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Over 400 Bloggers Plan to Blog All Night For Blogathon 2007
 This year's Blogathon will be begin on July 28th at 6:00am Pacific Time. Each year a group of bloggers post every 30 minutes for 24 hours straight to raise money for charity. One of the bloggers partipating this year is Raymond Angel who blogs at Amassed Lust and also has a live show on Ustream.tv called Rockstar Live. Raymond blogs that he will also be broadcasting live this year on a webcast called "Blogathon TV."
Blogathon is an annual event in which participants like me will post a new blog entry every thirty minutes for twenty-four hours for charity.
This year I'm also going to be broadcasting LIVE for the entire 24 hours on "Blogathon TV" which will be a webcast in which I take a look at what is happening during the Blogathon.
Raymond Angel is raising money for Doctors without Borders. You can read more about his Blogathon TV idea here.
The Blogathon 2007 website says 415 bloggers have already signed up to participate. Some of the other bloggers staying up all night in this year's blogathon include A la cuisine, urbanmom.net, MittenMusings, Crafty Wannabe, Kat Scratch Fever, Snarkypants, Jessi Benwhoski, Parenthetically Speaking, Green Tea Rocks, Plaid Toaster, Alabama Improper, KayKayZowie, Cootiehog and Bacblog U. A complete list of the Blogathon bloggers can be found here.
If you are interested in participating you still have time. The Faq says signups don't close until the day before the event. However, you are running out of time to both signup and get sponsors.
Posted on July 22, 2007
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Over 370 Bloggers Participating in Blogathon 2006
 Blogathon 2006 is about to begin. The Blogathon site says there are over 370 blogs blogging for various charities in the 2006 Blogathon. Participating bloggers will be blogging once every 30 minutes for 24 hours to raise money for the charity they are blogging for. You can sponsor one of the participating bloggers. Lorelle says over $65,732.67 has been pledged for worthy charities so far. Blogging begins at 0600 Pacific Time, on July 29. From the Blogathon FAQ we found helpful advice for bloggers looking to stay awake for 24-hours straight.
Quick, cold showers.
Chatting online with other Blogathon participants.
Dancing! Dancing, singing and general moving help keep you awake in the late hours of the event.
Watch movies, television, play computer games or board games or anything that will engage your attention. Plus, you'll have something to write about.
Have a themed blog! If you're busy writing about the history of the yam or making a collage for your sponsors, you'll have a goal to sustain you through the event.
The FAQ also says not to consume alcohol, which is good advice. Lorelle on Wordpress offers more tips for getting through the Blogathon. Here are some posts by bloggers preparing to write 48 posts in 24 hours.
Blogocentricity: "The past few days, I've been thinking of stuff to write about, though I've not actually jotted down any points. After thinking long and hard about it I decided not to tie myself up by giving my first Blogathon attempt any theme. Instead, I thought I'd write as many different things as possible - hopefully, I wont be snoring away after the first six hours!"
Dave Dorm: "It's almost time. I have taken the day off of work to rest up before the event. I am sure it will take a lot out of me, but it is for charity. My wife teases me that I just want to see if I have an all-nighter left in this old body of mine. Perhaps it's a little of both."
Foldedspace: "Blogathon 2006 is tomorrow, and I'll be writing for 24-hours straight at Get Rich Slowly. My theme will be Funny Money. I'll highlight stories and anecdotes and websites about money that are funny in some way. I mean both funny 'ha-ha' and funny 'strange'."
Zazzafooky: "I didn't have much of a schtick or theme, I'll be doing what I always do only faster and lots more of it. For the 24 hours & 48 Posts I'll be doing 24 autobiographical essays posted on the hour, 12 issues of Tids & Bits and 12 random posts to include music downloads, and other goodies."
All-Night.org: "I know I'm excited! How 'bout the rest of you? I know some people have everything planned out but I’m not one of them. I have a few ideas for posts. Expect some guest posting from Wolf, Squeakers and Diamond. Those are the various family pets. Expect some funny Wolfie videos as well. I’m not going to give all my post ideas away though! You’ll have to stay tuned tomorrow for that."
The Ice Palace: "Can you FEEL the sleep deprivation in the air? I can! I am going to the store tomorrow to stock up on snacks, and lots and lots of highly caffeinated beverages."
