Monday, March 16, 2009

Web Awards Honor 2009's Big Names, Underdogs | The Underwire from Wired.com

SXSWi: Web Awards Honor 2009's Big Names, Underdogs | The Underwire from Wired.com: "Activism — Greens and nonprofits

* Clif Bar 2 Mile Challenge
* I Am Second
* Just in Queso
* Sunny Side
* Tweet Congress [WINNER!]

Amusement — Humor, LOL and weird

* Addictionary [WINNER!]
* CrappyCat
* GirlGamer.com
* Pixton
* UPS Regifter"

Art — Photos and performance

Blog — Best blog (duh)

  • The Big Picture
  • The Bygone Bureau [WINNER!]
  • Dumb as a Blog
  • OneRiot
  • Postcards From Yo Momma

Business — For-profit or promotional site

  • CNN Shirt
  • Jasmax [WINNER!]
  • Lowe's "Welcome Back Spring"
  • Modernista!
  • Zeus Jones Gift Guide

CSS — On the bleeding edge of web standards

  • Eden Sessions
  • Trevor Exter
  • Mint.com
  • Noisefreak.com
  • ProjectMiso [WINNER!]

Classic — Been around since 2008

  • Ars Technica
  • Flickr [WINNER!]
  • Instructables
  • Picnik
  • StumbleUpon

Community — Social sites, wikis, friends

  • Delicious 2.0
  • Fluther
  • Lost Zombies [WINNER!]
  • Protagonize
  • Trusera

Educational Resource — All about learnin'

  • The Cycle [WINNER!]
  • Discovery Earth Live
  • From Ellis Island to Orchard Street
  • HowStuffWorks
  • One Hen

Experimental — Setting new trends


Film/TV — Industry sites and streaming video

  • Flight of the Conchords Lip Dub
  • Hulu [WINNER!]
  • In Plain Sight: WITSEC Confidential
  • Jinni
  • Secret Location

Games — Elegant time-wasters

Mobile — Potent content for portables

  • AP Mobile News Network
  • Brightkite
  • Gigotron [WINNER!]
  • Pikchur
  • Please Fix the iPhone

Motion Graphics — Flash fetish

  • ADE Creative Studio
  • The Corona Beach
  • Nvidia Speak Visual [WINNER!]
  • Synergy|ThyssenKrupp Elevator Corporation
  • What's Your Lighting Style

Music — Bands, labels and streaming audio

  • Tracy Chapman
  • The Finetune Family
  • SoundCloud
  • Spiritualized Harmonies
  • James Zabiela [WINNER!]

Personal Portfolio — Pet projects

  • Ali Felski [WINNER!]
  • Pericycle
  • Eric Piasecki: StockSearch
  • Revyver
  • Lynn Marie Smith

Student — Young talent

Technical Achievement — Breaking new ground

  • Absolut Machines
  • Aviary [WINNER!]
  • jQuery UI ThemeRoller
  • Skydeck
  • Tarpipe
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