Global Reach
16 January 2009 – 6:17 pm
Earlier today I received an email from a friend who lives in the Bay Area and who after hearing of a friend’s death in Norway put together a video remembering his accomplishments.
Her friend was a famous Norwegian mountain racer, but she wasn’t expecting the response she received.
Shortly after she posted the video on YouTube it was running on Norway’s main TV station, embedded in variety of local and European newspaper websites (one of the sites), and thank you notes from people she had never met started streaming in.
She wrote me to express her amazement and to thank YouTube for helping her connect to others.
While this story has a tragic start, it’s still fascinating to see how fast the world is flattening and it’s inspiring to be a part of a product that is so global. 
