Speaking With A Dollar?

How can I speak with one dollar? 

Well, do you have easy access to the internet? If you are reading this, you are counted amongst the more socio-economically privileged in Australia.  Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) figures from the 2006 census indicate that socio-economic factors significantly impact a persons access to the internet*.  For example, only 34% of people in the lowest income quintile (or 20%) have internet access, compared with 77% of those in the highest income quintile.  Or, if you are an indigenous Australian you are half as likely to have internet access as non-indigenous Australians.

The same study acknowledges that the internet is increasingly a significant player in communications, accessing information and engaging in commerce.

In other words, the internet is increasingly a tool through which we can both communicate to others and spend or make our money.  Herein lies a powerful reality: that those who have internet access have the means to speak for those who don't - with their voices AND their wallets!

So make your voice heard.  Use your ability to access the internet to say something on behalf of those who cannot do so.  Speak with your dollar!

the ohw team.

*www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/Lookup/8146.0.55.001Main+Features12006?OpenDocument

ONE MILLION HITS!

One million hits!!!  Ok, just being a little optimistic for today.  But there's no reason why this can't be the case a few weeks or months from now.  If onehitwonder goes viral, it can generate much more than one $million within weeks, even days.  

That's the beauty of the internet, of course.  We all know how lucrative www. technology has been for individuals and companies across the globe.  For example, 23 year old Mark Zuckerberg (facebook) has generated $700m for himself, and Chad Hurley (YouTube), at 30 years old, has made $84m*.  All it took them (and many more like them) was a computer, internet connection, and a simple yet brilliant idea.

Well, we've already got the idea - brilliant in its simplicity - and you've got access to the computer and internet... That's all it takes!  Lets use www. technology once again to generate millions, this time for the benefit of the poorest communities in the world.  

the ohw team.

[*source: www.dulcenegosyante.com/top-20-internet-millionaires-under-30/]