Comments on: Today, OneWebDay http://onewebday.org/2006/09/22/today-onewebday/ Your Web. Your Day. Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:38:42 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: foghorn http://onewebday.org/2006/09/22/today-onewebday/comment-page-1/#comment-104 foghorn Fri, 22 Sep 2006 15:05:52 +0000 http://www.onewebday.org/?p=150#comment-104 Happy OneWebDay indeed- but why can't we celebrate it on Sir Tim Berners-Lee's birthday, or the day on which he invented the net, if that can be pinned down? The knighthood was well deserved, and it's pleasing that, just as Volvo gave the benefits of the seatbelt to all for the good of society, this great Briton has gifted the world with a communications tool the life-enhancing potential of which we've only scratched the surface. The OneWebDay site's a bit untidy and confusing, but it's a great idea, even if the first I heard of it was when my brother posted a link to the BBC news website this morning. I'm afraid it may be OneWeb, but BBC ONE TV clearly thinks there are more significant things happening in the world. Oh yeah? Can there be anything more significant than the web in the last twenty years? If it's out there, you can find it, without even needing to leave the comfort of your lounge. No nation, no concept, no political ideology, no business idea, no language need be beyond it's reach. Come into my parlour, said the spyware to the flyer- it's advertising's golden goose but oppressive government's un-tieable noose. Despite the efforts of some, the web without doubt is the greatest contribution to free speech the world has ever seen. And as a frustrated journalist who now reads, posts, blogs, reads, learns, shares, prays, listens, looks, speaks of the world through new eyes since I joined the world wide web, I'd even go so far as to say that we owe Sir Tim more than Marconi! So, Happy St Tim's Day- sorry, OneWebDay, and G'day world from Eastbourne, Sussex via London, England. Happy OneWebDay indeed- but why can’t we celebrate it on Sir Tim Berners-Lee’s birthday, or the day on which he invented the net, if that can be pinned down? The knighthood was well deserved, and it’s pleasing that, just as Volvo gave the benefits of the seatbelt to all for the good of society, this great Briton has gifted the world with a communications tool the life-enhancing potential of which we’ve only scratched the surface.

The OneWebDay site’s a bit untidy and confusing, but it’s a great idea, even if the first I heard of it was when my brother posted a link to the BBC news website this morning. I’m afraid it may be OneWeb, but BBC ONE TV clearly thinks there are more significant things happening in the world.

Oh yeah? Can there be anything more significant than the web in the last twenty years? If it’s out there, you can find it, without even needing to leave the comfort of your lounge. No nation, no concept, no political ideology, no business idea, no language need be beyond it’s reach. Come into my parlour, said the spyware to the flyer- it’s advertising’s golden goose but oppressive government’s un-tieable noose. Despite the efforts of some, the web without doubt is the greatest contribution to free speech the world has ever seen. And as a frustrated journalist who now reads, posts, blogs, reads, learns, shares, prays, listens, looks, speaks of the world through new eyes since I joined the world wide web, I’d even go so far as to say that we owe Sir Tim more than Marconi!
So, Happy St Tim’s Day- sorry, OneWebDay, and G’day world from Eastbourne, Sussex via London, England.

]]> By: Tery Spataro http://onewebday.org/2006/09/22/today-onewebday/comment-page-1/#comment-103 Tery Spataro Fri, 22 Sep 2006 13:48:15 +0000 http://www.onewebday.org/?p=150#comment-103 Happy OneWebDay from Phoenix, AZ. We were so excited about today we baked a delicious chocolate cake to celebrate. Well, actually my mom baked the cake. There's video of us singing happy OneWebDay. Happy OneWebDay from Phoenix, AZ. We were so excited about today we baked a delicious chocolate cake to celebrate. Well, actually my mom baked the cake. There’s video of us singing happy OneWebDay.

]]> By: postblogger http://onewebday.org/2006/09/22/today-onewebday/comment-page-1/#comment-102 postblogger Fri, 22 Sep 2006 13:19:19 +0000 http://www.onewebday.org/?p=150#comment-102 Yup, Happy OneWebDay! I doubt that anybody who reads this would be here if they didn't think that the web could bring people together so, as an experiment, why not try behaving in the 'real world' today the way you do online? Talk to somebody who's reading a book you're interested in on the tube, or something... The web might have changed you more than you realize! Hope to 'see' you all same time, same place next year... Yup, Happy OneWebDay!

