Happy One Web Day! This is the day that we celebrate all manners of web -- spider webs, Jim Webb, webbed feet. Alternatively, it's the one day a year when we sit and contemplate what it means that a global network connects humanity together in ways never before possible. You know, as someone who cares about social networks, social organization, and the potential for knowledge sharing to make the world just a darn better place, the rise and expanding reach of the Internet/web over the last many years has really been something to behold. Certainly worth celebrating for at least one day a year.
In New York City there will be an event today at noon at the Battery featuring Craig Newmark, Meet Up's Scott Heiferman, and others. But this is a holiday in the spirit of Festivus, a do-it-yourself celebration that you can make of what you want. Check the wiki for what other folks are doing around the world and honor the day in your own special way. The preeminence of the one true One Web Day anthem, however, shall not be questioned:
One, the Web that joins us
In rich complexity.
One, the mirror of many screens
One full diversity.
One, the world around us,
All humanity,
A world to shape by what we make
Through connectivity!
Have a great One Web Day.
