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Blog Action Day 2008

Almost half the world—over 3 billion people—live on less than $2.50 a day. On October 15, over 4,000 bloggers will be writing about why that is important.

On October 15, millions of people will read blogs advancing the public conversation on poverty. This is thanks to the efforts of Blog Action Day, an annual collective-action event when everybody writes about the same topic.


Poverty from Blog Action Day.

I was reminded of this event recently, but Blog Action Day has been pacing in the back of my mind since participating last year, with an article about sustainable design for the communal topic of Environment. I’m not sure how I’ll approach Poverty, but as a graduate student with family, I think I have some experience on the matter. The organizers have also helped by providing a page of resources to help bloggers be more informed on the subject.

There are currently over 4,000 blogs registered to participate, reaching over 8 million readers. Everybody consider participating in Blog Action Day on October 15th.

By Kevin Makice

A Ph.D student in informatics at Indiana University, Kevin is rich in spirit. He wrestles and reads with his kids, does a hilarious Christian Slater imitation and lights up his wife's days. He thinks deeply about many things, including but not limited to basketball, politics, microblogging, parenting, online communities, complex systems and design theory. He didn't, however, think up this profile.

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