Zach Galifianakis, Justin Bieber, Snoop Dog and Jim Carrey among celebrity Webby winners
The 2011 Webby Awards took place yesterday honouring excellence in interactive design, creativity, usability and functionality on the internet.
The 15th Annual Webby Awards saw the mission of the Webby expanded to honouring excellence in over 100 website, interactive advertising, online film & video, and mobile & app categories, reflecting the growth of the internet as a tool for business and everyday life.
Celebrity winners included Zach Galifianakis, Justin Bieber, Lisa Kudrow, Arcade Fire, Conan O’Brien, Snoop Dogg, LL Cool J and Jim Carrey.
Non-celebrity winners, meanwhile, included:
Activism
REDU (Webby Award)
Avaaz (People’s Voice Award)
Best Practices
Dropbox (Webby Award)
Skype (People’s Voice Award)
Best Web Personality/Host
Funny or Die’s Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifinakis (Webbys Award)
Justine Ezarik for iJustine (People’s Voice Award)
Celebrity/Fan
Team Coco (Webby Award and People’s Voice Award)
Community
OpenIDEO (Webby Award)
Twitter (People’s Voice Award)
Entertainment – Tablets and Other Devices
PBS for iPad (Webby Award)
MythBusters App (People’s Voice Award)
Green
SHFT.com (Webby Award)
Humor
Funny Or Die (Webby Award)
College Humor (People’s Voice Award)
Individual Performance
Web Therapy (Webby Award)
Funny Or Die's Presidential Reunion - Jim Carrey as President Reagan (People’s Voice Award)
Magazine
New Yorker (Webby Award)
National Geographic Magazine (People’s Voice Award)
Personal Blog/Website
TripIt (Webby Award)
KAYAK Mobile for iPhone (People’s Voice Award)
Television
Boardwalk Empire - Interactive Boardwalk (Webby Award)
Hulu (People’s Voice Award)
Video Remixes/Mashups
CNN Walk Around the World (Webby Award)
Girls Are Bad At Sound Effects (People’s Voice Award)
Viral Video
Rated Awesome (Webby Award)
Bed Intruder Song (People’s Voice Award)
Web Service and Application
Dropbox (Webby Award)
Weird
Awkward Family Photos (Webby Award)