Our Webby Award for use of Wiffiti in the Obama Minute campaign just came in this week. Ain’t she a beauty?

Let’s take a walk down Webby history. The first Webbys were awarded back in 1994, and since 1996 have been awarded by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. Every year, awards are given out to honor excellence on the internet. Previous winners include Craigslist, Google, Skype, MySpace, You Tube and Twitter — to name a few. See a pattern here?

We’re going to re-shape the way the world communicates. Just saying :)

This year sure is our lucky year! Jumbli brought home the Content Award at the Digital Signage Expo 2009 a few months ago, and now Wiffiti wins a Webby!

Our Obama Minute Wiffiti was selected as an Official Honoree for the Rich Media: Non-Profit/Educational category at The 13th Annual Webby Awards. We were selected as the top 15% out of nearly 10,000 entries from all 50 states and over 60 countries. Good job, huh! :)

In an election climate that drew much of its early vigor from the infamous 3am text message heard ’round the nation, it’s only fitting that as the day grows closer we gear up in suitable fashion…
Yep… It’s time to get your cell phone outfitted for election day data overload.

As a first step, check out two of the best mobile sites I’ve found: Google Election News Tracker and CNN’s America Votes mobile site. I have the Goog app bookmarked on my iPhone (see my strangely red hand holding up said app below), and it’s a great quick resource pulling in the latest election-related rss feeds. It’s really nothing fancier than a simple pre-loaded search query, but helpful on the go.

Slate.com also released a sweet little iPhone app called Vote Tracker 08 (99 cents at the app store) that’s been getting positive reviews.

Moving beyond the mobile web, I urge you to follow Paul Notzold’s Txtual Healing 10 Nights, 10 Cities, 4 States, 1 Obama Road Trip ’08!

And, of course, don’t forget to send your Wiffiti support to the Obama Minute Billboard in Times Square!