Thursday Meetings at Berkman Blog

• Introductions
• Holmes Wilson of Participatory Culture Foundation
  • From Holmes: “Holmes Wilson is one of the founders of Participatory Culture Foundation, which is making open source tools for online video distribution. Topics for discussion include: PCF’s platform for video distribution, online video communities, and the relationship between underlying infrastructure for internet video and certain desirable political or social outcomes.”
  • (Thanks to Nathan Woodhull for coordinating!)
• Upcoming Stuff & other notes
  • Fun in Winter:
    • dim sum – when?
    • ice skating – when? (HLS even has a free ice rink, if folks have or can independently rent skates)
• Eat:
  • This week: Grand opening of the HLS Hark Pub
  • Last time: Cambridge Common

During the meeting, participate via:

• we MAY try this live audio thingie again because the equipment is in transition (We now have the new equipment all set up, but Erica needs to train on using it and plans to have done so by Thursday.).
• IRC chat
• live notes
• join us at Baker House!

• Introductions
• HLS Assistant Dean for Admissions Toby Stock on the J.D. Admissions Blog & podcast.
  • Advance list of some questions to discuss w Toby:
  • Tension between being an “official” HLS blog and your personal take?
  • What kind of comments do you get?
  • How hard is it to answer feedback from prospective student hopefuls who comment looking for an inside track to admission?
  • What are your goals with the blog/hopes for future development?
  • Had you blogged before HLS? Blog anywhere else now?
  • Anything we as blog group can help/offer feedback/etc.?
• Upcoming Stuff & other notes
  • Bill Ives speaks to the Special Libraries Association Boston Chapter, Tuesday, January 31, 9 am
  • Next week – 2/2/06: Holmes Wilson of Participatory Culture Foundation, on their DTV project. [The Participatory Culture Foundation is building software and web tools to create an independent, creative, engaging, and meritocratic TV system for millions of people around the world.] (Thanks to Nathan Woodhull for coordinating!)
  • Dan Bricklin’s podcast interviewing some attendees of David Weinberger’s “Save our Internet” meetup
  • Fun in Winter:
    • dim sum – when? – Anyone up for it this weekend???
    • ice skating – when? (HLS even has a free ice rink, if folks have or can independently rent skates)
• Eat:
  • This week: Cambridge Common again!
  • Last time: Cambridge Common

During the meeting, participate via:

• we’re NOT going to try this live audio thingie again because the equipment is in transition (We now have the new equipment all set up, but Erica needs to train on using it)
• IRC chat
• live notes
• join us at Baker House!

• Introductions
• The Boston Weblogger Meetup
  • Remind j to bring the glasses someone left at the last Weblogger Meetup
• We’re going to go to a 7:30 pm talk in the Ames Courtroom in Austin Hall about Restorative Justice in Jamaica featuring Rubin “Hurricane” Carter, a boxer who was wrongly imprisoned in the United States for many years. Denzel Washington brought attention to Carter’s story via the film The Hurricane. This talk may seem orthogonal to our group, but “Prof. Nesson wanted us to think about how we could use the Internet to communicate this message and involve people outside of the room at Harvard Law School where the talk will happen.” How can we use the Internet to help inmates, especially those wrongly imprisoned?
  • Webcast (.rm).
  • Live question tool here
  • Some of Charlie’s class is live-blogging the event
• Upcoming Stuff
  • Meeting for 1/26/06: HLS Assistant Dean for Admissions Toby Stock on the J.D. Admissions Blog
  • Bill Ives speaks to the Special Libraries Association Boston Chapter, Tuesday, January 31, 9 am
  • Fun in January:
    • dim sum – when?
    • ice skating – when? (HLS even has a free ice rink, if folks have or can independently rent skates)
    • MIT Independent Activities Period (IAP) events
    • Cyberlaw/Winter Camp Events:
      

    • Brendan Greeley on podcasting
      • This talk was postponed last week. It’s not happening this week but if it happens next week, the meeting could wrap-up early so people can go.

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• Eat:
  • This week: Weblog Meetup Week, so we picked a dinner time & location in advance. 9pm, Cambridge Common – Actually likely to be 9:30 or possibly even a tad later since it’s 8:30 as I post this and Hurricane just started speaking (there was some excellent prelim stuff). If you’re headed straight to the food part of the evening, we will be there. CC has a lovely bar you can hang out at in the meantime….
  • UPDATE: 9:10 the event is now in q&a, so some of our crew have headed over to Cambridge Common, and the rest of us will join them soon.
  • Last time: South Street Diner

