It's me! In the newspapers!

[devi]

There's an article about my letter experiment in The Independent today. Oh my. I am apparently "writer Deirdre Ruane", or just "Ruane", which is very weird.

Go read it, and then go to postwodehouse.com, which is the website I've been asking for help with this week. And for pity's sake, if you participated (or even if you didn't) and you can think of something to say, post something on the message board! It's got tumbleweeds blowing through it.

Thank you again to everyone who joined in - I've still got letters to go out to some of you! - and everyone who helped me test the site. And to rhodri, who did a great job.

I'm in the paper. Holy cow.

Comments

[amuchmoreexotic.livejournal.com]

What a great idea!

[strange-powers.livejournal.com]

Well done, Ruane (as I shall now hereforth refer to you).

[http://users.livejournal.com/_alanna/]

How fantastic! :o)

Did you tell the papers about it in the end?

[tubewalker.livejournal.com]

So cool, it is just the best idea.

[bluedevi.livejournal.com]

I wanted to mention Tube Walks on the site somewhere (that's the reason I was at Devons Road at all, for a start) but I wasn't sure you'd like me pointing random strangers at your LJ. Dude, you should put all the photos and the alternative tube map and stuff on a website as well!

Sorry I didn't make it on Saturday, and hope you and Cloid are ok.

[triskellian]

That's so cool! And my comment about post sacks in the river is in there, too!

And now I'm once again sad for the letter I'll never be able to read :-(

[abigailb.livejournal.com]

I'm thinking it might be interesting to try this experiment in different cities all over the world, and see what, if any, effect that has on the success rate. Maintaining equivilance in the drop sites might be hard though.

[bluedevi.livejournal.com]

I was going to, but never got round to it. Then rhodri rang me at the start of last week, saying he'd do something on it.

I'm glad he did - he's been pitching things for years. I'd never have had the guts to approach the Independent.

[inskauldrak.livejournal.com]

excellent! : )

[tubewalker.livejournal.com]

Point anyone you want to! Missed you on Sat and well done about the article, it truly is the best idea.

[fluffymormegil.livejournal.com]

Yay! Fame!
Never did receive the letter :(

[al-fruitbat.livejournal.com]

I wonder if Red Ken will have you done for littering? ;-)
That was an excellent article, congratulations to the both of you!

[bluedevi.livejournal.com]

I was thinking that about the littering...

[bluedevi.livejournal.com]

Bastards. It was in a really easy place too. But the other one I put in Liverpool Street didn't get through either.

[anam-uk.livejournal.com]

Damn I forgot to mention I recived one, I haven't got round to replying yet.
Now its time to find hte article on the web :>

[tokyo-mb.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on the article!

Still no sign of that letter here in Tokyo... now makes me discount even the slight chance that it followed one of my other letters to Sweden and then by boat to Yokohama (taking 12 weeks in the process).

[rhodri.livejournal.com]

How sweet. I wouldn't worry.

[davefish.livejournal.com]

Yay!
Congratulations on the coverage :)

[thecesspit.livejournal.com]

Nice work, fella(-rette).

[atommickbrane.livejournal.com]

Yowsers! Well done Ruane! Glad the website is up and running happily by the way!

[bluedevi.livejournal.com]

That's your letter in the picture on the main page, by the way!

[bluedevi.livejournal.com]

Cool, must update the stats table...

[huskyteer.livejournal.com]

Holy wow! Nice one!

[dyddgu.livejournal.com]

Congrats! :D It was such a cool idea...

[bluedevi.livejournal.com]

Innit. :) I wasn't expecting anything to come of the experiment...