Imagine ...

Imagine for a moment that with a flick of a giant switch, Blogger, Xanga, WordPress, Movable Type, Typepad, and all the blogging platforms online just vanished, leaving no trace behind. Bye bye BoingBoing, Kottke is kaput, Technorati would be empty, and the wonderful ecosystem of The Truth Laid Bear would be void of all animals. Could we bear that? Blogging has changed from being simply a personal journal designed to give us a sense of our past to becoming a medium, a channel through which words work to change things, be it ourselves, those around us, or the world beyond.

The history

InWeDay first saw the light of day back in 2004, when a blogger by the name of Rio Akasaka used his webpage, several comments on blogs he encountered, and a rudimentary logo to spread the idea. Back then, InWeDay was celebrated on the 9th of June, but since the date had little symbolic representation, it was moved to the 14th of June in 2005, for reasons that are detailed here. In 2005, the celebration saw 587 blogs from 43 countries represented. Since then, InWeDay has been gathering momentum, with more and more meetups and more and more people participating in a truly global event.

Past Meetups

Bagan Lalang, Malaysia June 24th, 2006 (photos and info)
Giornalle, México, D.F June 14th, 2005 (photos and info)
Putrajaya, Malaysia June 12th, 2005 (photos and info)
Penang, Malaysia June 14th, 2005 (photos and info)