Thursday Meetings at Berkman Blog

Erica suggested that our group get involved somehow in the planning for OneWebDay, an observance honoring the Internet. She thinks people in our group would not only be interested in the celebration of the Internet, but also in ensuring something neat about the event will happen around Boston. Join her and others working on planning at John Harvard’s in Harvard Square on Tuesday, May 9, at 7 pm. Details are on their wiki. An RSVP is requested.

OneWebDay Brainstorming Meeting Tuesday, 5/9, 7 p, John Harvard’s, Harvard Square …

Our blogging friend Gregory, who had a lung transplant on April 13-14, had a bit of a setback over the weekend and is having a rough time. Please keep him, his family, and his friends in your thoughts. It seems like his recovery was going really well for a while.

Gregory had a bit of a setback. Please send well wishes. …

Many of you may remember Gregory Blake from meetings in the not-that-recent past – he went home to Connecticut to wait for a new lung. Well, he just got that lung! His recovery seems to be going well. Positive thoughts, prayers, and good energy of all kinds should be directed toward Brigham & Women’s Hospital (no visitors yet!).

Whoopee!!!

Posted by Wendy

A group of bloggers in North Carolina is working on regular meetings like what we do.

Welcome to the Bloggrouposphere, North Carolinians! …

The Berkman Center folks plan to Webcast today’s Votes, Bits, & Bytes sessions in Ames Courtroom and those in Pound Hall 102 on Saturday.

There’s an IRC channel: irc://irc.freenode.net/harvardbits.

Webcasts of the Votes, Bits, & Bytes Conference …

Votes, Bits, & Bytes, a free conference organized by the Berkman Center from Thursday, Dec. 9, through Saturday, Dec. 11, focuses on politics and the Internet. Blogging will be a major part of this conference, particularly during a number of sessions on Saturday. Many of the themes map to our blog meeting discussions, particularly those on tools and blogging as a way to cross international boundaries. Some of our blog group members are speaking, too, like Rebecca MacKinnon and David Weinberger and our founder, Dave Winer. Michael Turk and Joe Trippi will discuss the Internet and politics in light of the 2004 U.S. presidential election during the opening event Thursday night at 6 pm.

Sooz and Gregor are hosting a special dutch treat dinner at Casablanca, 40 Brattle Street, at 8:30 pm on Thursday for the conference. We are invited to join them and bring friends and family members.

And, of course, our blogging friends Wendy Koslow and Erica George and many others at the Berkman Center are working very hard on this conference.

Berkman Conference on the Internet and Politics Features Sessions on Blogging …

The Harvard blog server is scheduled to be offline beginning around 3 am EST, Tuesday morning, August 24th, for some maintenance work that should take about an hour.

In this article about bloggers at the Democratic National Convention, The Kansas City Star names some regulars and the founder of our blog group meetings.

• the Dowbrigade, aka Michael Feldman
• Rick Heller
• Dave Winer

"Blogs give unedited convention view" …

The radio show The Connection aired a discussion about bloggers at the Democratic National Convention Monday morning. The segment will be archived on their Web site and may air again later this evening. In the Boston area, 90.9 FM WBUR carries the show. It is also broadcast on the Internet.

DNC Bloggers on The Connection …

Fox 25 News interviewed Steve Garfield about video blogging in a piece they did about bloggers at the Democratic National Convention. Steve posted the video of the segment on his blog.

Video Blogger Steve Garfield on Fox 25 News …