[REBOL] REBOL nominated for Webby in technical achievement
From: carl:rebol at: 8-May-2002 12:19
The Webby Awards, the leading international honors for Web sites, today
nominated REBOL for a Webby Award in the category of Technical
Achievement of 2002. (Google and Sony also nominated.)
Hailed by The Wall Street Journal as a celebration of "sites that pave
important paths to the Internet's next phase," The Webby Awards are
determined by the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences, a
diverse, 350-person organization whose membership film director Francis
Ford Coppola, musicians David Bowie and Beck, cyberguru Esther Dyson,
CEO of Real Networks Rob Glaser, Chef Julia Child, and Electronic
Frontier Foundation Founder John Perry Barlow.
The Webby Awards showcase the best of what the Internet has to offer in
terms of innovation, creativity and originality,
said Maya Draisin,
Executive Director of The International Academy of Digital Arts &
Sciences. "REBOL's nomination for a Webby Award is a testament to its
great contributions in pushing the Internet envelope."
The Sixth Annual Webby Awards will take place this year on Tuesday, June
18, 2002 at San Francisco's magnificent Legion of Honor.
As a nominee for a Webby Award, REBOL is also eligible to win a
People's Voice Award. Voting is open to the public from April 29 to June
7th at http://www.webbywards.com/peoplesvoice/. People's Voice Award
winners will be announced on www.webbyawards.com during the The Webby
Awards Ceremony on June 18, 2002.
It is a great honor for REBOL to be nominated for a Webby Award,
said Carl Sassenrath, REBOL's founder. "This nomination puts us among
the best of the best on the Net."
The Webby Awards is the leading international honors for consumer Web
sites and individual achievement in technology and creativity. The
International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences selects the nominees,
winners, and presents the awards event. Sponsors for The Sixth Annual
Webby Awards include SBC, International Data Group (IDG), Getty Images,
The Creative Group and Elias Arts. Balloting is audited by
PricewaterhouseCoopers. In partnership with Nielsen//NetRatings, the
Webby Awards has three new awards, where sites will be honored based on
traffic to sites using Nielsen//NetRatings Internet audience measurement
data. For more information visit http://www.webbyawards.com.
The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences is dedicated to
the creative, technical, and professional progress of the Internet and
evolving forms of interactive media. The Academy's goal is to assemble a
brilliant panel of leading new media experts, visionaries, journalists,
and luminaries to propel the Internet and Interactive Technology into
the future. The Academy is an intellectually diverse organization that
includes over 350 members such as film director Francis Ford Coppola,
musician Bjork, Chairman of Miramax Talk Media Tina Brown, cyberguru
Esther Dyson, creator of "The Simpsons" Matt Groening, Public Radio
International Personality Ira Glass, and Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison.
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. For more information, visit
http://www.iadas.net.
