This was my journal from 2002 to about early 2008. It was mostly about books, the news, and my adventures in NYC. You can find all the books stuff on Goodreads and I'm also on Twitter.

I am currently on page 116 out of 635 of the third printing of "version 3.0" of The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman. So far, the book is about globalization and technology.

In the last few pages, Friedman quotes someone as having realized that Apache was "'produced for free by a bunch of geeks just working online in some kind of open-source chat room.'" Then Friedman writes, "Yes, the geeks in the mail room are deciding what software they will be using--and what you will be using too." A few pages later, "to learn more about [open-source software], I went exploring among the geeky guys and girls in the mailroom." Sure, here's a picture I found, I think this shows Linus Torvalds:



Then, a few pages later, Friedman interrupts a quote from Kevin Kelly at Wired to define BitTorrent as "a Web site that allows users to upload their own online music libraries and download other people's at the same time."

Poll #1220469 Seriously.
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Should I continue to read this book?