There are lots of activities going on across the globe this Monday in celebration of One Web Day. What is it, you ask? From the site:
OneWebDay is an Earth Day for the internet. The idea behind OneWebDay is to focus attention on a key internet value (this year, online participation in democracy), focus attention on local internet concerns (connectivity, censorship, individual skills), and create a global constituency that cares about protecting and defending the internet. So, think of OneWebDay as an environmental movement for the Internet ecosystem. It’s a platform for people to educate and activate others about issues that are important for the Internet’s future.
The project wiki has a list of physical locations where events are taking place. NYC is starting early with events going on today, Saturday as well.
OWD also has lots of suggestions for getting involved online.
UPDATE: Here’s an idea for celebrating OWD here at CT. On Monday, I’ll put up a post about one of my favorite Web sites, a Web site that has had real implications for my everyday life. I invite others to think about which Web sites mean a lot to them and to share these on Monday in honor of OWD.
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HH 09.20.08 at 3:30 pm
A better idea is to survey the regulars here to see what overlap there is in their bookmark files. It is fruitful to think of the Web as an infinite number of concentric spheres of selectively networked communication. The CT community is one of these shells, and it would be interesting to map out its own noosphere.
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