Webbys Ambassador
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
I've been appointed as the Irish Ambassador to the Webbys!
For a decade, The Webby Awards (hailed as "The Oscars of the Internet" by The New York Times) has been celebrating and discovering the most creative and innovative people and sites online, and this past year was no exception, with everyone from Prince and Gorillaz to internet inventor Bob Kahn and author Thomas Friedman honoured and in attendance at The 10th Annual Webbys.
But while The Webbys has always garnered international entries (nearly 20% of last year's entries were international, coming from 40 different counties), the quality of sites being created today from outside the US is so phenomenal that The Webbys is making a specific and directed effort to raise awareness abroad. This is where I come in!
My goal as Ambassador is to promote and ultimately garner entries from Ireland to put forward to the Webbys. I'm delighted to be responsible for putting the talents of our 'great little country' on the global web awards map. I will be asking for nominations in the wide range of categories closer to the time, in the meantime, if anyone has any great ideas on Irish sites that must not be overlooked, please let me know.
The 'great little country' quote comes from my mother who instilled this belief in our family long before the Celtic Tiger.
Labels: webbys
5 Comments:
Greetings Maryrose !
U represent the quality webdesign in Ireland, and I really think U earned it...
Big Big Up !
Julien
Posted by Julien Gef
By , at 3:51 PM
Mary Rose,
Delighted that you have been named Irish ambassador to the Webbys, you well deserve it.
I completed the nominations for the Net visionary awards and I wish you and your colleagues every success.
Regards
By , at 12:49 PM
Mary Rose,
Delighted that you have been named Irish ambassador to the Webbys, you well deserve it.
I completed the nominations for the Net visionary awards and I wish you and your colleagues every success.
Regards
Posted by Breege
By , at 12:51 PM
Hey Mary Rose - Without a doubt the perfect person for the job - a true afficionado of best in breed interent technology and great web design - best of luck - Im rooting for you and all great Irish Web Design companies
Posted by Cormac Kelly
By , at 1:29 PM
Thanks lads! And you know there'll be some sort of party to mark the Irish entries and you're all invited!!
Posted by Maryrose
By , at 12:02 PM