Webby Awards

We just found out that MovableType.org has been recognized with the Best Practices award in this year's 7th Annual Webby Awards. The criteria followed by the Webby judges for awards in the Best Practices category fit this decscription:

Sites demonstrating unparalleled excellence across The Academy's six criteria: content, structure & navigation, visual design, interactivity,functionality, and overall experience. Best Practices sites serve as an industry benchmark for the most current, innovative, and advanced practices in Web development.

We're thrilled to have been recognized in a field with such distinguished competitors and such stringent criteria. Though the award names MovableType.org, we consider it an award for the Movable Type system as well and a reflection of the community that's been built by people using the tool to share their thoughts with the world. We thank all of you who've downloaded and used Movable Type, donated to support its development, participated in our forums, extended or customized the tool to fit your needs, or just contributed by spreading the word about personal publishing on the web.

If you're new to Movable Type, or not familiar with our company Six Apart, you may wish to read our company weblog Six Log to find out what we've been up to or check out some information about our company. And if you've got friends who want to get started with weblogging, we've built an easy new service on top of the Movable Type platform that's designed to let any user just sign up and start publishing. It's called TypePad, and it's coming soon.