tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7815640431651173676.post2689563491262991045..comments2024-01-01T23:38:31.538+00:00Comments on Faster Future: Possibilities now and beyond: The NHS: A case of viral love, belief and the enemyDavid Cushmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09626601471173841299noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7815640431651173676.post-34153033162840426842009-08-14T11:08:08.224+01:002009-08-14T11:08:08.224+01:00Really nice post David, answered a lot of my quest...Really nice post David, answered a lot of my question about how it all got started. <br /><br />I think the most fascinating thing about the whole thing is that it was truly a grass roots movement that went viral, and wasn't 'a stunt'. <br /><br />Still trending strongly today as well: http://twist.flaptor.com/?span=168&gram=%23welovethenhsJordan Stonehttp://digitalprescriptions.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7815640431651173676.post-31282542538667349462009-08-14T10:06:19.946+01:002009-08-14T10:06:19.946+01:00You are right in that I created the NHS Twibbon; t...You are right in that I created the NHS Twibbon; to be honest I think my motivation mostly derived from sensing a huge trend, and hoping that users might want to express the trend visually.<br /><br />I do have some positive affiliation to the NHS (my girlfriend is a medical student and loves the institution, and my family has a history of wonderful treatment from doctors, nurses and surgeons) and I wouldn't have created the Twibbon if I didn't feel that way.<br /><br />I actually work as part of the Twibbon team up in Edinburgh, and I've never created one that's taken off like this. Almost all of the high trending Twibbons tend to be started by users themselves, which is the way it should be really.<br /><br />The man who started it all off is http://twitter.com/glinner the writer of Father Ted! There's more about this story at http://blog.twibbon.com/Dan Mosshttp://twibbon.comnoreply@blogger.com