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May 27, 2003

Global Blogidays

"Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow creeps in this petty pace from day to day. To the last syllable of recorded time. And all our yesterdays have lighted fools the way to dusty blogs." 

Even Shakespeare thinks we all need a vacation.

So, here's my proposal: We all take the first two weeks of August off. All of us. Yes, you. You just remove your keys from the keyboard and find something else to do with your time.

Saturday, August 2 through Sunday August 17. "Through" means you don't start blogging again until Monday the 18th.

All in favor, swing your hammock to the left...

Brian Dear has a suggestion:

Dave Weinberger suggests all bloggers take the first two weeks of August off in a mass "blogiday". He's even got the logo you're supposed to attach to your blog during that time, to let everyone know you're taking off time when Dave is taking off time.

I say, keep on bloggin'! If the blogerati want to take off two weeks in August, fine. It's a great opportunity for other blogs to get some attention.

A suggestion to vacationing bloggers: rather than just showing a blogiday logo, how about providing some prominent links to a lesser-known blogs, ones they like but for whatever reason ones they haven't put in their blogroll. A sort of "while I'm away, I recommend the following fine blogs" followed by a list. Share your discoveries!

BTW, my RW vacation will be the last week of July and the first week of August, so it's not quite me suggesting everyone stop when I stop. Besides, do you really think I'm going to stop for 2 weeks?

Posted by D. Weinberger at May 27, 2003 07:26 AM

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See my "Blogiday, Schmogiday" comment at

http://www.brianstorms.com/archives/000112.html

Posted by: brian | May 27, 2003 10:33 AM

Posted by: Gary Turner | May 27, 2003 03:28 PM

I take a couple weeks' holiday every year at the END of August -- I go off to a writer's retreat on Toronto Island where my connectivity is a shared 56k line. Last year, before leaving, I posted my list of links to blogs that I read, and invited my readers to add their own blogs to the list in the comments area.

Posted by: Cory Doctorow | May 27, 2003 11:04 PM

I'll take 5 weeks of vacation within 7 days. I'll make a trip to Germany to visit a friend and I spent the last month thinking how could I don't stop blogging in this time. If I stop, I'll go insane!

Posted by: Egometipse | May 31, 2003 11:28 PM

I believe this is an interesting idea to test how blog addicted we are :-)

Posted by: Martina | June 2, 2003 06:19 AM

My thoughts on the concept can be found here:
http://www.blogherald.com/archives/000101.html

Posted by: Duncan | August 2, 2003 08:06 AM

Great comments guys. Peter FDA

Posted by: Peter | November 6, 2003 08:14 PM

I just can't shut my pie hole.

Posted by: Whiny Communist Bitch | November 12, 2004 07:02 PM

generic cialis

Posted by: generic cialis | November 30, 2004 02:55 AM

This is a great idea! I have been planning to take a community blog that I run off-line and "on vacation" for a week to help the regular commenters develop some new hobbies besides bickering at each other.

You've given me some cover as now I can point to you (and take TWO weeks) instead of just silently wishing my readers would get a life. ;-)

Is it too late to do this - 2 years after you proposed it?

Posted by: Ruby SInreich | July 8, 2005 05:29 PM

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