http://bradamant.livejournal.com/ emily's journal - LiveJournal.com Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:22:46 GMT LiveJournal / LiveJournal.com bradamant 695562 personal NOINDEX http://l-userpic.livejournal.com/50357030/695562 http://bradamant.livejournal.com/ 100 100 http://bradamant.livejournal.com/303968.html Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:22:46 GMT http://bradamant.livejournal.com/303968.html I am currently on page 116 out of 635 of the third printing of "version 3.0" of <i>The World is Flat</i> by Thomas Friedman. So far, the book is about globalization and technology.<br /><br />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:<br /><br /><img src="http://www.mid-america.com/furniture/images/mailroom1.jpg" height="200" /><br /><br />Then, a few pages later, Friedman interrupts a quote from Kevin Kelly at <i>Wired</i> 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."<br /><br /><div><a href="http://www.livejournal.com/poll/?id=1220469">View Poll: Seriously.</a></div> http://bradamant.livejournal.com/303968.html best advice geek nonfiction futility books public 19