Wired's Eighth Annual Raves Party

Marla Aufmuth
Tech superstars Craig Newmark, creator of craigslist, and Moira Gunn from NPR's Tech Nation enjoy themselves at the Wired Rave Awards. Marla Aufmuth
Chris Anderson (left) and Rave Technology winner Mark Shuttleworth (right) of Ubuntu fame (and likely the only attendee to have been in outer space) talk at the Wired Rave Awards party. Marla Aufmuth
Craig Newmark and Arianna Huffington take a call. Photo: Marla Aufmuth
Lost story editor and comic book writer extraordinaire Brian K. Vaughan poses against his page from the Wired Rave Awards issue, where he's dubbed our favorite in the Print category. Marla Aufmuth
Will Wright (left), the game god behind The Sims and the upcoming Spore, discusses the intricacies of creating bestselling games with Cliffy B (right), creator of Gears of War, while Kim Edwards takes notes.
Chris Anderson and Brian K. Vaughan discuss whether Batman could beat up Spiderman. Marla Aufmuth
Michael Wesch, professor at Kansas State and creator of the viral-video hit The Machine is Us/ing Us, stands against his page from the magazine. Marla Aufmuth
We photograph Justin of Justin.tv fame while he videotapes the photographing of an event – a meta-Ouroboros of media. Marla Aufmuth
Fellow Rave Award winners Tim Kring (creator of the hit NBC series Heroes) and Brian K. Vaughan (writer of the supremely awesome comics Y: The Last Man and Ex Machina) try not to reveal spoilers to senior editor Mark McClusky (center). Marla Aufmuth
Rave Technology winner and open-source messiah Mark Shuttleworth poses against his mag awards page. Marla Aufmuth
Tim Kring explains the intricacies of Heroes to Chris Anderson at the Awards party. Marla Aufmuth
Gears of War creator Cliffy B (aka Cliff Bleszinksi) and Tim Sweeney strike a pose against their page from the Wired Raves issue. Marla Aufmuth
Blogger tycoon Jen Chung, who created Gothamist, smiles in front of her page from the Wired Raves issue. Marla Aufmuth
Heroes creator Tim Kring and senior editor Nancy Miller talk plot points. Marla Aufmuth
Chris Anderson, Wired magazine's editor in chief, and publisher Jay Lauf chat it up at the Wired Rave Awards. Marla Aufmuth
Kring strikes a heroic pose against his page from the Wired Heroes issue. Marla Aufmuth
Laptop music wunderkind Greg Gillis celebrates quitting his day job by posing in front of his page from the Wired Raves issue. Marla Aufmuth
The members of the Allen Brain Atlas (from left: Ed Lein, Paul Wohnoutka, Allan Jones, Michael Hawrylycz and Chinh Dang) pose against their brainy page from the Wired Raves issue. Marla Aufmuth
Medical code doctors K.S. Bhaskar, Maury Pepper and Joseph Dal Molin pose against their page from the Wired Raves issue. Marla Aufmuth
Wired Drew Schutte, publishing director of Wired Media chats with rave award-winner Arianna Huffington, of the Huffington Post. Marla Aufmuth
Looking fabulous, Arianna Huffington poses in front of her page from the Wired Raves issue. Marla Aufmuth
Wired publisher Jay Lauf begins the festivities at the Wired Rave Awards. Marla Aufmuth
Wired editor-in-chief Chris Anderson greets the official winners of the Wired Raves Awards. Marla Aufmuth
Heroes creator Tim Kring waves to his adoring fans. Marla Aufmuth
Greg Gillis of Girl Talk basks in the applause after receiving his Wired Rave award for Music. Marla Aufmuth
Gothamist founder Jen Chung is overjoyed by her Rave award. Marla Aufmuth
Viral video virtuoso Michael Wesch accepts his Wired Rave award. Marla Aufmuth
Greg Gillis, better known as Girl Talk, absolutely destroys the crowd at the Wired Rave awards party. Marla Aufmuth
Oscar winner and 2005 Wired Rave Award winner Brad Bird, director of Pixar Animation Studios' The Incredibles and the upcoming Ratatouille, attends the 2007 Rave Award party with his wife, Liz Bird. Marla Aufmuth