Mystery Train Girl

Two years ago Keir met a girl on a train. After not asking her out, he was persuaded by a friend to set up a Facebook group to find the Mystery Train Girl. One week, 14,000 members, various national newspaper articles, £1000 raised for Marie Curie, a dodgy CG reconstruction for a Hong Kong news channel and one mention on Loose Women later, Keir found that a few people had paid attention. But, did he get the girl?

This talk was delivered at Ignite Ubelly 2012.
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Transcript

1. 06/05/2010 CDF - BRI
2. 6 degrees + Facebook = lightbulb!
3. The next day...
4. justgiving.com/mysterytraingirl Lightbulb v2
7. It’s alive!!!
8. Meanwhile... MSN, Yahoo, Fox, New York Daily US, Australia, Dubai, Korea, Argentina, Spain, Malaysia, Hong Kong, India, Turkey, Morocco, Thailand, Philippines, Albania, Japan...
9. 14,961 members £1,110 for Marie Curie
12. 1. Don’t do that again 2. Always evaluate your lightbulbs 3. Never, ever read Daily Mail comments 4. The power of social media... What Keir learned
13. i just wanted to say that i think what you did was wonderful. i'm comforted to know there are kind, sweet and romantic men such as yourself left in the world. i lost my boyfriend ben to cancer a few weeks ago, and the fact that someone could have an affect on you so profound, in such a short space of time, humbles me greatly. you're my hero xxxxxxxxxxx