"Let's focus on content, making the Web worth-while instead of focusing on geography. The World-Wide part will come only from the Worth-While part. Not vice versa, not in any other way."
The Worth While Web
First of all read the insane rave that lead me to get this, IMHO, fab idea....
The Worth While Web, is an idea I got one friday afternoon, while writing some of my usual junk for this site. Basically it's an attempt at putting the fovus on that which really means something. I would like it to be an umbrella for organisations, and people who want to use the web to help other people. To do something worthwhile.
I, for one, firmly belive that the web is a worthwhile invention. There is nothing useless, menacing or un-democratic about the essence of the web. However, the web will not be a truly international, tool of democracy before it is put into the hands of those who truly have a use for it. As I quote myself saying, the true World-Wideness off the net, must be preceded by the true Worth-Whileness.
There must be something out there to make people want to fight to learn and to get access.
This is what the Worth-While Web is about. A cover for whatever projects I can conceive off, or whatever projects I find out there which inspire me enough to make me write about them.
But that's all just the start. In order for the Worth While Web to become something Worth While in it's own right, it must be user driven. A resource driven by everybody out there on the web. The collective decision ruling on what is truly Worth While.
It may take a while to become something, but in time I hope it will be a useful resource to many people.
For now, just to wet your apetite, I will link you on to a true Worth While Web site, the folks at Global Development Center, fit the bill to perfection.
Also there is still my unfulfilled ideas to something I have chosen to call CultureShock Europe, an unstarted idea, large on cultural diversity, good heart and all thet is required, but low on existance.
Bye for now, and remeber to mail me if you belive in what you're doing, and think it fits the bill.