The Crunchies 2008, An Awards Ceremony For The Web Industry

by Scott Beale on January 10, 2009 · 3 comments

The Crunchies 2008

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Jason Calacanis @ The Crunchies 2008

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MC Hammer & Geoffrey Arone

The Crunchies 2008

Here are a few photos from The Crunchies 2008, an awards ceremony that gives recognition to startups and technology in the web industry. The event, hosted by TechCrunch, GigaOm, VentureBeat and Silicon Alley Insider, took place at Herbst Theater in San Francisco, with an after party in the Rotunda of City Hall.

TechCrunch, VentureBeat and Sillicon Alley Insider have posted this year’s list of nominees, runners up and winners.

Photo Gallery: The Crunchies 2008

Here are some more photos of The Crunchies 2008 by John Adams and Brian Caldwell.

Andrew Mager did an awesome job live blogging the event on ZDNet’s The Web Life.

photos by Scott Beale

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filed under Events, Internet, San Francisco

{ 3 comments… read them below or add one }

1 Adam January 10, 2009 at 10:17 pm

It was awesome sitting next to Scott as he shot some amazing photos. Great event, great party and much better than last year’s.

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2 michele January 12, 2009 at 10:37 am

I always have to take a second look at the name for these awards. I automatically think Hippie when I hear the word Crunchy.

The pics are great though and thanks for summing up the event!

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3 Adrian Eden January 12, 2009 at 10:39 am

MC Hammer in the house, that’s when you know you made it BIG time, when he shows up at your event! :-)

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