When technology and media intersect with the emotional underpinnings of our lives, the result is the kind of tsunami we're experiencing with the iPad.

It may seem petty to many to cheerlead a company and a technology so geared toward the pursuit of the next shiny object, the next Tweet, or whateverBut learning the language of this next generation of empowerment certainly is on our minds for reasons other than immediate gratification.

The messages of social media and mobility are not lost on the people of the world, as they try and forge freedoms they can see beaming around the world over the lingua Franca of WiFi The tools of this new trade are AirPlay, Personal Hotspot, direct messages, @mentions, automated number porting, GarageBand, iMovie, push notification.

These tools give us the context of history, the connection of family, the aspiration of mobility, of seeing the change and fighting for itIt's not about technology, it's with itThe revolution is in our understanding that we are the experts and the agents of change we're looking for..