At New Adventures in Web Design, we launched the second year of The Critters and opened nominations to the community at large. At the same time we did a round robin with the guys and girls we’ve spoken to, seen on stage and generally admired over the past few years to build a brilliant judging panel to whittle down your nominations to a shortlist for everyone to vote on.
After a slightly overwhelming response with nominations, and a good month of deliberating from the judges, we’ve finally pulled together this year’s shortlist for The Critters Web Design and Development Awards.
Without further ado…
Meme of the Year
Nyan Cat
Casual Pepper Spraying Cop
(I was going to nominate a meme, but) I took an arrow to the knee
Win of the Year
Shelving of SOPA
Occupy Movement
Bill Gates giving away half his personal fortune to charity
Web We Would Mate With
2011.buildconf.com
Boston Globe
The Great Discontent
Web Open to All
Gov.uk
HTML5 Doctor
A List Apart
Web Personality of the Year
Aral Balkan
Simon Collison
Robert Stringer
Next Big Thing
Matt Gifford
Simon Foster
Anna Debenham
Voice of the Year
Aral Balkan
Frank Chimero
Wilson Miner
Event of the Year
New Adventures
Build 2011
Web Developers Conference
Congratulations to all those nominated! The event itself will take place on June 20 in East London, where attendees will have the chance to live vote for the winners. Keep an eye on Twitter and the site to find out how you can secure your invite to the event of the year!