• Introductions
• Let’s recharge and get some exciting stuff on our schedule for Spring. We’ve had some fantastic ideas, but we need volunteers from the group to shepherd individual potential speakers, with Erica and j coordinating on dates. (We didn’t talk about our schedule last week because we had such a small turnout.)
• Pick a restaurant for next week for the Boston Weblogger Meetup. They’ve asked us to select the restaurant ahead of time so they can publicize it within their group.
• Dan Gillmor at Berkman’s lunch on Tuesday (1/17) at 12:30 pm
  • The lunch is rumored to be full, but the Webcast  http://harmony.law.harvard.edu/luncheon….) and IRC channel  freenode.net / berkman) aren’t
• Bill Ives speaks to the Special Libraries Association Boston Chapter, Tuesday, January 31, 9 am
• Fun in January:
  • dim sum – when?
  • ice skating – when? (HLS even has a free ice rink, if folks have or can independently rent skates)
  • MIT Mystery Hunt – MLK weekend, ask j or SJ for more info
  • MIT Independent Activities Period (IAP) events
  • Cyberlaw/Winter Camp Events:
    • Brendan Greeley on podcasting
      • This talk was postponed last week. It’s not happening this week but if it happens next week, the meeting could wrap-up early so people can go.
• Eat:
  • Last time: Did anyone eat?

During the meeting, participate via:

• we’re NOT going to try this live audio thingie again because the equipment is in transition
• IRC chat
• live notes
• join us at Baker House!

Welcome back from the holidays and Happy New Year!

• Introductions
• Let’s recharge and get some exciting stuff on our schedule for Spring. We’ve had some fantastic ideas, but we need volunteers from the group to shepherd individual potential speakers, with Erica and j coordinating on dates.
• Remind us that we need to pick a restaurant next week for the Boston Weblogger Meetup that will coincide with our meeting the following week (3rd Thursday of the month). They’ve asked us to select the restaurant ahead of time so they can publicize it within their group.
• Lunch with David Berlind of ZDNet’s Between the Lines on Tuesday, January 10, at 12:30 pm. RSVP required by noon Friday:  rsvp at cyber.law.harvard.edu.
• Dave Winer’s hosting a geek dinner tonight.
• Fun in January:
  • dim sum – when?
  • ice skating – when? (HLS even has a free ice rink, if folks have or can independently rent skates)
  • MIT Mystery Hunt – MLK weekend, ask j or SJ for more info
  • MIT Independent Activities Period (IAP) events
  • Cyberlaw/Winter Camp Events:
    • Jamaica night
    • Brendan Greeley on podcasting
• Eat:
  • Last time: Drinks & snacks at Grendel’s Den with the Boston Weblog Meetup folks.

During the meeting, participate via:

• we’re NOT going to try this live audio thingie again because the equipment is in transition
• IRC chat
• live notes
• join us at Baker House!

We are not gathering on December 22 or 29. We’ll next meet on Thursday, January 5, 2006. Please join us then to help us make some plans for the new year. We’ve got some terrific ideas about potential speakers and activities. Help us decide what to do!

Happy and safe holidays!

• Introductions
• Instead of doing a regular meeting at Berkman, let’s go eat!
  • Meet at Berkman at 7 if you don’t know how to find Grendel’s Den
  • Meet at the restaurant at 7:30. We’re eating at Grendel’s Den, in Harvard Square on Winthrop St., just off JFK and right by Staples.
• Eat:
  • Did anyone go out to dinner last week?
  • This week: Grendel’s! Where they have beer!

Upcoming topics:

• 12/22 and 12/29: no meetings
• 1/5: brainstorm for the spring

During the meeting, participate via:

• we’re NOT going to try this live audio thingie again because we aren’t meeting at Berkman
• no IRC chat, either
  

• join us at Baker House or the restaurant!

Notes: Five of us chatted about blogs and technology and stuff at Grendel’s for about an hour or so.

Glasses: Someone left a pair of glasses. Comment below to claim them.

• Introductions
• Garrett and j on something blogish and librarianish. On Friday, they will be presenting as part of a program about new collaborative technologies and libraries. They will run through their presentations for us.
• Fun in January: dim sum & ice skating & Mystery Hunt
• Eat:
  • Did anyone go out to dinner last week?

Upcoming topics:

• 12/15: Third Thursday with the Boston Weblogger Meetup Group
• 12/22 and 12/29: no meetings

During the meeting, participate via:

• we’re NOT going to try this live audio thingie again because the equipment is in transition
• IRC chat
• live notes
• join us at Baker House!

• Introductions
• 12/1: Berkman’s Luis Villa on H2O Playlists, Berkman’s educational software
• Eat:
  • Some place that serves turkey!!
  • Last week: Turkey

Upcoming topics:

• 12/8: Garrett and j on something blogish and librarianish
• 12/15: Third Thursday with the Boston Weblogger Meetup Group
• 12/22 and 12/29: no meetings

During the meeting, participate via:

• we’re going to try this live audio thingie again
  • Psych!!! No live audio tonight.
• IRC chat
• live notes
• join us at Baker House!

Maybe I don’t need to say this, but …

Because of the Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday, November 24, we will not meet.

Have a very happy and safe holiday, everyone.

I’m definitely very thankful for the blog group and all of its participants. I’ve learned so much over the last 2 1/2+ years from being involved and met very many terrific people.