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2006/04/13 Proposed Agenda

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egeorge - April 10, 2006 @ 6:00 pm · Meetings

  • Introductions
  • What to cover in an article about XML feeds covering the last 2 years?
  • What do people think about having a Wikimania meeting at the blog meeting on April 27? Are there enough of us interested in and working on Wikimania for that to be a good use of our time?
  • j on “How to import from Manila to WordPress”
  • Upcoming blog meeting stuff in the works:
    • April 20: Hopefully, Amanda can round up some people from the Webmasters conference in Boston. (Thanks, Amanda!)
    • Dan Bricklin, known for his work on VisiCalc and wikiCalc
    • Ookles, perhaps — if their Boston road show works with a Thursday meeting
    • Someone who can fill us in on what’s happening with China and the Internet (RMack? Eric Priest when he returns from Asia?)
    • FYI: Berkman’s got a conference on 4/28: Bloggership: How Blogs are Transforming Legal Scholarship. It’s focusing pretty heavily on legal (and academic) blogging, but is free/open to public.
    • 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!
  • Eat:
    • This week:

During the meeting, participate via:

  • No live webcast this week as Erica will be out for Passover.
  • IRC chat
  • live notes
  • join us at Baker House!

2006/04/06 Proposed Agenda

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egeorge - April 4, 2006 @ 4:35 pm · Meetings

  • Introductions
  • Andy Carvin, bandwidth waster, international traveler, blogger, sharer of fabulous tails and tales, who does really important things, has a new book coming out. The book is available as a pdf or for free from this link.
  • Upcoming blog meeting stuff in the works:
    • April 13: Do we want a “How to import from Manila to WordPress” night? Who (besides Erica) will need to be absent for Passover?
    • April 20: Hopefully, Amanda can round up some people from the Webmasters conference in Boston. (Thanks, Amanda!)
    • Dan Bricklin, known for his work on VisiCalc and wikiCalc
    • Ookles, perhaps — if their Boston road show works with a Thursday meeting
    • Someone who can fill us in on what’s happening with China and the Internet (RMack? Eric Priest?)
    • FYI: Berkman’s got a conference on 4/28: Bloggership: How Blogs are Transforming Legal Scholarship. It’s focusing pretty heavily on legal (and academic) blogging, but is free/open to public.
    • 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!
  • Eat:
    • This week:
    • Last time: well, last week several of us were at the RSS Alley Geek Dinner…

During the meeting, participate via:

No Meeting on 3/30/06.

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j - March 28, 2006 @ 1:16 pm · Meetings

We will not meet at Berkman this Thursday, March 30. Please join us on April 6 when Andy Carvin will tell us about his new book, From the Ground Up.

Upcoming blog meeting stuff in the works:

  • Andy Carvin, bandwidth waster, international traveler, blogger, sharer of fabulous tails and tales, who does really important things, has a new book coming out. He plans tell us about it on April 6. The book is available as a pdf or for free from this link.
  • April 20: Hopefully, Amanda can round up some people from the Webmasters conference in Boston. (Thanks, Amanda!)
  • Dan Bricklin, known for his work on VisiCalc and wikiCalc
  • Ookles, perhaps — if their Boston road show works with a Thursday meeting
  • Someone who can fill us in on what’s happening with China and the Internet (RMack? Eric Priest?)
  • WordPress demos
  • 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!

2006/03/23 Proposed Agenda

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j - March 22, 2006 @ 11:38 pm · Meetings

  • Introductions
  • Zachary & Mark on Mashup Camp ??
  • Jared can tell us about SXSW
  • Pito Salas’ Geek Dinner Wednesday, March 29, at 6:30 p. RSVP required. All the cool kids are doing it…
  • No meeting on March 30th at Berkman
    • If people want to meet elsewhere, say so in comments or on-list.
  • Upcoming blog meeting stuff in the works:
    • Andy Carvin, bandwidth waster, international traveler, blogger, sharer of fabulous tails and tales, who does really important things, has a new book coming out. He plans tell us about it on April 6. The book is available as a pdf or for free from this link.
    • April 20: Hopefully, Amanda can round up some people from the Webmasters conference in Boston. (Thanks, Amanda!)
    • Dan Bricklin, known for his work on VisiCalc and wikiCalc
    • Ookles, perhaps — if their Boston road show works with a Thursday meeting
    • Someone who can fill us in on what’s happening with China and the Internet (RMack? Eric Priest?)
    • WordPress demos
    • 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!
  • Eat:
    • This week:
    • Last time: Cambridge Common

During the meeting, participate via:

2006/03/16 Proposed Agenda

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j - March 14, 2006 @ 3:14 pm · Meetings

It’s Boston Weblogger Meetup Week!

