I'm Person of the Year!!!

According to ABC News, I'm Person of the year.

Okay - I share that distinction along with pretty well anyone who has a blog - but this probably as close as I'm ever going to get for that sort of distinction, so let me relish it a while.

As 1/6,600,000th a person of the year, I hearby bestow upon myself a special major award.


Yay Me!

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Okay - seriously though...

Yes, I think that blogs are an interesting new development in communication, and yes, I think that they will play an important role in the delivery of news and information in years to come - but it's just another aspect of the communications that have been hapening online for years now as a result of the 'net. Usenet. Forums. Chats. MMORPGs. Personal Web Pages. Wikis. Podcasting. MoBlogging. White boards. Webcams.

The communication has been going on for a while now in many diverse and interesting forms - and I think we've only seen the tip of the iceberg.

There are bloggers out there who have blown the whistle on unethical business practices, bloggers who have brought the weight of public perception against governments, bloggers who have broke stories days, even weeks before the legacy media. There are people journalling about their personal struggles with cancer, or retelling the horrors they have seen in warzones and through natural disasters. There are blogs that are seeking to change the world, those that seek to change an industry and those that are there to change a single life.

But of the millions of blogs out there - who do does ABC News focus on? An 11 year old gal and her video diary. What's really sad is how a fluff piece like this just underscores how out of touch some members of the legacy media really are.