Pandora's Box: "The blogathon is coming up, and is due to start tomorrow morning 6AM (for my time zone). As stated in my own blog, my plan is simple. I have no plan. So having no plan is the plan. I don't have a set of topics I'm gonna talk about, or anything to talk about at all. I'm going to play it by ear, and see where it takes me. We'll see how it all goes."
lastsyllable.net: "I've been reading pieces of Julius Caesar all day, partially because I've been meaning to read it all week and partially because I haven't had much sleep today, so this functions as a trial run for the Blogathon - will I be able to stay awake enough to comment intelligently? Will "live lit-crit" work? Will I ditch the plan altogether and get sleepily philosophical? Tune in Saturday and find out."
Thinking about Blogathon inspired Binary Blonde to write a couple Blogathon haikus.
There are awards given at the end of each Blogathon. A list of last year's winners can be found at the end of this post. A couple newspaper articles about this year's Blogathon can be found here and here.
Posted on July 28, 2006
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Today is Safer Internet Day
eGov Monitor reports that the European Commission has launched Safer Internet Day to inform people about Internet dangers.
The European Commission is leading a worldwide 'Safer Internet Day' tomorrow to highlight the potential dangers of using the web.
Insafe, the EU's network for safer internet use, is launching a global "blogathon" to draw attention to the legal, ethical and safety issues associated with the internet.
A wide range of organisations involved in promoting internet safety and special guests will make postings on the blog, inviting comments from users around the world.
It will contain content in several languages and will have a geographical focus that moves west through global time-zones from New Zealand to Argentina.
The blogathon blog can be found here. It is updated with content in multiple languages from 35 countries.
Posted on February 7, 2006
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Blogathon Award Winners Announced
The winners of the Blogathon Awards were announced last month. During Blogathon bloggers blogged every thirty minutes for twenty-four hours straight to raise money for a charity of their choice. Blogathon provided a list of suggested charities here. Bloggers
participating in a blogathon had to find people to sponsor them who agree to donate money if they completed the blogging all-nighter. Blogathon provided monitors to make sure people continued blogging every thirty minutes for twenty-four hours. If you are curious as to how the bloggers managed to stay awake the Blogathon Awards explain in their faq:
How can I stay awake?
Ah, the age-old question: how to stay awake 24 hours while posting clever
entries in your blog every thirty minutes? Some tried-and-true ways include:
Quick, cold showers.
Chatting online with other Blogathon participants.
Dancing! Dancing, singing and general moving help keep you awake in the late hours of the event.
Watch movies, television, play computer games or board games or anything that will engage your attention. Plus, you'll have something to write about.
Have a themed blog! If you're busy writing about the history of the yam or
making a collage for your sponsors, you'll have a goal to sustain you through the event.
Here is a list of this year's Blogathon winners:
Best Blog: Fembat.Org : Blog Template Challenge
Best Writing Project: (2-way tie) Goodbye.nu Charity Blogathon and
Chemmonkey
Most Enthusiastic: Stale Betty
Best Webcam: The Metafictional Blues: Blogathon '05 The Need to Read
Best Visual Arts Project: Portraits for a Purpose
Best Themed Blog: Three Moms and a Single Lady
Best Undefineable Project: DisconnectedBlog
Most Tired (but still made it!): Five Point Restraints
Best Audio Project: DevinAndMarty.com: SwampLog
Monitor's Choice bSpies: Zazzafooky
Monitor's Choice The Yellow Darts: The Alaska Blog
Monitor's Choice They Might Be Monitors: Lone Prairie Blog
Posted on November 20, 2005
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Electronic Frontier Foundation Launches Blog-a-thon
EFF, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, which fights to preserve the constitutional right to freedom of expression on the Internet, is running a week-long Blog-a-thon call the EFF15 Blog-a-thon. To participate in the blogathon the EFF wants to hear the first step you took to stand up for your digital rights. Bloggers then need to tag their post with an "EFF15" tag.
We want to hear about your "click moment" — the very first step you to took to stand up for your digital rights -- whether it was blogging about an issue you care about, participating in a demonstration, writing your representatives, or getting involved with EFF. As a thank you, we've enlisted an independent panel of judges to choose from among your posts for "Most Inspirational," "Most Humorous," and "Best Overall." At the end of the Blog-a-thon, we'll announce the names of the three bloggers with the best posts on our website and in our weekly newsletter, EFFector. We'll also publish the three best posts on our site and send the authors a blogging "kit" as an extra thank you: an EFF bloggers' rights T-shirt, special EFF-branded blogger pajama pants, a pound of coffee, and a pair of fuzzy slippers.
(Via Boing Boing)
Posted on July 20, 2005
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