127

[mandy]

and the winners are...

The co-founders of the popular video-sharing site YouTube are among the winners of the annual Webby online achievement awards announced Tuesday.

Steve Chen and Chad Hurley were named People of the Year for creating a site credited with transforming the media landscape and reshaping politics, pop culture and more. NBC has used YouTube to promote its shows; political activists have posted clips with spoofs and speeches of candidates...

Lifetime achievement awards went to David Bowie, whose projects blend art and technology, and to the eBay community and its chief executive, Meg Whitman, for changing how people connect and interact worldwide...

full article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/con...01220.html

Sony won for best home/welcome page: http://www.sony.com/
Best site navigation/structure went to IKEA, Dream Kitchen http://demo.fb.se/e/ikea/dreamkitchen/site/default.html
Best visual design-aesthetic went to Jonathan Yuen (2006) http://www.jonathanyuen.com

The full list of winners: http://www.webbyawards.com/webbys/current.php?season=11

[jezebel]

Best site navigation/structure went to IKEA, Dream Kitchen http://demo.fb.se/e/ikea/...kitchen/site/default.html

It should have won the slowest loading Flash/loudest music award. 

[BellisimaJ.]

Best visual design-aesthetic went to Jonathan Yuen (2006) http://www.jonathanyuen.com

Great design, but VERY slow loading and the navigation truly sucked!

[FiberGuy]

At lease we were able to save some fowl from the slaughter...

[img width=600 height=337]http://incolor.inetnebr.com/dewittco/fowl.jpg[/img]