Tech Trailblazers Awards: Shortlist out - now it’s over to you

The shortlist of entries for this year’s Tech Trailblazer Awards is available for your perusal and you now have until the end of this week to choose your favourites. The Tech Trailblazer Awards have been running for six years, giving real world companies the chance to highlight their innovation efforts, and real world users …

[regbadgerer]

Who?

Looked through the entire list, literally not heard of a single one of those companies. I know they're 'trailblazers', but I was expected to have heard of at least one.

[jake]

Re: Who?

Exactly. Ive never heard of any of the "trailblazers" either.

It gets better. I've heard of one of the Judges (Mr. Pott), one of the Industry Supporters (VMware), and one of the Media Partners (ElReg). I could make a case that I would never have heard of Mr. Pott if I wasn't a regular reader of ElReg.

What demographic are they looking for, anyway? Obviously it's not system/network/security consultants with over 40 years in the industry and a home base in Silly Con Valley ...

[Barry Rueger]

Web Design Award?

Apparently not, that is one butt ugly web site. Would it have been too much to ask for a capsule summary of what the finalists do? In the big empty space beside the logo perhaps?

[enormous c word]

Re: Web Design Award?

Acid yellow on grey - bad choice.

[Anonymous Coward]

I thought I recognised the general attention-seeking award-fakery

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/08/03/register_tech_trailblazer_awards/

Along with the 'hurry you have only x day remaining' schtick. Classy.

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/09/23/tech_trailblazer_awards_extended/

Oh and there was an entrance fee - now there's a surprise...