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Pittsburgh REPRESENTS at the Webby Awards

webbyWell, well, well …

From over 5500 entries, two Pittsburgh-based websites have made it to the Webby Awards, the Internet version of the Oscars (Grammies, Golden Globes whatever.) Click here to read about the awards.

* Designed by Pittsburgh-based firm Wall-to-Wall productions, Carnegie Mellon University’s Admissions web site was nominated under the School/University Category. See:
http://my.cmu.edu/site/admission

* And under the Law category, JURIST, published by a team a faculty and students at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law was nominated, beating out a lot of other well-funded law sites. See:
http://jurist.law.pitt.edu

The winners will be judged on:
* Structure and Navigation
* Visual Design
* Functionality
* Interactivity
* Overall Experience

Congratulations to both nominees! The winners will be announced on May 9th – we wish you the best of luck!

Top Skylines of the World

So it has been making the rounds in the blogosphere and inboxes that, according to some Internet guy, Pittsburgh has the #16th slot in the top 20 skylines of the world. (Top twenty in the WORLD baby! Not bad for a medium-sized city.) The site also claims that Pittsburgh’s metro population is almost double that of Dallas, Texas, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Dubai, U.A.E. Um …. Sweet! So much for the population hemorrhage? (Or is he counting Morgantown, WV?)

Here is the blurb from http://www.diserio.com/top15-skylines.html:

15. Pittsburgh, USA
Although Pittsburgh only has two buildings over 200m tall, its skyline is very impressive nonetheless. Pittsburgh has nicknames like the “city of bridges” or the “golden triangle” which outlines its true characteristics. It is surround by three rivers and the CBD is shaped in a triangle and surrounded by golden colour bridges. The city is also surrounded by hills and valleys giving access to great views of the city. The city has not had a major skyscraper raised since 1988, but good planning and a scenic surrounding region still makes it a great skyline.
Metro/Urban Population: 2.4 million

(Thanks to a reader for the link.)

Regios de Acero and more

So this has been circulating and I thought I’d post a link to this video of Steeler fans all over the world.

I’m a sap – it brought tears to my eyes. The creator of the video is looking for more photos of folks with Steeler regalia in far-flung corners of the world, so please click on the link and send your photo … if you are reading from Kazakhstan, Senegal, et al. (Note to self: take Terrible Towel on all future extreme vacations.)

Also, check out Ambrose’s blog for some amazing local coverage of Steeler mania!

We HEART Steeler Baby

During these weeks of Super Bowl fever we have been trying to write about some of Pittsburgh’s super Steelers fans. Earlier this week the Post-Gazette reported on some of the Steelers websites and mentioned Steeler Baby.
Last night we ran into Steeler Baby at the Brillo Box and he put on one of our new I heart PGH “buttons” (if you are one of the many people to take a picture of Steeler Baby with the I heart PGH pin please email us a copy info@iheartpgh.com to post to the site).
Steeler Baby
So in short the Steeler Baby website www.steelerbaby.com is the intersection of all that is great about Pittsburgh – a creative and hilarious display of all sorts of Steelers festivities. Make sure you click on the links for “free time” and “baby food” for 2 wonderful videos with Steeler Baby. You can even buy an I heart Steeler Baby T-shirt.