OneAndOneIs2

Go on, admit it: You're not actually shocked by that particular piece of information, are you?

In the presentation I gave the my local LUG a few months back on why Linux users should blog, there was a part of it devoted to showing how blogs & forums and the like were important tools in building an online community.

I only mention it because I had an IM today from a chap on a forum. Specifically, a shaving forum which has been a useful source of advice since I switched from an electric to a safety razor.

Funnily enough, this particular IM from from somebody who has recently started using Linux. As we all did when we started out, he'd read some of the multitude of "Guides for newbies" that are available out there. One of which linked him to an article entitled (would you believe?) "Linux is not Windows"

And of course there's a link from that article to this blog, for people who want to post comments. Which he clicked on, only to think "That logo...that name. . .I've seen them somewhere before!"

Because of course, I used my usual name and logo on that shaving forum.

It's a small world after all. And it makes me wonder just how many other such connections never get made because people use different names & avatars on different forums.

I think we should try and organise a "World Tux Avatar Day" when every Linux user changes his/her logo on every forum (s)he uses to Tux for the day.

It would, I'm sure, be most enlightening for us to see just how big a proportion of online forum users we make up. And I'm sure there'd be a few Windows users interested enough to ask "What's with all the penguins?" so it could get a few more users involved, too.

Here's a decently-sized image you can copy to use as the avatar should you so wish :o)