Mass Blog

All bloggers are needed on October 17th to create a 'mass blog', which will be stored as a social history source forever. Below is an excerpt from the BBC website about the project. More information about it and about how to participate can be obtained by clicking the link below.

'Mass blog' to capture UK Tuesday

Organisers want an electronic snapshot of everyday life in Britain People throughout the country are being asked to contribute to a mass web log recording a day in the life of Britain. Tuesday 17 October has been picked as an "ordinary day much like any other of no particular national significance". The blogs will then be stored by the British Library and at other locations as a permanent record of everyday life. The National Trust says the "massive electronic snapshot in words" will be a "fascinating social history archive for future generations to explore". Director general Fiona Reynolds said: "We want this day to have its own place in history and be a snapshot of everyday life at the beginning of the 21st Century.

Here is the link where you can find out how to take part:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6048392.stm

I think that this is a fantastic idea. It is a chance for ordinary people to provide a snapshot of their lives,which will be a permanent record for social historians in the future. I will definitely be participating. Will you? What do you think of the idea? Pass the link on in your journals/blogs so as many people as possible can take part.