Paul Expresses Unhealthy Love for Toilet Paper and Petting Zoos

Paul badgered me into doing an interview for TCTV about the book last week. Frankly, it was such a big week for the book, I was a little concerned there might be a backlash if TechCrunch pimped it more. But I'm glad he talked me into it because it was one of the more fun shoots he and I have done in a while.

Paul and my friendship is at least 75% rooted in our author-mutual-respect. That's how we got to be friends to begin with-- in 2008 we both had a book coming out about Web 2.0 and soon started on each of our second books that loosely had to do with travel and how technology was uniting the world. Of course, that's about where the similarities in the books end. Paul writes about himself, and I write about other people. Paul's skill is in his poignant and hilarious writing; mine is really in the reporting.

But that's part of what we like about each other: He writes books I never could, and I write books he never could. And both of us are --without a doubt-- at our best when writing books. It's torture for a lot of journalists. For us, we're tortured when we're not doing it. And other than my husband, the only person I talked to regularly while I was on the road was Paul. Indeed, more than two years ago when I came up with the idea, Paul was pretty much the only person who thought I should do it. (To be fair to Mr. Lacy, your friend leaving for forty weeks is a lot more palatable than your wife leaving for forty weeks.)

With so many of the reviews focusing on the message of the book, Paul wanted to do a video talking about the larger-than-life entrepreneurs I met, who are so aptly described the book's title.

Enjoy: