When I started posting for Global Culture I did it with a feeling that the task at hand was important, but without a predefined plan. I gave myself these first few months to debate the relevance of the concepts with those interested, to test some dark places and avoid some very common ones. The only thing I knew was that the learning process would be intense and would help me figure out what should come next.
Never in my most colorful dreams I saw such a promising outlook for what this project can be, but it is looking more real every day: with the millions of people throwing themselves into the fast paced world of global everything, everyone seems to be in desperate need for some identity that can be carried through the future to give us the certainty that when we finally get to our destination we haven’t lost our essence. This is the promise of a Global Culture. One that doesn’t belong to anyone and yet everyone cares about.
With an average monthly growth of 53% in the number of visits, a lot of people seem to care about these ideas. At this pace, by the end of the Spring we’ll have in a single week as many visitors as we’ve had since May. But what is even more fascinating is the diversity of our readers:
- 136 countries represented: U.S., Canada, U.K., India, Australia, Mexico, Germany, Denmark, Turkey, France, China, Singapore & Malaysia contributing most of the traffic
- Visitors from over 3350 cities for a truly global flavor. See the animation below: a snapshot of visitors, one week at a time from June to December:
The new year promises plenty of discussion around the concept of Global Culture, but what is most important action will start soon: already you can see I’ve started a poll section (see sidebar) that will mine the wisdom of our global audience for knowledge about what matters most when it comes to being a Global Citizen. This information will be used to provide cool new features that will result in important tools to measure and track our Global Culture.
Happy New Year 2007!
[...] In 2006: just the beginning, I hinted at the fact that with the growing popularity of this blog this year would see a number of improvements to take the idea even further. It has been stimulating to dig all corners of the web for clues about the emergence of a Global Culture. However, up until this point, the evolution of this idea has followed the conversations of only a few individuals and the words of selected authors. It is time to leverage the wisdom of the global culturati, the selected group of like-minded individuals that recognize their influence on a Global Culture, and the importance to safeguard its future from the attacks of global corporations. [...]
[...] As a testament to what a great start this blog had in 2006, Global Culture has been nominated for “best new weblog” in the Seventh Annual Weblog Awards: The 2007 bloggies [...]