[Nettime-bold] Fwd: FEBRUARY 011

["Anna Lanzona" <btownrat@hotmail.com>]

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>The Webby Awards
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>THE 011  February 2000  WEBBY CALL FOR ENTRIES COMPLETE
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>This is the Webby Awards e-newsletter for the month of February.
>
>In this Edition of THE 011
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>(1) CALL FOR ENTRIES COMPLETE
>(2) THE MAJORITY OF US POPULATION NOW ON THE WEB
>(3) WEBBYS IN MOTION - UPCOMING LECTURES
>(4) ABOUT TOWN - WEBBY ENDORSED EVENTS
>(5) SPONSORS OF THE 6TH ANNUAL WEBBY AWARDS
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>(1) WEBBY CALL FOR ENTRIES COMPLETE
>The Call for Entries for the 6th Annual Webby Awards is now complete.
>Following an extension to accommodate the sites still flowing in from
>all over the world, this year's Call for Entries has exceeded
>expectations, with thousands of submissions arriving from 35
>countries and 44 states up from 27 countries and 40 states. Countries
>submitting sites for the first time include Brazil, Cyprus,
>Czechoslovakia, Korea, and Trinidad & Tobago.
>
>Nominees will be announced in late April.
>
>Balloting audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers
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>(2) THE MAJORITY OF US POPULATION NOW ON THE WEB
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>We knew the Web was alive and well with the number of entries we've
>been receiving. Now, The Wall Street Journal reported February 4,
>2002 that more Americans are on the Web than ever - the majority of
>the U.S. Population is now on The Web. E-mail continues to be the
>favorite activity, regularly used by 45% of the population. 90% of
>young people aged 5-17 are now using computers and the best news --
>the "digital divide" is narrowing, with Internet use among the
>poorest citizens -- those earning less than $15,000 per household --
>up 25%, while growth among the richest households is up only 11%.
>(Wall Street Journal 4 Feb 2002)
>
>(3) WEBBYS IN MOTION - UPCOMING LECTURES
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>1. Technology in The New Global Context: Rethinking Social Responsibility |
>Friday, February 22 | 2002 Student Pugwash Northeast Regional
>Conference | MIT | Boston, MA
>
>Webby Founder & Director, Tiffany Shlain have been invited to deliver
>the Keynote address at MIT for the 2002 Student Pugwash Northeast
>Regional Conference. A forum for students, professionals, and
>academics in the Northeast to engage in dialogue about the effects of
>scientific and technological research on humanity, Noam Chomsky will
>also be speaking the evening of February 22nd. Through a mix of panels,
>roundtable discussions and social events the conference is designed to
>cover a range of perspectives challenging participants to to avoid becoming
>indoctrinated by a particular stance, but to formulate their own opinions.
>
>Admission is free and open to the public
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>To register:
>� http://ewrma.com/cd?cd=707&rd=3597686&ud=715
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>2. Tails of the City Art Exhibition and Charity Benefit
>
>The Webby Awards will be creating an Art Mouse for the Tails of the
>City Benefit. More than 125 artists, celebrities and big cheeses have
>donated their talents to creatively interpret mice for the Tails of
>the City art exhibition and charity auction benefiting Destination
>Foundation.
>
>Bid or vote for your favorite mice:
>http://ewrma.com/cd?cd=707&rd=3597686&ud=714
>
>
>BENEFIT COCKTAIL PARTY | Thursday, February 28 | Ritz Carlton Hotel |
>San Francisco, CA
>
>Join us in supporting Destination Foundation, a San Francisco based
>non-profit that grants dream trips to people in the bay area living
>with life threatening illnesses, such as HIV/AIDS and breast cancer.
>
>Destination Foundation will be hosting a cocktail party as a
>precursor to our main gala Tails of the City in May. Come and mingle
>with Hosts and Sponsors and other party-goers in an evening that
>gives back to the community.
>
>There is a $25 suggested donation.
>
>For more information on the foundation see:
>� http://ewrma.com/cd?cd=707&rd=3597686&ud=717
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>For Tickets
>� Tickets can be purchased in advance from Janice Lum at 415-970-3333
>or at Janice@destinationfoundation.org.
>� Tickets may also be purchased at the door the night of the party.
>
>
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>(4) ABOUT TOWN - WEBBY ENDORSED EVENTS
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>1. Paul D. Miller, AKA DJ Spooky that Subliminal Kid | Saturday,
>February 23 | Los Angeles, CA
>
>Webby Academy member Paul Miller will be lecturing as part of the Art
>in Motion Lecture Series, the annual international festival of
>time-based media presented by the University of Southern California
>School of Fine Arts. NYC-based conceptual artist, writer, and
>musician, Paul Miller is most well known under the moniker of his
>constructed persona as Dj Spooky that Subliminal Kid. As Dj Spooky,
>Miller has recorded a huge volume of music and has collaborated with,
>among others: Iannis Xenakis, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Yoko Ono and Thurston
>Moore.
>
>Saturday, February 23, 2002 | 2-4:00 PM | Admission FREE
>Ahmanson Auditorium | Museum of Contemporary Art | 250 South Grand
>Avenue, Los Angeles, CA
>
>2. Erik Davis and Phillip K. Dick | Saturday, February 23 | San Francisco, 
>CA
>
>For the anniversary of PKD's "Pink Light Epophany," Academy Member
>Erik Davis returns to ATA's Other Cinema for an illustrated tour
>through the life and work of this famously paranoid (and visionary)
>science fiction writer. The gnostic know-it-all riffs off copious
>clips from the many movies based on or inspired by Dick's writings,
>including Blade Runner, Total Recall, Jacob's Ladder, The Matrix, and
>eXistenZ.
