And Time's Person of the Year is...

YOU.

By now you may have heard Time magazine has chosen as you (and us and the person next to you) as the Person(s) of the Year. It is each individual person who has made a significant contribution to the world -- through the internet. It is you (all of you) that have built online communities, support groups, brought strangers together through shared interests --- just for the fun of it. You have made possible a universe about "community and collaboration on a scale never seen before." As Time magazine describes it in the article, "Person of the Year: You," "it's about the many wresting power from the few and helping one another for nothing and how that will not only change the world, but also change the way the world changes."

We should all be proud Time has recognized something we have all known--- it is the consumer --- you and us and everyone around us--- who yields the power. There is a power in numbers, and we have proven that we can come together to change the way the (virtual) world works. As Time magazine wrote, "we're looking at an explosion of productivity and innovation, and it's just getting started…"

Let's take this power, productivity, and innovation and make further changes -- politically and socially.