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Another instant internet celebrity named Janis Krums recently appeared while twittering the "Hudson US Airways plane crash".

jkrums: There's a plane in the Hudson. I'm on the ferry going to pick up the people. Crazy.

This message appeared at twitter, together with a picture taken by the iPhone even before the news companies even located the plane in the river.

Via @Scobleizer: RT: @MacSmiley BBC just reported how Krums photo zipped around the Web to millions before news orgs could even find the plane in the water!!

According to the NyDailyNews.com Krums had managed to snap the shot and post it on the TwitPic.com while being on the nearby ferry.

Can you say "revolution?"

BTW apparently the same story "before iPhones" happened in my hometown of beautiful St. Petersburg in the year 1963. You can take a look at the picture. The same like in "Hudson story" everyone survived.

While most of the world is focused on the fact that the first "black" American president has been elected, I can't stay away of how it was done. The methods chosen by all the candidate were really "2.0", from social networking sites to podcasting and mobile messaging, but Obama's victory was due to the fact that he focused on young americans and minorities with a great online support ever.

The Guardian calls it "techno-demographic appeal". The proven truth is that an Obama was chosen mainly by the young americans (nearly 70% of the vote among young Americans under 25), so we could say, that Obama was selected by the "Facebook generation".

It's interesting to know that Chris Hughes (age 24) - one of the Facebook co-founders has been chosen as Obama's key strategist. It's important to mention that Chris has never been involved in politics before.

So, it's one more proof that social networks and the web itself just can't be undervalued in today's business, politics, and life. Could it be a revolution?