March 9th, 2007

The Future’s So Bright…

Jay Patrikios of futureme.org

And to think that I knew Jay when he was a non-drinking, two-car driving, mall-shopping, 25 year-old happy go lucky curmudgeon.

Now he’s a supa-star.

Matt and Jay built Futureme just after we all split from Billsville in 2000. In 2005, Forbes built their Email Time Capsule and pimped their “original” idea to the world, receiving a bunch of of great press. That corporate spotlight was corrected on sites like BoingBoing when me and a bunch of other folk gave props to the originators.

Now Futureme, the book, is about to be released and after Jay got dissed by NPR last year, it looks like he’s on point for an upcoming LA Times Sunday magazine interview. Niche celebrity status is on.

Bust out those shades, dog.