  • Introductions
  • Zachary & Mark on Mashup Camp – POSTPONED til next week
  • Anyone want to tell us about SXSW? Perhaps next week would be better for this item …
  • Erica talks about the upcoming WordPress option for Berkman-hosted blogs, and current need for beta-testers of the new server and the Manila migration script.
  • Anyone who went to Dan Gillmor on Tuesday or David Weinberger on Wednesday wanna tell us about it?
  • There’s a 6 pm talk Thursday at the Fogg Museum about the cultural and scientific significance of collecting and deploying newspaper clippings called Clipping Culture. Sounds like what lots of us bloggers do electronically.
  • Pito Salas’ Geek Dinner Wednesday, March 29, at 6:30 p. RSVP required.
  • Upcoming blog meeting stuff in the works:
    • Andy Carvin, bandwidth waster, international traveler, blogger, sharer of fabulous tails and tales, who does really important things, has a new book coming out. He plans tell us about it on April 6. The book is available as a pdf or for free from this link.
    • April 20: Hopefully, Amanda can round up some people from the Webmasters conference in Boston. (Thanks, Amanda!)
    • Dan Bricklin, known for his work on VisiCalc and wikiCalc
    • Ookles, perhaps — if their Boston road show works with a Thursday meeting
    • Someone who can fill us in on what’s happening with China and the Internet (RMack? Eric Priest?)
    • 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!
  • Eat:
    • This week: Cambridge Common (look for Ann, Mal, & Craig)
      • Although we realize that for some people, knowing the restaurant location before the Meetup is very helpful, we decided not to choose one this week because choosing them beforehand is proving to be much more problematic than we thought it would be. We will be at the Berkman Center until at least 8 pm, if not 8:30 pm. We will try to remember to post the restaurant location on the blog when we decide where to go.
    • Last time: Changsho
      • *j sniffles at missing Changsho

During the meeting, participate via:

2006/03/09 Proposed Agenda

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j - March 7, 2006 @ 4:42 pm · Meetings

  • Introductions
  • Shava on the culture & marketing behind some of the community blogging & re-blogging sites we’ve looked at lately (see further info in this week’s update email)
  • Talk about neat stuff
  • Sympathy to Wendy and Joey, who lost Joey’s dad last week
  • Well wishes for Michael
  • Pick a place to eat for next week’s Boston Weblogger Meetup & tell Sooz
  • j is having dinner with librarian Gary Price. Odds are slim that she’ll make it to the meeting after or bring him along, but folks who are interested are invited to join them in East Boston at 6.
  • Upcoming blog meeting stuff in the works:
    • Andy Carvin, bandwidth waster, international traveler, blogger, sharer of fabulous tails and tales, who does really important things, has a new book coming out. When it’s available for distribution, he’ll tell us about it.
    • Dan Bricklin, known for his work on VisiCalc and wikiCalc
    • Ookles, perhaps — if their Boston road show works with a Thursday meeting
    • Someone who can fill us in on what’s happening with China and the Internet (RMack? Eric Priest?)
    • 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!
  • HA! ice skating – when? (HLS even has a free ice rink, if folks have or can independently rent skates and there’s enough ice.) Let’s revisit this during winter in April.
  • If you want an invite to the private beta of Newsvine, as demoed by Critt Jarvis, post in the comments.
  • Brett wants us to listen to him sing karaoke …
  • Eat:
    • This week: Changsho
    • Last time: Cambridge Common

During the meeting, participate via:

  • Erica does plan to try a live webcast again this week, with Berkman’s even brand newer setup than the previous time. The new link will be: http://harmony.law.harvard.edu/webcast.sdp.
  • SORRY for the lack of webcast; Erica’s laptop died and there was a mic problem. This also accounts for lack of live notes. The meeting however was pretty fab with some great folks and excellent conversation.
  • IRC chat

  • join us at Baker House!

