The Zargon Awards 2009

Dec 23, 2009 by     83 Comments    Posted under: Zargon

The much awaited Zargon Awards are here and I know that there is a lot of expectation about who made it to the list. After all this award has no tradition at all. Unlike other less interesting awards the Zargon Awards are much loved by the general public because they don’t require anyone to vote. There are no fixed categories, no finalists, no sponsors, no after-award parties (you can make your own and it would be nice of you to invite me). I have also considered having a badge that you could print into a fridge magnet as a souvenir but, since there are no sponsors, I didn’t have the budget for it. Economic downturn, blame it on any finance mogul, move along now, nothing to print here.

The worldwide jury has convened, inside my head, and after much discussion that involved some violence and name calling, we reached a conclusion.

Here are the winners of

The Zargon Awards 2009 Part I

The Good Ones

Best # to follow: #RandomThoughts and #DAWWARS

Best Good Morning Tweets: @dustmotes

Best Good Morning Geek Tweets: @rmilana

Best use of #: @fjfonseca, @shellykramer

Best Random Tweets: @kieronjames, @Pure_Tone, @CTK1, @ambienteer, @fjfonseca, @mrbiterness

Best Good Vibes on Twitter: @adamsconsulting, @joycecherrier, @dkkipp, @mariabarret, @caro65, @jlkoctober

Best Music Source on Twitter: @thomasraukamp, @peterkirn, @netlabellover

Best Artist on Twitter: All of those released by @publicspaceslab in 2009 (except @quarterbit)

Best electronic music live act: @QuarterBIT Live at NetAudio Festival Berlin

Best Information Source on Twitter: @buzzedition, @kim, @contrafactos, @remixtures, @jafurtado, @booksbelow, @purplehayz

Best RTs on Twitter: @danielbarta

Best Event on Twitter: #ArtWalk

“I’ve got the Power” Award: @shellykramer, @bkmacdaddy

“I wish they tweeted more” Award: @catmagellan, @fernandomateus

Best Rant Award: @fjfonseca:  “An Open Letter to Netlabels”

Best Twitter Based Idea: @missdestructo: “I Tweet Naked”

Best Celebrity on Twitter: @adognamedbo

Best Use of Twitter: @lostblacksheep

Twitter User of the Year: @fjfonseca

The Zargon Awards 2009 Part II

The Bad Ones

Best AUTO-DM Award: “Hello my friend. You are amazing. Let me help you to be happy“

Best Twitter related technology Award: Follow Unfollow Follow Unfollow till you suckers follow me

“Oh Gosh French people  have no clue who I am!!!!” Award: Robert Scoble

“My list is bigger than yours, fool!” Award: Pete Cashmore & Guy Kawasaki

Best use of the Twitter API: Spam Bots

“I had to die to be a trending topic” Award: Michael Jackson

“I had to quit Twitter to be a Trending Topic” Award: Miley Cirus and Chris Brown

“We are not on Twitter because we are too cool for it” Award: Nokia

“Stop Blaming the poor mammals” Award: @Twitter (Fail Whale)

“Coolest Technology gone wrong” Award : GoogleWave

“Lamest Tweet” Award: “Vote for me!” and “Help me get my 2029 followers back“

Best Social Media Technology Award: To the hacker that will make it possible to permanently delete a Facebook account (This award is given in the same spirit of the Nobel Peace Prize)

Most lame Twitter Fight: @aplusk vs. @CNN

Absent Twitter User of the Year: Pope Ratzinger

Surely it comes as no surprise that the jury decided to give the Twitter of the Year Award to Fernando Fonseca. After all it’s me and I do believe in the work I’m doing on Twitter. If you don’t agree you can always go to your own blog, make your own awards and give the prize to yourself: I’m sure you deserve it. (If you find a sponsor for your awards please let me know)

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