I have had two people emaling today saying they and their friends want to create their own versions of rooftop Waldos! One in Phoenix AZ, and one in New Orleans! This is great, and I hope they begin popping up in many cities! My intention is to create a PDF of instructions and provide the grid, so Waldo making will become open source. It will be fun to track their progress on here as well.
So much media today, and my most hits ever, over 13,000! Thanks! Here is me on CTV.
PS: Would any of you be willing to mail me a copy of the newspaper articles about my Waldo in your city? I think it will impress my teachers if at my graduation review I show newspaper articles from around the world!
29 Comments
April 12, 2008 at 1:52 pm
Hello:
I come from Taiwan, a high school student, I am Catherine.
This morning when saw (4/12)Newspaper. Find this news feels very cool. Then connect in the on-line net at once to come to this blog after leaving school.
See the article, I think I permitted of Taiwan these newspaper (China Times) Send to you.Hope this is helpful to you, can let me have a feeling participated in too.
Contact with E-mail if it is permitted.
April 12, 2008 at 6:24 pm
Look! Waldos at Gizmodo
http://gizmodo.com/378629/wheres-waldo-available-to-play-on-google-earth
April 13, 2008 at 3:06 am
Hi Catherine, I tried emailing you but it got sent back. I would really love a copy of those newspapers! That would be so great! Is their any other way I can contact you to give you my address?
Thanks,
Melanie
April 13, 2008 at 3:47 pm
Hi Melanie!
How can I email you the article I read on your work? It was on a Brazilian website called Geek – the link is here: http://www.geek.com.br/modules/noticias/ver.php?id=19109&sec=6, but it´s written in Portuguese.
All best,
Roberta
April 13, 2008 at 6:29 pm
In Portugal your ideia become famous too! Very cool indeed….
April 13, 2008 at 7:37 pm
Awesome Idea!
congratulations from Brasil!
April 13, 2008 at 10:26 pm
G1 Brasil
http://g1.globo.com/Noticias/Tecnologia/0,,MUL392903-6174,00.html
April 13, 2008 at 11:38 pm
[...] aventura. Hay que decir que la cosa no ha terminado aquí; según ella misma explica, ha recibido peticiones de otros grupos que quieren poner una copia de Wally en sus ciudades, por lo que ha prometido [...]
April 14, 2008 at 2:57 am
[...] e agora espera as fotos da cidade serem atualizadas no Google Earth para que o jogo começe. Melanie diz que em breve vai disponibilizar instruções e o modelo do desenho para que mais Wally´s possam [...]
April 14, 2008 at 8:23 am
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/04/10/wwaldo110.xml
April 14, 2008 at 11:56 am
Congrats on your project and the media attention!
Finding the location of your Waldo was actually super easy… it doesn’t help that there’s a certain identifiable ___________ in your current aerial shot that dramatically narrows down the search, though.
April 14, 2008 at 3:10 pm
Hello! Here you have an article published in Portugal: http://diario.iol.pt/tecnologia/wally-google-earth/937797-4069.html.
Good luck!
April 14, 2008 at 3:35 pm
Fantastic idea!
I saw your Waldo …or Wally(lol) at Globo International TV.
Hugs from Japan!
April 14, 2008 at 3:38 pm
I found the damn roof but there is no waldo on it.
WTF??!!!
April 14, 2008 at 5:43 pm
Hi there! Just read an article in Época magazine, from Brazil (the title: “Personagem da Semana – Onde está Wally? no google earth”) . Such a cool idea. I’ll simply have to blog about it
April 15, 2008 at 10:01 am
My name is Matthew and I am from Sydney, Australia. There is a free paper distributed in the CBD and your Wally featured in it. This is how I found your website!
April 15, 2008 at 5:52 pm
Hi Matthew that is really cool! You are the first I have heard from Australia!
April 15, 2008 at 11:58 pm
Another Australian here! Article was published in free CBD newspaper in Brisbane called mX. Can scan the article and email if you have a contact address?
April 16, 2008 at 5:54 am
Hi Matt, I would love to see it! My email is mcoles@eciad.ca
April 16, 2008 at 1:04 pm
Hi,
i saw your idea on a web site and it was amazing. How is that doc going? i want to do it in Brasil too… Let’s spread Waldos!
April 17, 2008 at 8:11 am
Hi Melanie,
I just picked up your idea in the local newspaper here in belgium. You can see it at http://www.gva.be/nieuws/in_de_rand/default.asp?art={8045C973-F602-4D38-8155-7294DF92B083}
Attention, the news is written in Dutch (language for Belgium.)
Hope you will impress the jury !
Frederic
April 17, 2008 at 8:59 am
Hi,
your website and GREAT idea was mentioned in an online version of the ‘gazet van antwerpen’ in Belgium. http://www.gva.be/nieuws/in_de_rand/default.asp?art={8045C973-F602-4D38-8155-7294DF92B083}
I’ll check in the store tonight if it’s in the paper version too, and if so, mail it to you!
Johan-Belgium
April 18, 2008 at 7:16 am
Hi !
I read about your Wally in De Morgen, a Belgian newspaper, but I can’t find a link to the online version.
On the website of De Standaard, another Belgian newspaper, they also mention your idea : http://standaard.typepad.com/en_nu_even_ernstig/2008/04/where-on-earth.html
Good luck !
April 18, 2008 at 11:10 am
And this one in another Belgian newspaper (at least in the online version
) :
http://standaard.typepad.com/en_nu_even_ernstig/2008/04/where-on-earth.html
April 18, 2008 at 11:33 am
Hi
In the Belgium paper De Standaard, an article was put online about your Waldo. Great initiative! Hope you gather up articles from all around the globe =)
For those of you who know Dutch, and for the rest too
, here’s the link:
http://standaard.typepad.com/en_nu_even_ernstig/2008/04/where-on-earth.html
April 18, 2008 at 1:54 pm
Waldo in Belgium..
April 18, 2008 at 3:49 pm
Heya!
Funny thing : in French, Waldo is called .. Charlie ! Here is another article about your Waldo/Charlie in a Belgian radio website! This one is written in French
http://lewebameilleurgout.mint.be/index.php/2008/04/16/ou-est-charlie/20082853
April 24, 2008 at 11:50 am
Here’s a link from Norway:)
Cool project!
http://filter.start.no/humor/1548
April 24, 2008 at 5:05 pm
http://filter.start.no/humor/1548
Here you are mentioned in Norway