The year's best producers of short* programming content
*140 characters or less, on Twitter
The Shorty Awards honors the year's best content producers on Twitter.
The first annual Shorty Awards Ceremony was held on February 11, 2009. Read what the press had to say about it and watch video from the night. Get news about next year's awards and who to follow on Twitter by joining the email list, subscribing to the blog, or following @ShortyNews on Twitter.
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Top nominees in programming
- #advertising

Top nominees in advertising, sponsored by Porter Novelli@Mariansalzman: Public Relations, PR http://t.co/DfqKIx... via @AddThis Euro RSCG Worldwide PR moves into top 10 #erwwpr - #apps
- #brand
- #business
- #design
- #education
- #entertainment

Top nominees in entertainment, sponsored by Rocketboom@rocketboom: Check out the sneak peak to an all-new comedic web series coming to Rocketboom!
http://bit.ly/8YDn... - #finance
- #food

Top nominees in food, sponsored by Epicurious@epicurious: It's Brussels sprout season! Love 'em as a side but how about as a main? http://ow.ly/35hmI - #green
- #health
- #humor
- #music

Top nominees in music, sponsored by DanceJam@DanceJam: #CheckOut #BostonCeltics #dancing to Wacka Flocka in the locker room! http://bit.ly/axk2... - #news

Top nominees in music, sponsored by DanceJam@DanceJam: #CheckOut #BostonCeltics #dancing to Wacka Flocka in the locker room! http://bit.ly/axk2...
Top nominees in news, sponsored by PR Newswire@prnewswire: Thanks! #FF Happy weekend! : ) @dansturgill @jheineck @kingipapp - #nonprofits
- #personal
- #photography
- #politics
- #science
- #socialmedia

- #sports
- #startups
- #tech

Top nominees in tech, sponsored by KlickableTV@klickabletv: Apologies to anyone trying to upload a photo...we've accidentally disabled it to build some cool new stuff! Email us and get a free PRO acct - #travel
- #videogames
- #weird
- all categories...
I nominate @elijahmanor for a Shorty Award in #programming because...
I nominate @elijahmanor for a Shorty Award in #programming because...nice blog with lots of interesting things abt programming
I nominate @elijahmanor for a Shorty Award in #programming because...the collection of all the links are quit worthfull!
I encourage you to nominate @wbm for a Shorty Award @shortyawards in #programming because of his great .NET podcasts and tweets!
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@Colten420
- 5 nominations in #programming
- 4 nominations in #apps
- 4 nominations in #egocentric
- 2 nominations in #tech
I nominate @Colten420 for a Shorty Award in #programming because...He is Ze bestest.
I nominate @Colten420 for a Shorty Award in #videogames because...he pwns all
I nominate @Colten420 for a Shorty Award in #egocentric because... he's good with tech, and is willing to help everyone he ...
I nominate @elliothaughin for a Shorty Award in #programming because he wrote codeigniter, that makes my life easier
I nominate @elliothaughin for a Shorty Award in #programming because he made our life lot easier with codeIgniter
I nominate @elliothaughin for a Shorty Award in #programming because he is plain awesome and I couldn't do podcast without him
I nominate @walesmd for a Shorty Award in #programming because his tutorials are fun! Especially d drunk 1.
I nominate @walesmd for a Shorty Award in #programming because he tickles funny bone and kicks serious ass at the same time.
I nominate @walesmd for a Shorty Award in #programming because he's a great coder and very helpful with Codeigniter's mates
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@crazeegeekchick
- 4 nominations in #personal
- 3 nominations in #santahat
- 3 nominations in #programming
- 2 nominations in #tech
I nominate @crazeegeekchick for a Shorty Award in #geekette because I beat penton to it!
I nominate @crazeegeekchick for a Shorty Award in #programming because she's my favorite red headed developer!
I nominate @crazeegeekchick for a Shorty Award in #santahat because she offered to make a santahat for my big noggin!
I nominate @SteveAndrews for a Shorty Award in #programming because of his cool new @DevEvents site
I nominate @SteveAndrews for a Shorty Award in #community because his enthusiasm for community is really infectious
I nominate @SteveAndrews for a Shorty Award in #community because he did 48 presentations at 32 community events in 2008. WOW!
I nominate @robconery for a Shorty Award in #programming because he is willing to learn and share his experiences publicly
I nominate @RickStrahl for a Shorty Award in #programming because I admire his wisdom and knowledge of ASP.NET and jQuery!
I nominate @kevindente for a Shorty Award in #programming because he is living out his developer experiences publically
I nominate @suprajha for a Shorty Award in #programming because she is an awesome all around .NET developer and loves to learn
I nominate @alanstevens for a Shorty Award in #programming because of his contributions to the .NET community
I nominate @haacked for a Shorty Award in #programming for of all his contributions in the ASP.NET MVC community
I nominate @keithelder in category #programming because of his commitment to the community
I nominate @therealhoff for a Shorty Award in #programming because he is one of brightest developers I have met in a long time
I nominate @lazycoder for a Shorty Award in #programming because of his active participation regarding .NET topics
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@shanselman
- 17 nominations in #tech
- 1 nomination in #awesome
- 1 nomination in #teched
- 1 nomination in #programming
I nominate @shanselman for shorty awards in category #tech because he is an awesome technician.
I nominate @shanselman in category #tech because he always posts very timely bits of insight instead of old retweets or blogs
I nominate @shanselman in category #tech because he consistently provides interesting tech content
I nominate @swalther for a Shorty Award in #programming for all his awesome blog posts on ASP.NET MVC
I nominate @ewbm for a Shorty Award in #programming because he has done so much for the .NET community!
I nominate @coreyhaines for Shorty Award in #programming because he is always pushing himself and me to be a better developer.
I nominate @bellware for a Shorty Award in #programming because of his insightful blog posts and active .NET tweets

































