NOTE FROM KIM:

The fifth annual Webby Awards were held
recently, honoring the best Web sites.

The Top 9 Things
Overheard at the 2001 Webby Awards

9> “Webvan, eh? You’re at the table WAAAAY over there, with Pets.com, HomeGrocer.com and CDNOW.com.”

8> “THANKING YOU FOR THIS AWARD, I KISS YOU!!!!!!!!!!”

7> “Educational sites? You mean some people use the net to actually *learn* something?”

6> “…and since their CEO is working late tonight at Denny’s, his mother will be accepting this honor for him.”

5> “I can give you the same deal I gave Bill Gates; and were you really using your soul anyway?”

4> “Does this background make my home page look fat?”

3> “Since Mitch Kapor is 404 tonight, I accept this cookie from a trusted domain on his behalf!”

2> “If we use sock puppets to deliver groceries…”

and the Number 1 Thing Overheard at the 2001 Webby Awards…

1> “Hey! The bathrooms are stocked — with REAL stocks!”

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Credits:

Selected from 35 submissions from 13 contributors.
Today’s Top 5 List authors are:

Earl Adams, Escondido, CA — 1, 9
Jackson Thompson, El Dorado Hills, CA — 2
Dawson Rambo, Santa Rosa, CA — 3
Joe Terranova, Lake Orion, MI — 4
Arthur Levesque, Laurel, MD — 5
Paul Atkinson, whereabouts unknown — 6, 8
Flynn McLean, whereabouts unknown — 7
Kim Moser, New York, NY — List moderator