Portland’s 2009 Webvisionary Awards: Robots, Karaoke, and a Magic Bus
The second annual Webvisionary Awards were held Thursday, May 21st at Portland’s Bagdad Theatre. Host Ian Karmel, of The Groundlings, handed out awards to the winners and entertained the audience with digital shorts while DJ Dave Allen kept the energy high by spinning vinyl throughout the show. Also, several brave volunteers battled it out in this year’s PowerPoint Karaoke competition. The presenters had to improv a PowerPoint presentation on stage in front of the audience while being critiqued by an American Idol-like panel of judges. After the awards, the party continued as the Winners hopped on the “Magic Bus”, parked outside the Theatre, to enjoy the mobile green room and toast their victory. And now…the Robot goes to…..
Video/Motion - This category recognizes outstanding websites or online content featuring video, animation, or motion graphics.
Winner:
Morgan’s Hotel Group - ZAAZ
Finalists:
Cry Wolf Live - Cascade Web Development
The Usual Defects - Pop Art
Host Ian Karmel with DJ Dave Allen
Art/Experimental - These sites explore the beauty and push the limits of what is possible on the web.
Winner:
Sherry Mills Photography - Metamorfize
Finalists:
Landscape-y - KJ Design
Mimi Ferzt Gallery-Soho NYC - Metamorfize
Mashups - Sites of online web applications that leverage the power of API’s to create something unique out of two or more sources.
Winner:
Twendz! - Waggener Edstrom Worldwide
Finalists:
Memorex Karaoke Cab - Periscopic
Portwiture - Tyler Sticka
Timothy Sears takes home 2 awards for Waggener Edstrom- the People's Choice Award & the Mashup Award
Entertainment - From laughs to chuckles to ROTFLOL, these sites are created for amusement only.
Winner:
Hungry Man TV - SightWorks, INC
Finalist:
Coconut Island - Cabana Games, LLC
Applications (Web and Mobile) - These applications leverage the power of the cloud to make all of us more productive.
Winner:
MacTrak - GadgetTrak
Finalist:
“London. Spot-On” travel guide iPhone Application - PMSI
Community - Social media is just getting started. These sites connect all of us together through the power of the web.
Winner:
LIVESTRONG.COM - Ruder Finn
Finalists:
The Expedition Republic by Mountain Hardwear - White Horse
Wacom Community - eROI
Personal and/or Blog - Sites that reflect your personality through biographic content or persistent ramblings about one of your favorite subjects.
Winner:
Days with My Father - Fashionbuddha Studio
Finalists:
The Pop Art Blog - Pop Art
Travel Oregon Blog - eROI
David Lowe-Rogstad of Substance poses with the Viral Award before heading to the Magic Bus
Viral - Sites, videos, or online published material whose popularity is growing so fast that it cannot be stopped.
Winner:
SXSW Lesson - Substance
Finalist:
Leatherman Argentum- Pop Art
Informational/Educational - From trivia to online tutorials, these sites promote the excellence of education.
Winner:
MercyCorps.org - Mercy Corps
Finalists:
eHow.com - Ruder Finn
MIT World - ISITE Design
Jeanne Turner accepts ISITE Design's award for Business/Advertising
Business/Advertising - Sites dedicated to inform, promote, or provide transactions for a for-profit organization.
Winner:
zipcar - ISITE Design
Finalists:
Bot - Periscopic
Columbia’s Pioneers of the Greater Outdoors - White Horse
People’s Choice - Votes were submitted via the Twitter ID @wv09 using the unique hashtag assigned to each finalist.
Winner:
Twendz! - Waggener Edstrom Worldwide
After party celebration in the Magic Bus mobile green room
Best of Show - The best of the best.
Winner:
Days With My Father- Fashionbuddha Studio
Best PowerPoint Karaoke
Winner:
Amber Case @caseorganic
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