Life HacksWHY THOSE KIDS FROM PODUNK ARE KEEPING YOU DOWN

By Merlin Mann and Danny O’Brien

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Illustration by Jemma Hostetler

GLENN DAVIS, THE GUY WHO FOUNDED Cool Site of the Day, once told Danny what he thought made the net great. He said, “Suppose there’s this young kid in Podunk, Connecticut. He runs a site about a niche, weaving wicker baskets, or naked piano-tuning, or what have you. In another age, that kid would probably have toiled in obscurity, but now he can discover that he is the best wicker-weaver or nude piano-tuner in the world. And he learns, as the rest of the world learns, through his website.”

Now, to Glenn, that was a good thing. ...

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