I can’t believe I haven’t blogged about this yet. Last year Alan Wolk asked me to be on the board for a new project he was working on, The Hive Awards. I loved the idea immediately and happily jumped on board.

The Hive Awards are designed to reward all the unsung heroes of the internet: the coders, programmers, user experience designers, content strategists, information architects, planners and the like: the people who innovate and create but rarely get the credit.

There is so much great work happening out there by the little dev shops that never get any attention. I’d love to see them get more love.

You can find out more here, see the categories here, read the blog here or see the other members of the board here.

The deadline has been extended to February 15th because a new Crowdsourcing category has been added.

The award ceremony will be held at SXSW on Friday the 12th and is going to be a blast, hope to see you there.

Follow the Hive Awards on Twitter and join the Facebook Page.