[BNM] DiMAS

[iestyn lloyd]

On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 4:57 PM, Mark Walker <mark at scip.org.uk> wrote:

> hey all
> leaving aside the Icon debate these are all good ideas
>
>
> > - Best Copy - the poor, poor copywriters of Brighton (of which there are
> > hundreds) were nowhere to be seen. And no, "Best Blog" is something
> > entirely
> > different.
>
>
> agree it's not the same as blog
>
>
> >
> >
> > - Open Source Award - one of the most important cultural and economic
> > trends
> > of the 21st Century seemed (apart from a nomination for Kineo in
> > "Breakthrough Business") conspicuous by it's absence.
> >
>
> are there enough people developing open source software? or is it about
> 'best use of open source' in which case we may need to watch out for a tide
> of joomla/drupal/whatever sites
>
>
> > - Digital Artist of the Year - not all great work is being done for
> > commercial projects, so wouldn't be able to compete in "Outstanding
> Digital
> > Design". Would be nice to see something honouring the upcoming creative
> > sparks.
> >
>
> > - Innovation/Fresh Ideas award - something that shined a light on the
> > bedroom innovators who are trying something new, but wouldn't necessarily
> > be
> > able to call themselves a "Breakthrough Business".
> >
>
> we had to grapple with this in the breakthrough category as several were
> start ups so could def be fres
>
>
> >
> > I imagine everyone will have a list like this though, so I can appreciate
> > how difficult it would be trying to keep the categories down to a
> > manageable
> > number. I'd just like to have seen more opportunities for the less
> > established, the one's who might best appreciate the exposure.
>
>
> I reckon we got the number about right but hope we can tweak categories to
> keep it topical and reflect the interests of posisble nominees
>
> also agree about an event category - which would also need to include flash
> on the beach vs dconstruct
>
> all ideas welcome
>
> mark
>
> PS congrats matt and commiserations Litte Loud - not that they give a toss
> about it now


Haha, thanks :) It would have been brilliant to have a DiMA though!
Next time eh? :)