The 15th annual Webby Award winners were announced yesterday. Some say The Webby Award is the Internet’s most respected symbol of success. We’re just delighted to receive Honoree status for our work and rank in the top ten percent of the nearly 10,000 entrants. We’re in good company too, Disney and Lego also received the Honoree nod.

Website and mobile winners were selected for recognition based on excellence in Content, Structure and Navigation, Visual Design, Functionality, Interactivity and Overall Experience. Winners were selected by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS), a global collection of experts and technology innovaters, including David Bowie, Arianna Huffington, Harvey Weinstein, Martha Stewart, Vinton Cerf, Biz Stone.

We’re proud to be recognized by our peers with this gesture but we’re even more proud of our work and the success of Figment. Tell us what you think…

What’s celebt.ag, you ask? It’s a mobile-friendly website that combs Twitter to collect photos of celebs and let’s you see who’s been seen. We wanted to make it super simple – no commitment, no log in or username to remember – or forget, no hassle. Simple fun in three steps:

1. Snap a photo of a celeb
2. Upload your photo to twitpic, yfrog, tweetphoto or ow.ly
3. Tweet about your pic and use the hashtag #celebtag in your tweet, and see your photo appear on the site.

We developed celebt.ag, as a fun, whimsical way to explore and interact with the mobile web. We also explored the use of responsive design to format the layout of the site for use on nearly any browser with one set of code. See who the top celebs are, who the top spotters are and where you fit in the picture.

Wondering where to go when you’re hungry? Tasting Table offers foodies a delicious daily digest of taste-tested recipes from world-renowned chefs and ideas about dining, wine, cocktails, cooking and more.

Local editions for New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco and Washington D.C, delight more than 300,000 registered users with highlights of neighborhood buzz, must-visit hot spots, dishes to try and high-profile personalities. The national edition serves up exclusive recipes from Tasting Table’s chefs with a bonus sneak preview of America’s hottest new eateries.

Working with the Tasting Table team, Mission Data designed and developed the iPhone application including integrating with Tasting Table’s web services on their existing web-based application taking the existing website content mobile.

Download the application from the iTunes App Store to find nearby recommendations, create and manage your To-Do lists and consume articles and recommendations from the Tasting Table website easily on your iPhone or iPod touch.

Our work with KAR led to a request for Mission Data to present at their annual convention and expo. Todd Budnikas, Creative Director for Mission Data and Marvin Chartoff, VP of Managed Services gave a talk about Website Trends and Design Strategies. We were honored to have the opportunity to speak to realtors about strategies they can use to attract more business and influence their existing clients. Realtors are in a competitive space, the use of the web, social media and mobile devices is critical to conducting and attracting business.