2006/03/02 Proposed Agenda

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egeorge - March 2, 2006 @ 5:29 pm · Meetings

  • Introductions
  • Talk about neat stuff
  • Sympathy to Wendy and Joey, who lost Joey’s dad this week
  • Well wishes for Michael
  • Upcoming blog meeting stuff in the works:
    • Andy Carvin, bandwidth waster, international traveler, blogger, sharer of fabulous tails and tales, who does really important things, has a new book coming out. When it’s available for distribution, he’ll tell us about it.
    • Dan Bricklin, known for his work on VisiCalc and wikiCalc
    • Possibly a superstar blogging librarian who’s giving a talk in the area
    • Ookles, perhaps — if their Boston road show works with a Thursday meeting
    • Someone who can fill us in on what’s happening with China and the Internet
    • 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!
  • HA! ice skating – when? (HLS even has a free ice rink, if folks have or can independently rent skates and there’s enough ice.)
  • If you want an invite to the private beta of Newsvine, as demoed by Critt Jarvis last week, post in the comments.
  • Brett wants us to go to a karaoke party at MIT…
  • Eat:
    • This week:
    • Last time: Pho Pasteur

During the meeting, participate via:

2006/02/23 Proposed Agenda

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j - February 22, 2006 @ 7:57 pm · Meetings

  • Eat:
    • This week: Pho Pasteur in Harvard the Garage
    • Last time: Grafton Street

    During the meeting, participate via:

    • 2006/02/16 Proposed Agenda

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    j - February 16, 2006 @ 5:51 pm · Meetings

    My apologies for the /late late late/ agenda. There was a bit of confusion about who was going to post the agenda this week.

    • Introductions
    • What is our group’s name and mission?
      • If people who weren’t at the meeting last week attend, let’s fill them in on the name change update.
    • Well wishes for Michael as he prepares for surgery
    • Lots of nifty events this past week. Maybe people can share what they attended.
    • Soon:
    • Upcoming blog meeting stuff:
      • 2/23/06: Critt Jarvis: “So you’re a citizen journalist? Prove it!” Or, How I practice citizen journalism on Newsvine.
      • Andy Carvin, bandwidth waster, international traveler, blogger, sharer of fabulous tails and tales, who does really important things, has a new book coming out. When it’s available for distribution, he’ll tell us about it.
      • Dan Bricklin, known for his work on VisiCalc and wikiCalc
      • Possibly a superstar blogging librarian who’s giving a talk in the area
      • Ookles, perhaps — if their Boston road show works with a Thursday meeting
      • Someone who can fill us in on what’s happening with China and the Internet
    • dim sum on Feb 26?
    • HA! ice skating – when? (HLS even has a free ice rink, if folks have or can independently rent skates and there’s enough ice.)
  • Eat:
    • This week: Grafton Street
    • Last time: Cambridge Common

    During the meeting, participate via:

    • No live audio this week. Erica has been trained on the equipment, but there are still a few kinks to work out, and she hasn’t had time yet to deal with them.
    • IRC chat
    • live notes
    • join us at Baker House!

    • 2006/02/09 Proposed Agenda

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    j - February 8, 2006 @ 3:18 pm · Meetings

    • Introductions
    • What is a weblog?
    • What counts as a weblog?
    • How has our perception of blogging changed after we’ve started blogging and as blogging has grown and become more popular?
    • What is our group’s name and mission?
      • Erica wonders about ‘officially’ expanding our name and mission to include more technology tools instead of having a primary focus on blogs. It seems like we talk about all sorts of geeky stuff anyway. What do you think?
    • How did Bill’s SLA-Boston Chapter talk go?
    • What was Rebecca’s talk on Wednesday to the Digital Media in Asia Project like?
    • Well wishes for Michael as he prepares for surgery
    • Pick restaurant for next week’s post-meeting dinner since it’s the monthly meetup and they need the restaurant in advance.
    • If we raise $495,000, we can buy Andrew’s condo.
    • Lots of nifty upcoming events:
  • Eat:
    • This week: ??
    • Last time: Grand opening of the HLS Hark Pub

    During the meeting, participate via:

    • we MAY try this live audio thingie again since Erica has been trained on the equipment, but there are still a few kinks to work out so it’s not definitive.
    • IRC chat
    • live notes
    • join us at Baker House!

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