2010 Awards in Personality
We’re down to the final two sets of 2010 Awards! The first problem with this category is the name. Personality is REALLY vague. So we’ve gotten some various awards to handout. 2010 FRESNAN OF THE YEAR: CRAIG SCHARTON. The “Czar of Downtown,” Craig Scharton has worked tirelessly to develop and revitalize downtown to bring a … Read more
2010 Awards in Blogs
From 140 character microblogs to the celebritocracy of the web, blogs are becoming a larger and stronger force of the media. So, here’s our take on blogs around the web this year BEST LOCAL BLOG: FRESNO BEEHIVE. Extremely deserving of the best local blog award, the Beehive is the one stop for Fresno info that … Read more
2010 Awards in Twitter
If you’ve been considering joining Twitter, now would be the best time to do so. With corporations giving users deals on products and services, blogs sending out instant information, and Jimmy Fallon giving you a good 20-seconds of fame on his Twitter Hashtags game. But, if you’re still not convinced, here’s some of the best … Read more
2010 Awards in Music
It’s been quite a year in music, with the arrival of the Beatles on iTunes and Justin Bieber growing in popularity (I swear that will be the last time his name will come up on the Dues) SONG OF THE YEAR: “F**K YOU” — CEE-LO GREEN. He deserved it. It started with his Gnarls Barkley … Read more
2010 Awards in TV
In September 2009, TIME said that Jay Leno would be the future of television. By February of this year, his 1oPM show disappeared after Team Coco exited NBC stage left. Jay took back the Tonight Show and Conan spent most of the year off the air on a Legally Prohibited From Being Funny comedy tour … Read more
2010 Awards in Sports
From brains to brawn, we’re onto sports. 2010 has been an interesting year in sports, from the LA Lakers defeating the Boston Celtics in the NBA Championship to the Grizzlies not making the playoffs (again) to Pat Hill’s Fu Manchu (and $2.5 million contract). Oh, and the Giants won the World Series (who could forget?) … Read more
2010 Awards in Tech
Here we go! The first set of 2010 Awards is going to the Techies. With iPhones, iPads and iPods (who uses those anymore!) on the prowl, there’s tons of content and entertainment to access on devices. We’re evaluating a lot of different categories to figure out the best, and worst, of 2010′s tech mania. Best … Read more
The 2010 Awards: This Year from the Daily Dues
Last year we had the 2009 Awards. This year, the 2010 Awards bring new categories that need to be recognized. So here are our general areas that we’ll be covering and the dates that we’ll release the winners (and losers)! Tech (12/3) Sports (12/4) TV (12/5) Music Twitter Blogs Personality Politics The 2010 Awards start … Read more
2009 Awards in Tech (Part 2)
And continuing on… 2009 Award for Best Multimedia Site: Hulu. As I determined, if Hulu began to charge for it’s content service (and Fancast died), I would drop my cable TV service and pay for Hulu. On-demand TV wherever you go (sooner or later on the iPhone), that’s instant gratification. Hats off to Hulu for … Read more
2009 Awards for Tech (Part 1)
Another year, another iPhone, and another group of iPhone killers. With Android pushing forward as a new norm for phone OS an the Palm Pre becoming a marginal success (nowhere near an iPhone killer), Apple’s Snow Leopard not really breaking out to be a huge overhaul, and Windows 7 saves the day from Vista’s craptacular … Read more
