Just a reminder that today is Blank Screen day.  Won’t you join me in pledging to participate?

As part of the global effort to conserve the Internet, which researchers at MIT have shown to be reaching capacity, people all over the world have agreed to switch off for one hour today. I will be observing Internet silence from 2 to 3 PM. You or your organization can participate at any time during normal business hours.

Just one reason why this is important:  Americans comprise less than 5% of the world’s population, yet use more than 25% of the world’s internet capacity. People in the developing nations will never be able to get online while some others are sucking up all available bandwidth  playing online poker and checking out amateur sex sites. Think about it:  your internet silence could help a shoeless child in a remote village get through to Zappos.com.

Please consider joining me and everyone else concerned about shrinking online accessibility today in this crusade.

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