http://johnfirestone.com/blog Quinacridone, Pthalo, Interference, Iridescent, Transparent, and Gold Fri, 08 Sep 2006 06:52:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://johnfirestone.com/blog/2006/07/11/one-red-paperclip/ http://johnfirestone.com/blog/2006/07/11/one-red-paperclip/#comments Tue, 11 Jul 2006 20:56:33 +0000 quinacridone http://johnfirestone.com/blog/2006/07/11/one-red-paperclip/ The success of One Red Paperclip is amazing. This experiment goes to show just how amazing the internet is for the transmition of ideas. One man with an idea and a little internet knowledge traded one red paperclip up and up for different items until they got a house and land. It is one of the most amazing experiments in a long time. People wanted to be apart of this phenomenon, they wanted to buy into the same concept of trade. There was no money transaction. Everything was for a trade. With some vigilance and some novelty one red paper clip can equal a whole lot more. The idea of bartering is not a new idea – but it has grown out of favor. No one else can easily do the same thing – even though it was not easy for the author to do this anybody trying to follow suit may find that it is a once and done thing – the novelty is worn out. Then again, if one can make the novelty new again, with a new twist or new idea, and spread that message out to a vast section of the information attached world – who knows what could happen. This man may have gone further but his concept was to trade up to a house – and he did. Congadulations on a fun ride,  it was a vicarious journey for me.

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