Thank you for dropping by my humble Talkathon. It's not much, but it's gonna be my home for 30 days.
I'm going to spend one month sending IMs and emails and spreading the word. I'm going to try and get other people to IM and send emails, too. And by doing that, we're going to make the world a better place.
How? Because I'm hitching this Talkathon to a little something called the i'm Initiative.
The whatty-what-what?
Here's my story. A couple months ago, I was looking for a way to make a difference. A big way. Because - not to go into all the bloody details or anything - I'm pretty serious about putting my karmic balance in the "plus" column.
Then I heard about the i'm Initiative, which is a part of Microsoft that gives money to social causes every time people send IMs or e-mails. Free, no catches.
OK, one catch. You need to use Windows Live Messenger or Windows Live Hotmail. Which makes sense to me. I mean, if I was Microsoft, I wouldn't give away money every time somebody used someone else's product. Right?
Then I looked at their web site, im.live.com. And I saw that there's no upper limit on how much they'll give. "The more you talk, the more we give." A light went off. Social causes could get millions and millions of dollars, if we just talk.
So I'm here. I'm getting ready. I'm gonna IM and email until my fingers cramp and my beard grows and I smell like a locker room. I'm gonna blog and vlog and tell my story around the clock - unless I fall asleep, or want to go get a taco or something.
Or I have to go to the bathroom.