>
>Saturday, February 23, 2002 | 8:30 PM | Admission $5.00
>ATA's Other Cinema | 992 Valencia Street | San Francisco, CA
>
>3. The Art of Extreme Robotics | Sunday, February 24, 2002 | Los Angeles, 
>CA
>The Art of Extreme Robotics | Wednesday, March 13, 2002 | San Jose, CA
>
>Academy Members, Maribeth Back and Karen Marcelo in conjunction with
>Rhizome.LA and ZeroOne will present "The Art of Extreme Robotics" in
>both Northern and Southern California.
>
>The two joint events in Los Angeles and Silicon Valley will highlight
>and examine inter-machine and human-machine interactions through
>robotic art and performance. Featured artists will show how their
>work in extreme machine conceptualization, creation, and operation
>allows us to examine the effects of integration of machines in
>everyday life.
>
>The Sony event in Silicon Valley on March 13th, the inaugural session
>for ZeroOne's Discourse & Disco, will feature a panel discussion with
>Marc Pauline, Eric Paulos, and Kal Spelletich, followed by a lively
>social gathering complete with a DJ spinning the latest trance,
>techno and ambient tunes.
>
>Los Angeles Venue | Sunday, February 24 | 5:00-8:00 PM | Rocco | 6320
>Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, CA
>
>Silicon Valley Venue | Wednesday, March 13 | 6:30-9:30 PM | The Sony
>Campus | 3300 Zanker, San Jose, CA 95134
>
>Get Info:
>http://ewrma.com/cd?cd=707&rd=3597686&ud=719
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>4. Leonard Shlain Lectures on Art & Physics | Monday, February 25th |
>UC Berkeley | Berkeley, CA
>
>Dr. Leonard Shlain, Tiffany Shlain's father and noted author, will
>lecture on his first book, "Art & Physics - Parallel Visions of
>Space, Time and Light."
>
>Monday, February 25, 2002 | 7:30-9:00 PM | Admission Free | 160
>Kroeber Hall - UC Berkeley | Berkeley, CA
>
>Get Info:
>http://ewrma.com/cd?cd=707&rd=3597686&ud=716
>
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>5. Art & Technology Lecture | Friday, March 1st at the SF Art
>Institute | San Francisco, CA
>
>Ken Goldberg, web artist and professor of robotics, UC Berkely, Lisa
>Jevbratt, systems/network artist, Robert Riley, research curator,
>Nevada Museum of art, and professor of critical studies, Nova Scotia
>College of Art & Design/ Gail White, conceptual artists.
>
>Friday, March 1, 2002 | 7:30-9:00 PM | Admission Free | 800 Chestnut
>Street | San Francisco, CA
>
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>(5) SPONSORS OF THE 6TH ANNUAL WEBBY AWARDS
>
>The following sponsors have already signed on to support the 6th
>Annual Webby Awards. Wethank them for their fantastic support.
>
>Founding Sponsor
>IDG - http://ewrma.com/cd?cd=707&rd=3597686&ud=449
>IDG informs more people worldwide about information technology than
>any other company. IDG is the leading global provider of IT media,
>research, conferences and events. IDG publishes more than 300
>newspapers and magazines in 85 countries, led by the
>Computerworld/InfoWorld, Macworld, Network World, PC World, and CIO
>global product lines. IDG.net, IDG's Technology Directory, covers the
>world's largest network of technology-specific web sites, comprised
>of more than 300 IDG sites in 70 countries. IDG also produces 168
>technology-related events.
>
>Official Creative Staffing Agent
>Creative Group - http://ewrma.com/cd?cd=707&rd=3597686&ud=451
>The Creative Group, a division of specialized staffing leader Robert
>Half International Inc., focuses on placing freelance professionals
>in a comprehensive range of creative, advertising, marketing and
>Internet positions, from graphic and web designers to copywriters and
>brand managers.
>
>Official ISP
>SBC - http://ewrma.com/cd?cd=707&rd=3597686&ud=452
>SBC Communications, Inc. is a global communications leader. Through
>its subsidiaries' trusted brands - Southwestern Bell, Ameritech,
>Pacific Bell, Nevada Bell, SNET and Sterling Commerce - and
>world-class network, SBC and its affiliated companies provide a full
>range of voice, data, networking and e-business services, including
>high-speed Internet access and data transport, Web site and
>application hosting, and e-marketplace development. In the United
>States, the company currently has 60.6 million access lines and is
>undertaking a national expansion program under SBC Telecom. SBC has a
>60 percent equity interest in Cingular Wireless, its joint venture
>with BellSouth, which serves more than 21 million wireless customers.
>SBC has annual revenues that rank it among the largest Fortune 500
>companies.
>
>Official Sound Designer
>Elias Arts - http://ewrma.com/cd?cd=707&rd=3597686&ud=450
>Elias Arts is a creative community uniting sounds and strategy to
>grow the fortunes of global companies and prominent newcomers. We
>work to create resonant consumer experiences by giving 'voice' to
>brands in media, products, and environments. For 20 years, we have
>created and licensed music and sound for over 6000 projects, winning
>over 600 awards for advertising, corporate identities, feature films,
>new media, environments, television networks, and products.
>
>For more information on The Webbys sponsors:
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>Interested in sponsoring? Mail to: Larry Hillman, Director of
>Alliances for The Webby Awards - ldh@webbyawards.com
>
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