(This is NOT a half-hour event... just a few seconds to schedule a future post!) If you've ever created a content management system or blog through an open-source platform for a client, you know the pain of hearing: "I updated it/changed it, and all the widgets and plugins are gone! Can you fix it? No, I didn't back it up first."
As individuals, we can warn, plead, and cajole,... [read more]

(This is NOT a half-hour event... just a few seconds to schedule a future post!) If you've ever created a content management system or blog through an open-source platform for a client, you know the pain of hearing: "I updated it/changed it, and all the widgets and plugins are gone! Can you fix it? No, I didn't back it up first."
As individuals, we can warn, plead, and cajole, but until it becomes an automatic habit, second nature, nothing's going to change.

This event is asking everyone to take the pledge to *simultaneously* publish the sentiment: "Save a back-up of your blog!" at 11:30am PST/2:30pm EST on whatever social networks you choose. Anything that encourages people to make regular back-ups will work. As Seth Godin wrote: "Coordination turns random events into noticeable events:"

"100 people doing something at the same time has far more power than 300 people doing it over time. We unconsciously amplify the power of coordination when we consider the impact of actions. If there's a thousand people waiting outside of a store, we instantly believe we're seeing a phenomenon.

"While the internet makes it easier than ever to spread ideas, it makes it far more compelling to coordinate actions. If everyone in your weekly meeting drops a pencil at precisely 12:03, you'll notice."

http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2010/07/the-power-of-sync.html

Operating on this theory, I believe that if tens of thousands of us post at the same time on the same day, people will notice and the message will be get through.