The World Is Not That Big

January 9, 2006

About a year ago, I was researching online about online communities for ideas into running our community sites IdolBlog and Street Talk when I stumbled across Common Craft - a blog by Lee Lefever themed around social design and found his insights invaluable.

We talked a couple of times and then I noticed he was stopping that blog to go on a year long world trip… which had New Zealand as its first stop. He’s now blogging his adventures at The World is not Flat - and yesterday we got to spend the day with Lee and his wife Sachi and show them a little of Auckland’s scenic spots then have a BBQ together. We had a lot of fun and it was great to talk ideas and technologies in person. He’s already blogged a little about the day, along with photos.

This morning I got my latest parcel of books from Amazon, which included Blog Marketing by Jeremy Wright and to my surprise Lee was one of the first people Jeremy thanked. The world’s not flat, and it’s not that big either.

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  1. And oddly enough about five minutes ago my uni friend Leo just logged into msn and his name was ‘Leo - In Auckland’ maybe Auckland is becoming like Jerusalem on ye olde maps, and is the new centre of the world? ;)

    — Pete..., January 9, 2006

  2. [...] Of course, I’ve met a tonne of other people after knowing them online first (the other most recent example was meeting Lee Lefever). They’re usually like their online presence and they usually say I’m just as they imagined. So I hope you haven’t got the impression that I’m not that friendly :) Although, my role at IdolBlog is more about keeping people from being too naughty ;) [...]

    — Impressions of me — cre8d design blog, March 23, 2006