Thursday, February 02, 2006

Celebrate the Internet on OneWebDay

Thanks to a post at Joho the Blog (link), I've found out that 22 September, 2006 (and every 22 September afterwards if it's successful) will be OneWebDay. It's kinda like Earth Day. A day to celebrate the Internet. Or as they put it -- "to create, maintain, advance, and promote a global day to celebrate online life."

I love it.

The Net has had a HUGE impact on my life over the last 12 years or so. In terms of my personal life (not least because I met my wife online over 10 years ago), my professional life, my academic life, and of course my shopping life.

And I really like the idea of lots of local celebrations and projects going on all over the world to celebrate and promote the Net. If you're interested in learning more about it, or maybe even starting or volunteering for a project, go over to the OneWebDay website and check it out.

Edited to add: Can't believe I forgot to mention that the other reason why I think OneWebDay is cool is because it's also my birthday. Does that mean double presents???