WSJ, 4.4.9: 'The Truman Show' for Everyone

Growing up in NYC at the dawn of the internet age, it was impossible not to pass through Josh Harris' shadow.  He was one of the first people I knew who figure out how to make big money on the internet:  talk abou it.  Except Josh did a lot more than just talk about it.  He put his entire mixed-jup life on it.  Given an infinite amount of money and bandwidth, Josh flamed out in a supernova and, thereby, establishing another pattern for others to follow.  As if further documentation was needed, Ondi Timoner spent the past decade putting the flotsom and jetsom of Josh's life into a movie, "We Live in Public." 

Josh lives in Ethiopia now.  Ondi's movie is receiving a lot of attention, including raves at Sundance. 

From the WSJ article: 

Why did you decide to release it [the movie] now?

OT: Around 2006, I saw the first status update from someone on Facebook. It said they were driving down the freeway, heading west, and I thought, "That is an unbelievable thing to put out there, why does anyone care?" Then I realized that people do care. The bunker that Josh created in 1999 when he commissioned these artists to create an artificial community in Manhattan was very much a metaphor for the Internet and social networking and everything we're seeing happening.

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