TFLN

I went to the Texts From Last Night presentation last Friday night and was surprised at what I found; two average twenty-somethings who basically fell into this fame. They didn't seem very excited to be at Rutgers, or to be presenting on this topic of how they started it all. They also seemed like they didn't know why they were here exactly. It definitely proved though, that a simple, stupid idea, of sharing drunk text messages with friends could actually turn into a million dollar business. That is what amazes me more than anything. There wasn't some genius idea that hit them, it was just something stupid that they enjoyed doing got picked up by people on the internet and it turned into something huge. I think it also goes to show what the internet is capable of. The more hits this tiny blog got the more popular it became and because it got so many hits it became what it is now. Now this site, which originally was only viewed by a few friends of Ben and Lauren, is viewed by people ranging from high school students to senior citizens who get a laugh. Technology is really something incredible that can turn nobodies into some-bodies for a while. I don't think they realize that their fame will end eventually and they will go back to being nobodies. Lauren said she quit law school for this, but really in the end, this will die out too just as any new fad does. It was unfortunate that they were not the savvy and smart people I had expected them to be. All in all I thought it was a good experience going, because it showed me how its the small little ideas that can turn into big things.