Oscars for Internet
 | Author: Jauretsi | Posted: June 18th, 2008 | Filed under: Digital, Events | | Comments Off |
Person of the Year:
(Steven Colbert Speech = “Me, me, me, me, me!!!”)
If you’ve never heard of the Webby Awards, then start paying attention. Its the “ground zero” for Internet Awards. The 12th Annual show was just held this month in NYC. The acceptance speeches are told in 5 words — perfect for the A.D.D. culture of Internet surfers… These were the greatest hits in my opinion… There’s tons more at the Webby Awards Official Site. Congrats to all the New Media divisions and websites that have busted their booties for this day.
Fashion
style.com: “Guess we’re still in fashion.”
Fashion
Louis Vuitton Core Values: “Problems of the week, thank you?????”
Lifetime Achievement:
David Byrne: “Mr. DJ, can you play another song?”
News
NYTimes.com: “No longer a newspaper site.”
Newspaper
NYTimes.com: “Elliot Spitzer, we thank you.”
Culture/Personal Blog
PostSecret: “Net neutrality ‘ today, tomorrow, forever.”
Social/Networking
Flock The Social Web Browser: “No shit! We beat Facebook?”
Celebrity/Fan
Best Week Ever: “Who let the blogs out?”
Movie and Film
Simpsons Movie: “The world has turned yellow.”
Broadband
ABC.com Full Episode Player: “TV? Online? Never happen, kid.”
Retail
Ikea Mattress: “We enjoy sleeping with you.”
Best Home/Welcome Page
The Los Angeles Film School: “Make films from the heart.”
Youth
Nick.com: “Sponge Bob is our sugar daddy.”
Best Visual Design – Aesthetic
Orange Unlimited: “Mine is longer than yours.”
Best Visual Design – Function
TED.com: “Seriously, Table 16 deserves this.”
Best Use of Photography
PENTAX Photo Gallery: “Blog your photos — save trees.”
News
BBC News: “Every click is really appreciated.”
Banking/Bill Paying
Mint: “Get your money for nothing.”
Best Writing
Onion News Network (Webby/People’s Voice): “together, we’ll make reading obsolete.”
Activism
Invisible Children-Displace Me: “Angelina Jolie can’t do everything.”
Education
The Earth Institute at Columbia University: “I cheated through high school.”
Government
Peace Corps {teens}: “Hail to the Peace Corps.”
Science
NASA’s Earth Observatory: “Nasa is more than astronauts.”
Politics
FactCheck.org: “No, Obama is not a Muslim.”
Sports
Fast Lane Daily (People’s Voice): “I can’t drive fifty-fiiiiiiiiiiive, whooo!”
School/University
School of Visual Arts Web site: “Dude, Warhol would have loved this.”
News
Mobile NYTimes: “Please help us monetize this.”
Travel
Frugal Traveler-American Road Trip: “please don’t climb our building”
Lifetime Achievement Award
Lorne Michaels (Special Achievement): “five words is not enough.”
Webby Person of the Year
Michel Gondry (Special Achievement): “Keyboards are full of germs”
