Proud as punch!
Posted Sunday, December 17, 2006, 6:46 PM by Lonely Planet
Time magazine has announced you, or is that - me - as its Person of the Year. Heck, I guess it's all of us. Those that contribute to this great wicked web of words, commerce and images - still and moving, users and producers - all are in control of what has now been formally dubbed the information age.
So how well has your appetite for travel information been catered to? What have you contributed to the body of knowledge that exists for your fellow travelling companions haunting the far reaches of the world wide web?
Do you really feel that you, or even we, should have been recipients of this time honoured title? We had some other suggestions to get you thinking:
1. Al Gore for bringing focus on climate change to the fore and making us forever question the carbon that we emit in the course of our travels.
2. Michael O'Leary - boss of Ryan Air - for making us question whether the benefit of being able to use your mobile phone on a plane would out-weigh the torture of sitting through everyone else's inane conversation as you fly.
3. Fran Bailey, Federal Minister for Tourism in Australia for thinking the question: "Where the bloody hell are you?" would get the punters coming to Australia in droves.
Labels: Breaking travel news, Travelsnitch
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Hmmm. "You" as person of the year? Dubious. A great discussion of this here: http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/12/17/it-has-always-been-us/
My favourite bit: "Yes, “You” are TiVo-ing Letterman, customizing ringtones and ordering movies on demand, but in numbers (and demos) that matter “You” aren’t yet uploading your own television commercials, forming your own social networks, creating newscasts or even linking to each other’s blogs.
So if it is both too soon and too late to recognize “You” as POTY, why now?"
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