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Post number 1554

jkottke — Thu, 04 May 2000 16:10:05 -0800

The winners of the 5K contest have been announced. Not all of my personal favorites made it into the top 10, but I think that they are all very strong entries, which is all one can hope for in contests like these.

By: jkottke

jkottke — Thu, 04 May 2000 16:14:31 -0800

Did you notice that an ecommerce site won? That strikes me as strange for a grassrootsy/indie contest such as this. (Don't get me wrong...that site was excellent, one of my favorites)

By: sylloge

sylloge — Thu, 04 May 2000 16:20:11 -0800

Hey, c'mon, I'm in the middle of building this — should be done in 1/2 hour or so.

By: jkottke

jkottke — Thu, 04 May 2000 16:23:36 -0800

Sorry man, it was public and therefore fair game. Hee hee. ;)

By: Zeldman

Zeldman — Thu, 04 May 2000 16:46:24 -0800

it wasn't an e-commerce site. it was a fully-functioning abstraction of an e-commerce site; thus it was both a clever satire on the current preoccupations of the web business, and a robust proof of concept that 5k is plenty to work with. it was no more an actual e-commerce site than somebody's naked palm pilot campaign was a genuine ad campaign. ;) but of course jason is kidding. and it isn't officially live yet. god, we are such a bunch of in-the-know-it-alls.

By: PWA_BadBoy

PWA_BadBoy — Thu, 04 May 2000 17:06:19 -0800

i still liked the froggie best. Oh well.. not my decision anyways. Congrats to the winner(s?)

By: hobbes

hobbes — Thu, 04 May 2000 17:29:33 -0800

Sylloge, do the original "in-progress" pages still exist?

By: sylloge

sylloge — Thu, 04 May 2000 17:30:25 -0800

That's the funny thing about averages — they usually don't reflect anyone's choice.Anyway, it will be your (and everyone else's) decision at some point. I'm going to get the rest of the entries on there and do a people's choice version a little later. (Probably a lot later, really. I need to get back to normal life.)But you heard it here first (still writing it for the 5k site at this point) — people's choice for the 5k coming.

By: endquote

endquote — Thu, 04 May 2000 17:33:21 -0800

It seems pretty live, now. I'm glad to have come in second. Pretty neat. (Not to ask even *more* of you, Stewart, but) I think it would be great if there were some commentary from the judges on at least some of the entries. I would love to hear what they actually thought of the winners, and am also curious as to how the numerical scores came out (for each category, plus file-size bonus, for the total). Also, maybe each judges' individual favorites?

By: sylloge

sylloge — Thu, 04 May 2000 17:40:41 -0800

Not sure which ones you mean: the hard-to-read pages are here and the "I can't compete" pages are here. I just accidentally nuked the original slot page, but the list page is still here. Phew.

By: sylloge

sylloge — Thu, 04 May 2000 17:42:57 -0800

It's all coming Josh :) All those things you mention (probably), plus a little more.

By: jbushnell

jbushnell — Thu, 04 May 2000 19:51:20 -0800

Jeez. Some of these are pretty handly microapplets to have around, 5k or not, like the cool minimalist calendar and the web color visualizer. Now I can finally unbookmark Webmonkey.

By: chaz

chaz — Thu, 04 May 2000 22:28:49 -0800

Seriously-- the most useful items should be put together into a little compendium...it warms the cockles of every nerd's heart to see small, efficient things perform useful tasks quickly.

By: hobbes

hobbes — Fri, 05 May 2000 01:05:43 -0800

Jeremy, I like the calendar too. =) Sylloge, thanks, it was the "in the stack" one.

By: hobbes

hobbes — Fri, 05 May 2000 01:05:43 -0800

Jeremy, I like the calendar too. =) Sylloge, thanks, it was the "in the stack" one.

By: Calebos

Calebos — Fri, 05 May 2000 06:58:02 -0800

Ironically, I seem to be having problems viewing the entries. Some take forever to download. Must be my connection...

By: Dean_Paxton

Dean_Paxton — Fri, 05 May 2000 09:18:47 -0800

I liked so many of them, I don't envy those who had to choose.