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In computer-mediated communication, connections are everything. We connect because of shared personal or professional interests, similar points of view or opinions, common contacts, preferences in books or films or music, involvement in the same (or closely related) professions or projects, or in a hundred other ways.

International, intercultural connections are particularly meaningful to me. I value my friends and colleagues from parts of the world other than the corner that I call home immensely, and I've created this blog to serve as an online meeting place with them.

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One Connection: Common Projects

Another source of connections is ideals and projects that online colleagues and I have in common. One example is reflections on poverty—the theme of Blog Action Day 2008.

On October 15th of this year, bloggers from throughout the world were invited to post their thoughts on this topic. In response to this invitation, over 14,000 blog posts were made. My online colleagues and friends Mary Hillis (Japan), Cristina Costa (UK), Carla Arena (US / Brasil) and I were among them. Here are links to Mary's, Cristina's, and Carlinha's posts:

Mary
Cristina
Carla

My Blog Action Day post follows this one.