connecting*the*dots

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.

In the “you learn something new everyday” category, I didn’t know that John Battelle was the “band manager” / 5th Beatle of BoingBoing. Now I get all those references to his blog…

So, the squad is now officially a five-some. They’re cosmopolitan, modern and geeky, but give ‘em a handful of number 5 patches and they could easily one up this tired foursome:

Xeni even has the Jessica Alba, thrown-back shoulder pose down pat.