Today I celebrate on my Page the contributions of the little people who have big ideas. I don’t mean building a better mousetrap, or creating a new kitchen cleaner that makes my whites whiter. I the means those original ideas that make these people rich but make us all stammer saying “why didn’t we think of it?” My Bright and Shini People this month are the True Originals who took that idea from the back of the room, joking with your barroom buddies into a phenomenon. These individuals made money or found fame from what outsiders might consider to be less than real work. Held up only by an idea
1 The Red paper Clip: Traded his way to a house http://oneredpaperclip.blogspot.com/
2 Million Dollar Web Page: Fortune one pixel at a time http://www.milliondollarhomepage.com/
3 The Pet Rock: So pointless, Americans had to have one. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pet_Rock
4 DoodleArt: Who said doodling would lead to nothing? http://www.doodleart.ca/
5 JenniCam: The first in a revolution of live images http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Ringley
These 5 are not the only ones out there, but purely the ones that probably grabbed my attention far more than others. We have had people selling their foreheads for advertising, selling their virginity and even selling blank books. It is also true the things like the Rubik’s Cube was it self a cultural event. Still, I am looking a something more primitive in nature. Something that grabbed my imagination and certainly of many people was the idea that you could tap into a vein with but one original idea and very low to no capital and run with it. The idea itself is silly, simple or pointless but at the end of the day you’re famous or rich. The next best things almost to the lottery, another form of get rich quick, but the house is stacked against you. Now because of the low start up on these and others, there is no shortage of imitators. Those who would wish to capitalize on the original idea. The original still holds up though, years after others have faded to dust in our memory.
1 The Red paper Clip: Traded his way to a house http://oneredpaperclip.blogspot.com/
2 Million Dollar Web Page: Fortune one pixel at a time http://www.milliondollarhomepage.com/
3 The Pet Rock: So pointless, Americans had to have one. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pet_Rock
4 DoodleArt: Who said doodling would lead to nothing? http://www.doodleart.ca/
5 JenniCam: The first in a revolution of live images http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Ringley
These 5 are not the only ones out there, but purely the ones that probably grabbed my attention far more than others. We have had people selling their foreheads for advertising, selling their virginity and even selling blank books. It is also true the things like the Rubik’s Cube was it self a cultural event. Still, I am looking a something more primitive in nature. Something that grabbed my imagination and certainly of many people was the idea that you could tap into a vein with but one original idea and very low to no capital and run with it. The idea itself is silly, simple or pointless but at the end of the day you’re famous or rich. The next best things almost to the lottery, another form of get rich quick, but the house is stacked against you. Now because of the low start up on these and others, there is no shortage of imitators. Those who would wish to capitalize on the original idea. The original still holds up though, years after others have faded to dust in our memory.
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