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11th Annual Webby Winners Unveiled
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We’ve got the inside track on this: thehappycorp founder, Doug Jaeger, was on the panel of judges made up of members of the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences responsible for the exhaustive task of finding the best the net has to offer.
Some notable achievers:
We make money not art has won their second Webby in the cultural blog category.
Designer Jonathan Yuen won for best use of motion graphics and best aesthetic use of visual design for the moving poetry on his personal site.
The award for Best Practices, viewed as probably the top award as it focuses on excellence in design, content, and technology, went to Flickr, as did best community site, and best functional use of visual design.
Our friends at The Onion won both the Webby and People’s Voice award for best humor site.
OpenSecrets won in politics for their full-disclosure of candidates spending practices in US elections.
And, of course, #1 in the weird category, Cute Overload, for their seizure-inducing coverage of critters too precious to protect themselves.
On the other hand,
Miranda July should have been nominated for the brilliant simplicity behind the site promoting her new book, No One Belongs Here More Than You.
And Notcot.org, the perfectly simple design blog that keeps us cool.
The full list of Webby winners and nominees could keep you busy for days. Think someone was neglected? Let us know. We know a guy who looks after these things.
