Amanda Congdon

Because there's no real easy word yet to describe someone who's gotten famous online, you use something like "internet sensation" to reference Amanda Congdon.

But that is soon to change. Congdon -- how about tech hottie? -- signed a deal with HBO to develop and star in a new comedy program. It's not yet clear what the show will be about or when it will release, but she told The Hollywood Reporter that it will include video online.

She remains part owner of Rocketboom, whose primary owner, Andrew Baron, founded and landed Congdon via a Craigslist ad. Baron gets little credit, presumably because he's not as hot as Congdon. She certainly is talented, but now with a high-profile gig, time will tell if she's worth the buzz, or if she's, as one tech insider put it, merely "a tempest in a D-cup."