Man of the Year: You (and youtube)
Back in 2002-3, Scott Allen and I started work on a book about online networks and social software, what today people call Web 2.0. It’s a great sign of the now-mainstream acceptance of these technologies that Time magazine’s Man “Person of the Year” is “You”—and discusses all of the technologies we cover in the book and the Thevirtualhandshake.com website.
It also sells more copies of Time magazine than writing about the other most influential men of the year: terrorists, the leaders of countries with nukes, and other more depressing (but very important) news.
So it really is all about me. I mean, us.
Comment by Rhea — 12/17/2006 @ 9:37 pm
.. and in this age of engagement dedicated to the power of us we keep discovering the extremes in each other: the rude/profane/dumb comments on blogs, social networks, etc. and the brilliant, generous/breakthrough connections and comments that go viral, which you’ve had aa part in supporting
- another fan,
Kare SavvyHer.com
Comment by Kare Anderson — 12/21/2006 @ 4:35 pm
Time Waits for No Man…
I see this year Time magazine’s lauded Person of the Year is “You.” Anticipating widespread annoyance at this editorial cop-out no doubt, the sub-title for their cover issue is: “Yes, you. You control the Information Age. Welcom…
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