Three weeks ago I went to a happy hour organized by the Neiman Lab, I mentioned my thesis project, Andrew Phelps said “that sounds cool, can I write about it?” and I said “sure why not!” I assumed that the post would get about as much traction as professional blog posts usually get: a few hundred eyeballs and some useful feedback.
After the article was pushed it started getting twitter attention. Soon afterwards NPR, CBC, and The Register contacted me. I ended up with a two-minute piece on Weekend Edition, a longer interview on Day 6, a surprisingly balanced and long piece on TechCrunch, and the official title of Boffin by the crazy Brits. This was unexpected.