Time magazine has come out with its annual list of the 100 Most Influential People in the World. You’ve got your Tony Blair, Rupert Murdoch, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Oprah Winfrey, Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg. All the usual suspects. Digg CEO Jay Adelson squeezes onto the list, as does our own Michael Arrington as the token blogger. (See full list here).
The way the list is put together is that Time tries to get one famous person to write about another. So you have Craig Newmark on Zuckerberg, Guy Kawasaki on Steve Ballmer, and Arianna Huffington on Arrington (how apropos).
Congratulations to one and all. Can you find Michael on the cover at right? (Click to enlarge). Neither could I at first, but he’s there. Hint: Look for the profile in silhouette. At least, I think that’s him.
Congrats Mike. You may be the token blogger, but they had to selected one, and they chose YOU! I wouldn’t pass this off too lightly – you should be proud.
Congrats Mike!
Nah, sorry to disappoint you but the photo in silhouette is Hitchcock;
http://home.wlv...cock/hitch2.jpg
Congratulation Mike…you are Da Man!
…did they photoshop that laptop into that shot? looks like they decided “people don’t know what blogs are, so put him with a ‘puter so they know it’s on the interwebs”
I hate to be the “that looks photoshopped” guy…
On the upside, Mike nailed the “I dare you to try to sue me over a movie screening” look. I wish I could look that hardcore.
I guess it’s just the lcd being it’s own light source… still… all crooked and weird… don’t mind me
Congrats Mike! Techcrunch = cocaine for techies
Reminds me of the Father Guido Sarduci ‘Find the Pope in the pizza’ skits in the glory days of Saturday Night Live. “He’s a right there … next to the piece of pepperoni”.
Congrats MA…like it or not, TC is blazing a trail that we will all be talking and writing about for years to come!
Great job Mike. You are now in the same level with world leaders. Next stop… Governor of California.
Congrats Mike Arrington. You are writing a new chapter for bloggers in history. This is sugar in the mouth for all bloggers. Why don’t you write a small post about your experience with TC from day 1. We all envy you.
Congrats, looks like a great issue.
Nice picture:
http://img.time...l_arrington.jpg
is that your house?
I think it must be a mistake or misprint.
This is TIME what we are talking about, man.
Imagine 100 years later,a college kid dig out the Time magazine
in the dust and say, hey, blog is in the mainstream 100 years ago already.
Congrats Mike. What do you owe AH now?
Harry “this is a crazy world” Wang
I like you alot Mike, but this list includes The Dali Lama, Putin, Blind Guy with no legs that scaled Everest and Muqtada al Sadr …what the hell are you doing on this list?
With all due respect to Mike, any list that includes Rem Koolhaas (the designer of some of the ugliest and most useless buildings in the world) is not a list anyone should strive to be on.
Why yes, I am an IIT grad who had to watch a construction site for 3 years, only to be glad to have graduated before KoolHaas’ monstrosity was finished.
100 of 100 – congrats on barely squeezing it in there. Close call, huH?!
“Arianna Huffington on Arrington”
Double entendre, baby!
i am not trying to knock digg but how hell is digg influential
the article lost any source of credibility for me at that point
good for you MIKE.
but how JAy gets on? they pull the credibility down. and i always “dislike” MARK’s pic here, it makes him look like a person with BUSH’s IQ
Congratulations, son! I’ll twitter your mother to let her know about this.
dad
I think they just cribbed the Davos guest list.
Congratulations Michael! I will be buying this edition of Time
Jack: don’t Twitter me. After last night, I don’t want to talk to you.
Michael: I’m going to my sister’s BTW. If you need your mother, poke me on Facebook or get in touch on FriendFeed. Your father is harassing me on Twitter. I may need to get a restraining order.
Also, check my blog as I have something to tell you about my marriage with your father.
Congratulations, Mike! Squinting or not, it’s a significant honour.
How many people can be considered in the same company as Barack Obama, Oprah Winfrey and the Dalai Lama? Heck, Al Gore isn’t even on the list.
what surprised me the most is his age, I didn’t know he’s only 38
I figured he must be 46 – 48
sorry Michael but congrats!
Now go to the gym, quit smoking & drinking
that is great — congrats mike!
Congrats Mike!
It would be interesting to count how many in the top 100 come from tech/online? I suspect that a fair number do. This would be an indicator, albeit at an unquantifiable macro level, of how much enabling technologies are having an impact. Everyone knows that the impact is likely significant, but a count might be an interesting anecdotal number.
Mike, you go to 11, baby!
Congratulations Michael. Glad to see it.
Congrats
I do agree with the “peoples choice” though that Miyamoto should have been included. Colbert would have been cool too
Congrats Mike! … Really proud of you and I wish for more success coming your way! …. You are one of my heroes in the tech industry…
“Save the Cheerleader, Save the World”
Warmest regards,
Darren
Mike, congratulations (planning to brag to everyone that I knew you B<TC. )
I think Michael is in the last row – second from the left.
And congrats, of course!
100 most influential people on the PLANET?! Has Time gone off it’s rocker?
Nah, I’m wrong. The guy I thought was MA is Nicholas Schiff.
But congrats anyway
“Can you find Michael on the cover at right”
was looking for like 10 mn., thought you said he was on the right side of the cover
Erick, Mike’s not there. Wanna bet? a hundred bucks
Jay Adelson and Mike Arrington are in the top 100 most influential people on the PLANET!?!?
Techcrunch is great, and so is Digg…but give us a frigging break! This is a joke.
congrats Mike. Long road from Keith Teare’s garage.
Cool. It’s all downhill from here.
Congrats Mike!!!
Are the posts my Mr. Arrington Sr. and Mrs. Arrington real?
http://www.myso...ethetime100.com does not exist .
keep it up!
Congrats mike!
Would love to have seen Ballmer write an article for this on Eric Schmidt lol – “F*cking Eric Schmidt is a f*cking p*ssy. I’m going to f*cking bury that guy, I have done it before, and I will do it again. I’m going to f*cking kill Google.”
Good show Mike!!
as always, self-centered americans believe the ‘World’ starts in california and end in florida.