Nominate Your Favorites For The 2010 Crunchies Awards

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As you probably know by now, the Cruchies Awards are to technology what the Grammys are to Music or the Oscars are to Hollywood. The awards celebrate the best of the best in the tech world and the best tech accomplishments of the year.

The 2010 Crunchies Awards are scheduled for Friday, January 21st at the Palace of Fine Arts Theater in San Francisco. The nomination process opened on December 6th, and they are accepting nominations of your favorite companies, start-ups, products and people for consideration in 20 different categories. Although the Crunchies tend to focus on start-ups and small companies, big companies and products are also considered. And, if you think you ought to receive a Crunchies Award, there is no shame for self-nomination. The nominations will be open through December 24th, so there is still time to select your favorite technology achiever.

Once the nomination process is done, the Crunchies committee will select five finalists per category based on who received the most nominations and the company accomplishments made during the year. After that, anyone can vote for their favorites, and the voting will be open until January 19th.

Last year, the 2009 Crunchies Awards went to:

Best Technology Achievement:
Backblaze
Bing (Microsoft)
Chrome OS (Google) (Winner)
Google Wave (Runner Up)
PuSH
Silverlight (Microsoft)
Zynga CEO Mark Pincus with his Crunchies
Best Internet Application:
Animoto
Dropbox (Winner)
Groupon
MOG All Access
Posterous
Yelp (Runner Up)
Best Social App:
Aardvark
Brizzly
DailyBooth (Runner Up)
Farmville(Winner)
SocialVibe
StockTwits
Best Mobile Application:
foursquare (Winner)
Google Voice
Gowalla (Runner Up)
Kindle for iPhone
Skies of Glory
Tonchidot
Best Time Sink Application:
Canabalt
Civilization Revolution (iPhone)
DailyBooth (Winner)
I Am T-Pain
Pandora (Runner Up)
Zoosk


Facebook CEO Zuckerberg with his award
Best Overall Startup Or Product Of 2009:
Android (Google)
Facebook (Winner)
LinkedIn
ngmoco
Twitter (Runner Up)
Zynga


So, if you think you know a company that deserves a shout out in one of these categories, be sure to nominate them before the time runs out.

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By Melissa Kennedy- Melissa is a 9 year blog veteran and a freelance writer, along with helping others find the job of their dreams, she enjoys computer geekery, raising a teenager, supporting her local library, writing about herself in the third person and working on her next novel.
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