Ian Clarke always loved writing and he always wanted to be a journalist. In his home town Ian was famous for his news stories. One day he decided to take his articles to one of the big city papers that got delivered to his town every few days. So off went Ian to the big city to see if they would publish his articles. The editor took one look at it and laughed. While Ian may have been famous for writing stories in his own little town, the newspaper required something that Ian knew very little about – correct spelling.
Ian was crushed, but his dream of being a journalist was not destroyed. If the corporations couldn’t see his potential, then maybe the common man would. He decided on that day that he would put them online available for everyone to see. He decided on a name for his little venture, it was to be called The Poof. Poof meaning that it wasn’t the corporate shell that so many news stories had, you know the kind, the kind where a paper takes the side of a corporation rather than the on strike workers, but more of a personalized news venture. There was only one problem. When Ian went to register thepoof, he didn’t double check to make sure he had spelled it correctly and registered thoof.
This didn’t stop him either, he wrote stories and made it into a very successful online newspaper.
Interesting story. I’ll check them out further.