In a world packed with too many awards contests, the Shorty Awards stand out. Like the medium they honor – social media – they are whimsical, fun and irreverent. Though some seriousness, activism and social good are thrown into the mix.
I’ve been a judge for the last several years (with such folks as David Pogue (@Pogue), Esther Dyson (@edyson), Craig Newmark (@CraigNewmark) and Steve Wozniak (@stevewoz).
Along with the judging, I’ve also played the Shortys version of Joan Rivers. Earlier this month, at the ceremony in New York’s Times Center, instead of asking about their clothes and various nuggets of gossip, I tried to use the interviews to help us learn one thing: “How do we get better at this social thing?”
Below you’ll find a mix of pre-recorded humor pieces as well as some of my 40+ interviews with various winners and others.
Let’s start with a video about the Facebook “Lie” button. It’s a project of the imagination of Matt Semel (@MattSemel), who also did last year’s fake tech product, Ignorify.
Here’s Felicia Day (@FeliciaDay), the night’s emcee and star of web and TV shows, discovering the benefits of having two million followers on Twitter:
Here’s actor Seth Green (@SethGreen) and the Mars Curiosity Rover (@MarsCuriosity) chatting about movies, Twitter and more:
Here’s George Takei (@GeorgeTakei), who has found a new life as social media star, and won for achievement in Internet culture:
And here is a playlist of 40+ of my interviews with various winners and some unusual characters:
This is the full list of interviews, so you can pick and choose. Among the winners whose work you might know:
Texts From Hillary, winner of Tumblr of the Year:
If you are a fan of the BBC show, “Sherlock,”or the British band, One Direction, you might know these winners of fan site of the year:
You can see a full list of this year’s winners and finalists at ShortyAwards.com.
The creators of the Shortys are Greg Galant and Lee Semel – I last wrote about them and their other project, MuckRack last year. See “The Most Twittery Journalists of Them All.”
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