The International Academy of Digital Arts
and Sciences
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 The Academy is an intellectually diverse organization
that includes over 550 members such as musicians David Bowie and
Beck, Virgin Group founder Richard Branson, Internet inventor and
Google Chief Internet Evangelist Vinton Cerf, "Simpsons" creator
Matt Groening, Real Networks CEO Rob Glaser, Huffington Post Founder
Arianna Huffington, and AKQA Global Creative Chief Rei Inamoto.
Members also include writers and editors from publications such as
The New York Times, Wired, Forbes, Details, Fast Company, Elle, The
Los Angeles Times, Vibe, and WallPaper.
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The Webby's Famous 5 Word Acceptance
Speech
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Unlike most awards ceremonies, The Webby Awards limits speeches
to just five words, a rule that is only slightly relaxed for special
achievement honorees.
Top
Five from 2006
"Discover digital objects and handles." Dr.
Robert Kahn, who received a special lifetime achievement award for
co-developing the TCP/IP computer networking protocol that is the
basis of the entire Internet.
"Jewish American Princesses -
Smokin'.'" JDate.com is a dating service that caters to Jewish
singles looking for kosher love. The site, designed by Sparks
Network, won the Webby award for best social-networking
site.
"Sports? Pornography? Sports? Pornography?
Sports!" ESPN.com won the Webby Awards for best sports site
under the entertainment category. The awards show also featured
several members of the cast of Avenue Q, a Broadway show consisting
of puppets, who performed a scene about how the Internet's main
function is really to host pornography.
"Everything you think
is true." Prince was awarded a lifetime-achievement award for his
Web site NPGMusicslub.com, on which he has released seven
full-length albums that are not available anywhere else. The purple
potentate of rock then gave a one-song performance that had everyone
in Downtown Cipriani crowding the stage.
"Two crackers,
fighting racism, yo," RememberSegregation.org is a site constructed
to recreate the era of racial segregation. Visitors first encounter
a screen with two different areas to click on: one for "White
Visitors" and the other for "Colored Visitors." Viewers then get to
the site's main page, which features information on the history of
segregation and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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| The 2008
Webby Awards Winners |
See the fill list of 2008 nominees and winners here.
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