• by Joe Mandese  @mp_joemandese, June 6, 2011

Tablet Revolution program chair Steve Smith said called it that - "this thing" - at least a dozen times in the first few minutes of his opening remarks. He was talking about tablet computers, of course. But this thing, may be a better description, because "in many ways the tablet represents an evolution in media," according to Smith.

Noting that it has the "dimensions and immersiveness of the printed" page, but equipped with a browser that is generating the kind of engagement and interaction that "few Web sites have ever seen before."

In other words, we've got another new medium that sounds like the blind men describing an elephant. You know, depending on which part you touch, the elephant - or the medium - is perceived as being something different by each user.