ATTN: Bloggers

We have a couple of global events coming up.

First, from Listics:

OneWebDay: September 22

The Web is worth celebrating.

OneWebDay is one day a year when we all - everyone around the physical globe - can celebrate the Web and what it means to us as individuals, organizations, and communities.

As with Earth Day - an inspiration and model for OneWebDay - it’s up to the celebrants to decide how to celebrate. We encourage all celebrations! Collaboration, connection, creativity, freedom.

By the end of the day, the Web should be just a little bit better than it was before, and we’ll be able to see our connection to it more clearly.

Then, via problogger:

Blog Action Day: October 15

On October 15th, bloggers around the web will unite to put a single important issue on everyone’s mind - the environment. Every blogger will post about the environment in their own way and relating to their own topic. Our aim is to get everyone talking towards a better future...

Both of these look challenging, fun, and possibly even worthwhile. I'm giving them some thought.

Other blogging items to think about:

From Blog Sisters we have The W Magical List of Women Bloggers. Now, it's possible to get weary of this issue, and we do have several 'lists' of women bloggers -- but it's tough to not welcome a new one. Besides, it gives me an excuse to post an updated version of this:

where are the women bloggers
where are the women bloggers
where are the women bloggers
where are the women bloggers
where are the women bloggers
where are the women bloggers
where are the women bloggers
where are the women bloggers
where are the women bloggers
where are the women bloggers
where are the women bloggers

[She-Blogger graphic by tild~. I ordered the mug. I couldn't help myself.]

I have more.

Those bloggers out there who are firmly resisting Facebook, let me weaken your resolve. There is a Facebook application called Blog Friends, which is really quite cool. It brings your 'friends' blogs into your page, and sends yours to them. Of course, you say, I already read my friends' blogs. Yes, but -- it also brings in posts from the blogs of 'friends of friends'.  And, I suppose, sends yours out in the same way.

I know, the last thing I need is more blogs to read, but I'm really enjoying this app. It's my favorite thing on Facebook.

Finally, a new discovery (for me) via scribblingwoman2: loose wire blog, by Jeremy Wagstaff. I don't know how I've missed this for so long. I spent quite a awhile there, especially in his blogging archives. He has lots of thoughtful, helpful things to say, and he writes very well. It's a pleasure.

What are you doing here? Go read. Go blog.

[Crossposted from Watermark]

Comments

[fp]

Thanks for the link Sharon. Another event that's coming up is in the planning stages, but seems important to me if we can pull it off: September 11, 2007 -- a general strike in observance of all that we have lost, given away, and had taken from us over the last four years.

[fp]

FOUR YEARS??? Did I say four years? It has been six years of unremitting and endless warfare designed to sap the the strength of the American common people and enrich the oil and armaments industry? Are we any better off today, any more secure than we were on 9/12/2001? Sorry for getting on the soapbox here, but something has to be done.

[SB]

For some reason, your comment inspired my early morning post on Watermark today. Could not sleep. had to write.

[BlogOxide]

I've just gone through the details of blog action day, but didn't hear about others, thanks for sharing!

Regards,

[Mohsin]

I have already signed up with the Blog Action Day. It would be fun writing about the environment :D