The Crunchies 2009

The Oscars of Tech. That's how I explain it to my mother.

7:23 p.m. Arrived just a little late, but got great seats. Sitting next to MC Hammer: 7:42 p.m. Om Malik announces best application of service to Google Reader. Marissa Mayer accepts the Crunchie. 7:45 p.m. Steve Gillmor announces the best technology innovation or achievement. Live Mesh carries it home.

"When we are in an environment with technological and environmental change, you have to focus on these new huge constraints, but also new opportunities for destruction or rebirth." -Ray Ozzie, Microsoft

8:00 p.m. Github wins best bootstrapped startup. GoodGuide wins Most Likely To Make The World a Better Place: Amazon Web Services wins best enterprise app. 8:08 p.m. Ritchter Scales perform 8:12 p.m. Paul Graham from Y Combinator speaks with Eric from TechCrunch: 8:18 p.m. e-buddy wins the best international product. It's like a meebo. Project Frog wins best Clean Tech. Marissa Mayer speaks for a moment. Then the mobile phone orchestra (video coming soon): 8:40 p.m. Om Malik grabs the wrong envelope so I have 10 extra seconds to write this paragraph. Evernote wins best mobile startup. Lots of press in attendance tonight, include Adam Jackson and Scott Beale: imeem mobile wins best mobile app. 8:42 p.m. Jason Calacanis speaks: Ray Ozzie comes back to speak to Om Malik: TechCrunch CEO Heather Harde thanks all of the sponsors. Mayfield Fund, MySpace Music, Charles River Ventures, Microsoft BizSpark, and Founders Fund to name a few. She explains about the after party at City Hall. I will post some pictures from that later. 8:57 p.m. Best Startup Founder goes to Twitter, of course :) Zuck wins best CEO: FriendFeed wins best startup: And Facebook takes best overall. Think about it though. How often do you login? Here are all the nominees. I will post some of their links and party photos later: Best Application of Service -GetSatisfaction -Google Reader * -Meebo -MySpace Music -Minted -Yelp Best Technology Innovation/Achievement -Facebook Connect -Google Friend Connect -Swype -Yahoo! BOSS -Google Chrome -Microsoft Live Mesh * Best Design -Animoto -Lala.com -Friendfeed -Cooliris ** -Infectious -Sliderocket Marshall: The best startups survive the downturn. Malik: We've been here before. But we've seen tougher times. Best Bootstrap Startup -12seconds.tv -github ** -socialcast -backtype -statsheet.com Most Likely To Make The World a Better Place -Better Place -Akoha -CO2stats -Kiva ** -GoodGuide -Causes (Facebook App) Best Enterprise -Zoho -Yammer -Google App Engine (runner up) -Amazon Web Services ** -Salesforce Best International -ebuddy ** -fotonauts -openx -wuala -event-privee.com Best Clean Tech -Better Place -Project Frog ** -Boston Power -ElectraDrive -Laurus Energy Marissa Mayer: Talks about Google Query Stream. There are more text messages sent in Nairobi than New York City. You can learn a lot about people if you study how people use technology. Q: How do you think Google is doing on the social web? I'm really excited about Search Wiki. People can collaborate with a community of people who do the same search. Blogger, YouTube, and other products promise content creation. Best Time Sink -Zivity -SGN -Tapulous ** -Mob Wars -Zyng Best Mobile Startup -ChaCha -Qik -Skyfire -Evernote ** -Posterous -Truphone Best Mobile App -Google -imeem -smule -Pandora ** -Rolando -Big in Japan Best Startup Founder -23andMe -Bebo -Twitter ** -FriendFeed -Etsy Best Startup CEO -hulu -zappos.com -Space X -Android -Facebook ** Best New Startup of 2008 -GoodGuide -Yammer -TopSpin -DropBox -FriendFeed ** -Tapulous Best Overall -Amazon Web Services -Hulu -Facebook ** -Twitter -Android Here are all my photos from Flickr »