I doubt that anybody who reads this would be here if they didn’t think that the web could bring people together so, as an experiment, why not try behaving in the ‘real world’ today the way you do online? Talk to somebody who’s reading a book you’re interested in on the tube, or something… The web might have changed you more than you realize!

Hope to ’see’ you all same time, same place next year…

]]> By: Mike http://onewebday.org/2006/09/22/today-onewebday/comment-page-1/#comment-101 Mike Fri, 22 Sep 2006 12:40:45 +0000 http://www.onewebday.org/?p=150#comment-101 OneWebDay is a great idea and I will be doing my bit to encourage everyone I know to celebrate. The internet has had such a big effect on so many people. As Wink says, it's still in its infancy after 20 years. With Web2.0 becoming more and more prevalent, the future is bright. Roll on the next 20 years! OneWebDay is a great idea and I will be doing my bit to encourage everyone I know to celebrate.

The internet has had such a big effect on so many people. As Wink says, it’s still in its infancy after 20 years. With Web2.0 becoming more and more prevalent, the future is bright.

Roll on the next 20 years!

]]> By: meneame.net http://onewebday.org/2006/09/22/today-onewebday/comment-page-1/#comment-100 meneame.net Fri, 22 Sep 2006 12:32:07 +0000 http://www.onewebday.org/?p=150#comment-100 <strong>One web day</strong> La vida conectado es hermosa, celebrémosla. One web day

La vida conectado es hermosa, celebrémosla.

]]> By: Wink http://onewebday.org/2006/09/22/today-onewebday/comment-page-1/#comment-99 Wink Fri, 22 Sep 2006 12:27:50 +0000 http://www.onewebday.org/?p=150#comment-99 The interesting part is the web/internet is still in it's infancy....20 years down the road? The interesting part is the web/internet is still in it’s infancy….20 years down the road?

]]> By: hexy http://onewebday.org/2006/09/22/today-onewebday/comment-page-1/#comment-98 hexy Fri, 22 Sep 2006 11:59:45 +0000 http://www.onewebday.org/?p=150#comment-98 A site to celebrate the web.. great concept, shame it has 44 warnings on W3C website compatibility.. A site to celebrate the web.. great concept, shame it has 44 warnings on W3C website compatibility..

]]> By: Ron Popeli http://onewebday.org/2006/09/22/today-onewebday/comment-page-1/#comment-97 Ron Popeli Fri, 22 Sep 2006 11:45:03 +0000 http://www.onewebday.org/?p=150#comment-97 Wohoo! First comment! Wohoo! First comment!

]]> By: Greg Ebdon http://onewebday.org/2006/09/22/today-onewebday/comment-page-1/#comment-96 Greg Ebdon Fri, 22 Sep 2006 10:34:39 +0000 http://www.onewebday.org/?p=150#comment-96 Amen to that. I really couldn't live without the web - because of it's diversity and way of bridging long gaps, I have more friedns who I've never actually met than I have. I laugh, I cry, I create, I destroy, I philosophise, I argue, I give knowledge freely, I receive it - and all of these because of one man's idea that now spans millions of servers, thousands of ISPs, and billions of domains. And of course, the space in my head that every day is filled with the warm feeling that I know people, I can talk to them, enjoy their company, and that I have a place in the world that I am, a place that I can go, and the resources and encouragement to get there. Amen to that. I really couldn’t live without the web – because of it’s diversity and way of bridging long gaps, I have more friedns who I’ve never actually met than I have. I laugh, I cry, I create, I destroy, I philosophise, I argue, I give knowledge freely, I receive it – and all of these because of one man’s idea that now spans millions of servers, thousands of ISPs, and billions of domains.

And of course, the space in my head that every day is filled with the warm feeling that I know people, I can talk to them, enjoy their company, and that I have a place in the world that I am, a place that I can go, and the resources and encouragement to get there.

]]> By: graham http://onewebday.org/2006/09/22/today-onewebday/comment-page-1/#comment-95 graham Fri, 22 Sep 2006 10:31:27 +0000 http://www.onewebday.org/?p=150#comment-95 Happy OneWebDay! ---- www.gad123.co.uk Happy OneWebDay!
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