When we announced the Critters we were still waiting on a few confirmations, but now we’re very happy to announce our esteemed judging panel for the Critters!
John O’Nolan – WordPress
Sarah Parmenter – You Know Who
Elliot Jay Stocks – 8 Faces
Rob Hawkes – Mozilla
Robert Castelo – Drupal
Dan Oliver – .Net Magazine
Martin Beeby – Microsoft
Matt Brian – The Next Web
Iain Dodsworth – Tweetdeck
We asked these guys to select a shortlist for the awards and we’re very excited to finally announce the shortlist for next week’s Critters. So without further ado, here are the lucky nominees:
Blog of the Year:
Smashing Magazine
A List Apart
HTML5 Doctor
Meme of the Year:
Old Spice Guy
#WINNING
Thom Yorke Dancing
Web we would mate with:
Amazeelabs.com
jasonsantamaria.com
thewildernessdowntown
Next Big Thing
Naomi Atkinson
Rob Hawkes
Gav Strange
App of the Year
Dropbox
Wordpress
Instagram
Open Source Web App
WordPress
Drupal
Diaspora
Event of the Year
New Adventures in Web Design
SXSWi
Heart & Sole
Fail of the Year
Launch of Color app
Tumblr downtime
Apple Ping
Win of the Year
Egypt Social Media Uprising
CloudApp
Merton on Chatroulette
In terms of who wins, that’s up to those who are coming down to The Critters next Wednesday. Want to come along? Keep an eye on Ubelly on Twitter to find out how!

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