2007/26/07 Proposed Agenda
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We have special guests this week from the Museum of Science to tell us about some of the cool projects they’re working on.
Our meeting coincides with another online event for Babbledog, the browser chat plug-in Shimon and j have been working on. If there is time and interest after our Museum of Science guests finish their presentation, perhaps we can join the event.
Upcoming events of interest:
- BarCamp Manchester, July 28
- See the Berkman Calendar for upcoming Berkman stuff.
- Feel free to publicize related events here! Let Erica or j know, comment, or add them yourself if you have an editor account.
Various upcoming & potential stuff on our schedule:
- SCHEDULED: August 9 – Local-based media extravaganza, led by Lisa Williams. Will be awesome.
- August 16 – Tish Grier with some cool citizen journalism stuff
- Second Life – 1) a guided tour + how-to session | 2) a debate on it. Good? Bad? Both?
- Dan Bricklin, known for his work on VisiCalc and wikiCalc
- People to do sessions on maps & mapping: Ben Sheldon / Adam / Tracy Rolling of Platial
- Digital natives: ask Erin Mishkin
- For parents: what *are* your kids doing on the social web? Get a few students to lead it.
- What’s the latest in the Free Culture movement?
- Skype: How does it work? Why use it? What are the best clients? j can lead something
- People to do sessions on video: Steve Garfield / David Temez of Boston Media Makers
- OpenID – Why you should use it, why you should develop with it (ask Rod Begbie)
- Streaming radio – how to make your own streaming radio station, the new rules around it
- Principles of design/UI, how to learn as a beginner?
- Latest tools for blogging / Latest mashups and widgets / How have tools changed in the past year or so?
- you?
- If you want to help shepherd a potential future topic or if you have ideas of your own, please talk to Erica or j. We’d love – and could really use – your help!+
