Ready for the Big Chip

Nearly time to celebrate a decade of digital excellence with this week’s 10th anniversary Big Chip Awards.
Being asked to explain what this was all about earlier in the week I rather cheesily described it as the region’s “digital Oscars” which in a way it is, just with less emphasis on the frocks.
Chair of Manchester Digital, Shaun Fensom offers a more sensible view and explains: “It is the first time that we have taken the awards out of the North West and the response has been exceptional as has the response from across the region which has been at its highest in the nine years of awards. We have all enjoyed investigating the work that our entrants have produced and look forward to rewarding their efforts.”
The shortlist was announced last month so all that remains is to enjoy a good get together and hear the judges final choices of awards-winners.
The ceremony will also be available in Second Life for the second year running – SL visiters just go to SLURL: slurl.com/secondlife/One%20Manchester/23/228/24/.
I’m intending to be there on the night and will post on this blog as well as send tweets on Twitter using the hashtag #bigchip if anyone else wishes to join me.
Pictures from the night can be shared at www.flickr.com/groups/menpictures.
The Big Chip Awards will be held at New Century Hall, New Century House, Corporation St, Manchester. M60 4ES on Thursday May, 22 from 7pm. Full details here http://www.bigchipawards.com/events.asp.