Comments on: Telstra answers Twitter plea to help hospital bound pensioner watch wife’s funeral by video

By: Warlach’s World » Funerals, social media and Telstra - A Retrospective

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:48:31 +0000

[...] some of you may have seen this story get a write up on Mumbrella and on Trib’s blog, it also permeated the mainstream press. This resulted in two interesting [...]

By: acatinatree

acatinatree — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 03:35:53 +0000

This is one of those moments when we get to feel proud of the community we’re building; there have been a spate of Twitter related disasters of late and it’s heartening to remind ourselves that new technologies and online social networks can genuinely be a force for good.

Well done Telstra, and massive respect Lachlan, both for having the courage of your convictions and caring enough to try. Ahem. You badass.

By: Joel Eggenhuizen

Joel Eggenhuizen — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 01:17:41 +0000

Nice work. This is the stuff that makes me proud to work for Telstra.

By: Tim Bennett

Tim Bennett — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 01:16:56 +0000

It’s got to be just a matter of time before a startup comes along to facilitate the streaming of important events in people’s lives. Weddings, funerals, birthdays, baptisms – there are any number of major life events that could be streamed for those who aren’t able to be there.

By: Kalena

Kalena — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 01:03:36 +0000

Really glad this worked out for Lachlan and fam. 5 years ago with no Twitter and it probably wouldn’t have. If i’d been in Sydney, I would’ve provided 1 of those cameras!

By: Stephen

Stephen — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:38:18 +0000

Wow, that’s amazing! Nice to hear these kinds of things are happening

By: Warlach

Warlach — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:57:02 +0000

Tim, you’ve got to stop talking about me like this, you’ll ruin my hardcore, badarse reputation that all the ladies swoon for. Anyway, given the fact I comment here semi-regularly I guess I can’t ignore a post that so closely concerns me.

The whole thing, from post to Telstra having me on the phone, was honestly just over an hour – in that time I had also already been contacted by others who were willing to help.

Behind the scenes people made calls, emailed and retweeted the original message. There was a massive outpouring of support and initiative. I won’t name names but there were multiple people contacting Telstra as well as people who work inside the telco making sure the message got where it needed to be heard.

I can’t thank everyone enough and I’ll be updating the original post with more info tomorrow, and also I’ll be sure to write a follow up post after the funeral.

By: jack w

jack w — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:40:32 +0000

Onya Telstra. Well done.

By: Wolfie Rankin

Wolfie Rankin — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 08:03:25 +0000

Well done!

It’s still a sad story, I hope that there’s an afterlife so these too old lovebirds can be together forever.