Monday, September 8, 2008

2008 Hippo Award Winners Announced:

Today on the Blog - Rob Linden presented the awards at a mixed reality event that linked an inworld gathering of nominees, attendees of the Second Life Community Convention in Tampa, FL, and others tuning in via audio stream. See the wiki for the full text of his presentation and a review of the last year’s highlights.
What are the Hippo awards? :
"The annual Linden Lab Innovation Awards -- aka the Hippo Awards -- acknowledge excellence in developing the Second Life platform. The awards highlight open source community members who have made the biggest impact on the quality and advancement of the Second Life Viewer and the Second Life experience for all."

The winners this year were:
Best Documentation are Asuka Neely and Gally Young.
Best Issue Tracker Organization is Harleen Gretzky.
Best Working Group Organization is Tao Takashi.
Best Code Contribution goes to the contributor of the voice lipsync feature, Mm Alder.
Best Community Influence: Lex Neva.
The 2008 Hippo Award Contributor of the Year is Michelle2 Zenovka.
Please join Linden Lab in thanking these contributors and the open source community for their work to improve the Second Life experience for everyone.

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