Newley Purnell, Internet Trendsetter
I can now die a happy geek.
Last week, I sent a New York Times article about a Starbucks knockoff in Ethopia to the most popular blog on the Web, BoingBoing. Technology journalist/Internet starlet Xeni Jardin posted it, as well as a link back to newley.com.
The idea of world-wide Starbucks rip-offs has since gained momentum, spurring numerous follow-up posts. Thus, I gleefully take credit for staring my very first meme (though I hate that term).