May 15th, 2007



NOTE FROM KIM:
The winners of the 2007 Webby Awards
have been announced.


The Top 8 Highlights
of the 2007 Webby Awards


8> “And, once again, the award for this category just happens to go to another one of our biggest sponsors!”

7> A confused Spider-Man leaves disappointed, utterly astonished that he lost to a sock puppet.

6> Ask-a-Ninja guy confesses Viacom hired him to kill YouTube founders live on stage.

5> The folks from Mozilla actually set a fox on fire.

4> It was cute at first, but the 87th time the presenter cat asked, “I can has envelope?” it just got annoying.

3> AACS-LA wins the Law category, for protecting 16 bytes.

2> YouTube had an exclusive license to broadcast the event live, but thanks to a DCMA complaint it was blocked anyway.

and the Number 1 Highlight of the 2007 Webby Awards…

1> Digg honored for promoting activism in their contributors to fight Digg.




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Credits:

Selected from 15 submissions from 5 contributors.
This week’s list authors are:

Daniel Attema, Adelaide, Australia — 1, 3
Bill Livingston, Decatur, AL — 2, 4
Bruce W. Alter, Fairfax Station, VA — 5
Matt Van Opens, Watertown, WI — 6
Marshall Gatten, Glendale, CA — 7, 8
Kim Moser, New York, NY — List Moderator, Topic