Alright, sorry, the title is just to grab your attention. As you read on, you'll find out that we're not famous, not even remotely so...
But something happened today that made me feel *almost famous* for a brief few seconds. You'll recall that we took tons of pictures while we were in Europe, and we posted some of them on Flickr. Fast forward a few weeks, I got an e-mail in my inbox this morning, from someone who said they're a reporter writing a news article about long delays at Heathrow, and they want to use the picture depicting a monstrously long line at Heathrow we had taken for their report.
Is it AP? Reuters? Or at least NBC? OMG, we're going to be famous!! Well, my illusion of grandiosity quickly got popped like a bubble when I read on and realized it was for a public news website that anyone can contribute to... After I recovered from the sense of loss that fame has been robbed from us, I checked out the article and the news site, Now Public, and found that even though it's no Reuters, it's actually quite legit and informational.
And here's the article, with our picture depicted as a tiny but respectable thumbnail in the corner, with proper credit to us and everything. Check it out, it's actually quite neat, the idea that anyone has the power to contribute to the news that we read every day to keep informed of what's happening in the world around us. Feels like we're finally part of the digital revolution of the 21st century (at long last).
