YOU are Time magazine's Person of the Year. Yes, YOU! Could YOU ever believe that Time Magazine would ever consider YOU? Not me.
It's about time that Time recognized YOU, don't YOU think? After all those issues with rock stars and politicians and inanimate objects gracing the cover, Time finally came to the realization that YOU are the most important and influential person around. Imagine beating out a Korean dictator, the former mayor of Tehran, and Sony's PlayStation3 for the most coveted magazine cover of the year (well, after the September Vogue issue, of course). Those other guys (and that gaming system) had nothing on YOU.
As Time put it, YOU "control the Information Age." YOU sure do! YOU put stuff on your cat and thoughtfully shared those amusing pictures with the rest of us. YOU discovered that Diet Coke and Mentoes were more volatile than baking soda and vinegar, and YOU recreated the Bellagio Fountain with hundreds of those little European candies and gallons of soda. YOU created an avatar and lived a second life that would make Donald Trump, Oprah, and Bill Gates jealous. Your mother was right: YOU are special.
Web 2.0 would be nothing without YOU. Thank YOU!
Tara Hall | 18 December 2006 01:36:59 PM ET | Westford, MA | Comments (0)
