New Austin Web Dev Award
Syncopated Systems, an Austin-based computer engineering firm, this week announced the creation and sponsorship of a new annual award for the best W3C-compliant Web site developers in the greater Austin area.
By offering the Greater Austin Web Developer of the Year ("GAWDY") award, Syncopated seeks to increase awareness of and compliance with industrial standards while promoting friendly competition among local Web site developers. This competition will also greatly benefit potential clients by honoring those developers who maximize the reach of Web-based advertising by creating clean markup, which today comprise less than 10% of commercial developers.
The first annual award is tentatively scheduled to be given in late June 2008, pending the nomination of sufficient qualified candidates. For full rules and to make nominations, see http://www.oddgods.com/webawards.
Will there be a special awards event for this in June?
An event is very likely, though the date has yet to be determined. It will depend on the number of candidates and their preferences.
The format and venue will also largely be chosen by the participants.
News and details will be posted at http://www.oddgods.com/webawards .
I guess an award for worst/least-compliant design would be impossible to decide...
Speaking of awards, the sxsw web awards are coming up and I'm always amazed by how few of the finalists I've heard about.... of the several dozen finalists I've only heard of 8. ustream.tv is the standout application of the year for me. Anyone else have in favorites in this list of finalists:
http://2008.sxsw.com/interactive/web_awards/finalists/
I looked at the nominees, that http://www.interaria.com/ is a great web developers site the way they've organized their client sites is impressive. It would be a good study for any web developer wanting to get ideas for their own site.