Web Urban Legends

Had some fun on Twitter today with #WebUrbanLegends (you can follow me @hunterwalk)


‘ Lean Startup Movement was founded when his iPhone autocorrected from “pinot” to “pivot” during trip to Napa 

An Oxford economist proved unexplainable correlation btw crop prices in Farmville & actual wheat prices in intl markets 

Each day Google engineers have a contest tied to some crazy word – if you are 1st to search for it, you win $1000

Evite was founded by devout Christians which is why you can’t invite “666” people to an event 

If a baby is born in an  car it gets a lifetime pass to ride for free 

At one point in the summer of 1996,  Calacanis owned 7.8% of all registered domains