It’s About TIME Someone Recognized “My” Talents
Posted December 19th, 2006 by Andre
I could tell it was coming, I just never figured it would be this soon. On Wednesday, Dec. 13th, TIME Magazine released their TIME’s Person of the Year: “You”. Suddenly, all around the world, bloggers and other social media aficionados could feel their egos getting just a little boost.
The article is definitely on the right track, the power of the social web is amazing. Although for a lot of people, harnessing that power may still seem like controlling a fusion reaction. It’s now up to established media and those paid journalists to figure out how to do it better than ever in 2007. Digital Influence Group has been doing just that, and is always striving to improve.
Everyday, at work and at home, I read through blogs, search YouTube and social networking sites, and I am always thoroughly entertained and appalled by what the Web 2.0 has to offer. So here’s to all of you, the pioneers of the 21st century frontier!
(a parody of Budweiser’s Real Men of Genius)
“Time Magazine Presents: Person of the Year”
(Person of the Yeeeeear)
Today, we salute you, Mr. and Mrs. Blogger-YouTube-Second Life-MySpace users
(Mr. and Mrs. Blogger-YouTube-Second Life-MySpace users)
What do you do with all the free time you have?
You post about life’s littlest things, and the most important events of the century
All from your Helio cell phone
(don’t call it a phoooone)
When the man tries to take you down,
All you have to do is show him how many friends you really have… on MySpace
(you’re not on my top 8 )
Oh, you fantasy football hero, you Second Life rock star
You don’t have the glory or the fame, but you sure can party like one
(touchdown!)
So crank up that high speed DSL connection, oh sultans of web media.
That funny YouTube video just isn’t going to blog itself.
But seriously folks, is it really “amateur hour” as Richard Stengel, TIME’s managing editor, talked about on his post? I don’t think so, yet. Let’s just say that there are some new big kids on the playground. There are real people out there blogging and posting to make a difference in their communities, online and offline. There are those those unpaid journalists who strive to get information out to the masses. Of course, who can forget all those who do it all in order to entertain, enlighten, and make our days a little brighter. And no matter how tiny “your” voice is, “our” voice can be loud. Hey, no one can really tell what the web will be like in one or two years, but I, for one, am excited to be a part of it.