For seizing the reigns of the global media, for founding and framing the new digital democracy, for working for nothing and beating the pros at their own game, TIME's Person of the Year for 2006 is you.TIME's latest cover story cites Wikipedia, YouTube and MySpace (errm?!) as three examples of the success of Web 2.0, the internet's latest social experiment.
Either the TIME Magazine staff have all left on early holidays or rather than "seek out great examples, they chose the mostly weird and embarassing ones" (per this WSJ Op-Ed piece). Or we can just relish the fact that we're truly "the person or persons who most affected the news and our lives, for good or for ill" this year. Still, this tribute to the power of the people in today's Information Age should give this self-confessed geek, my fellow techie colleagues and each of you - my virtual friends, much glee. Geeks rule! More at my geek blog here.
PS - The cast of my fave TV show, Heroes, has also been recognized as one of TIME's People Who Mattered in 2006. Reaction and discussion here.
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