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Al Gore Receives Webby Award for Lifetime Achievement
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2005 12:34:42 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Seth Finkelstein <sethf () sethf com> Date: June 7, 2005 11:28:49 AM EDT To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net> Subject: Al Gore Receives Webby Award for Lifetime Achievement[For IP, if worthy. In fact, Dave, I recall you made a contribution here -
see http://sethf.com/gore/ ]http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/07/arts/extra/06webby-extra.html? ex=1275796800&en=d5bd87493a66a4c4&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss
Al Gore Receives Webby Award for Lifetime Achievement By DAVID CARR Published: June 7, 2005 One of the more charming idiosyncrasies of the Webby Awards, the annual awards for achievement in Web creation, is that recipients get five words, and five words only, to make their acceptance speeches. So after a night full of award innuendos and one-line haiku at Gotham Hall in Manhattan, the 550 people in attendance were wondering how Al Gore, the former vice president, would respond to his lifetime achievement award. He did not disappoint. "Please don't recount this vote," he said. The place went nuts. Mr. Gore, who was politically savaged during the 2000 presidential campaign for a remark that seemed to imply that he had created the Internet, was introduced by Vinton Cerf, a man who has a more legitimate purchase on that claim. Mr. Cerf, one of the scientists credited with having built the Internet, had his own five-word speech - "We all invented the Internet" - before pointing out that Mr. Gore had been responsible for spearheading critical legislation and providing much-needed political support, which is not exactly creating a paradigm shifting piece of technology, but is not bad for a politician. Mr. Gore, by virtue of his résumé, was dragged back to the dais to say a few more words. "It is time to reinvent the Internet for all of us to make it more robust and much more accessible and use it to reinvigorate our democracy," he said, again to thunderous applause. ... -- Seth Finkelstein Consulting Programmer sethf () sethf com http://sethf.com Infothought blog - http://sethf.com/infothought/blog/ Interview - http://sethf.com/essays/major/greplaw-interview.php ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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