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Amazing what you can do with 30 minutes of peace and an iPhone. What's really amazing is how much difference one person can make. We're used to thinking that
by edw519 17y ago
Amazing what you can do with 30 minutes of peace and an iPhone.
What's really amazing is how much difference one person can make. We're used to thinking that way in our work, but sometimes it takes a selfless act on a bigger issue to show us that our efforts don't have to be restricted to our own projects.
Thank you, John. You are an inspiration.
- jgrahamc 17y agoOne thing that's worth talking about, and I'm trying to find a journalist to write about this is that I used a combination of web stuff (my blog, Twitter, Facebook) and pounding on journalists. I kept a really close eye on the rate of change in the signature count and when it started to slow I hammered on old media to get the story out there. The major inflection points (past the initial push caused by the LGBT press and places like Hacker News) was getting the story on the BBC. Key to that was Richard Dawkins. He simply signed the petition and said so publicly and then went on Channel 4 news. With him on board it was easy to tell a story to the journalists and off it went.