Sorry, this isn't a real article yet!
I created my fake Google News page in 2007, mostly for my own amusement. I was depressed about the state of the world and all the dismal headlines, and I wanted to be able to imagine a much better world. I made the fake site my home page, as a mini-experiment in the power of positive thinking.
On June 8, 2008, the site seems to have gone viral, with links from Boing Boing, Digg, Reddit, Treehugger, many many blogs, and (my personal favorite) Whedonesque. The page seems to have struck a chord in a lot of people.
Because this has generated so much interest, we'd like to add some information on what's happening on these different topics, and we'll try to add something about that in the next few days.
If you have ideas about how to turn my pipe dream into real change, please drop us a line at .
In the meantime, I wrote up some explanations behind my fake headlines in case you're curious about what was in my head at the time.
Best wishes,
Andrea (and Ted)