Thursday Meetings at Berkman Blog

Proposed Agenda:

• Introductions
• This week we’ve had two different potential special guests have to cancel. It’s also going to be Yom Kippur, so some of us (both members and potential guests) aren’t going to be around. I (EG) propose that those who will be just go out to dinner. Gather at Berkman at 7 and just see what develops. Come with restaurant and/or discussion suggestions. If anyone has a brilliant brainwave about a guest on short notice, feel free to work on arranging it, just post in the comments or on the list to let us know. (Your friendly scheduling committee has already used up its collective manpower allottment for this week.)
• Yahoo! News now includes weblogs
• j here: If there’s nothing better to do, I can make you suffer through a presentation on feeds I’ll be giving next week. I might even get a chance to write it before the meeting.
• Reminder: upcoming topics:
  • 10/20: First joint meeting with the Boston Weblogger Meetup Group
    • 3rd Thursday of the month
  • 10/27: something wiki this way comes with the Wikipedia Meetup folks
  • 11/3: Archiving weblogs, as in how archives that are interested in saving diaries might preserve blogs postponed at the request of the speaker
  • 11/10: reddit, a community news site
• What else?
• Eat:
  • Last week: ?

During the meeting, participate via:

• live audio (if we have a mic)
• IRC chat
• live notes
• join us at Baker House!

Proposed Agenda:

• Introductions
• Amanda Watlington on blogs and search engines and stuff
  
• Announcement: Vlogger gathering, Sunday, October 9, 6 pm

• Reminder: upcoming topics:
  • Tuesday 10/11: A guest blogger you won’t want to miss: Hoder! with a potential appearance on 10/13. (?) Hoder will not be in town next week.
  • 10/20: First joint meeting with the Boston Weblogger Meetup Group
    • 3rd Thursday of the month
  • 10/27: something wiki this way comes with the Wikipedia Meetup folks
  • 11/3: Archiving weblogs, as in how archives that are interested in saving diaries might preserve blogs
• We need to vacate the room by 8 pm so the folks doing Wikimania planning can use it. Anyone who would like to help with that is welcome to stay for that meeting.
• What else?
• Eat:
  • Last week: Cambridge Common

During the meeting, participate via:

• live audio (if we have a mic)
• IRC chat
• live notes
• join us at Baker House!

Proposed Agenda:

• Introductions
• the wedding
• Brief report-backs from cool events this week:
  • Bill Ives at Berkman’s Luncheon Series on Tuesday, 9/27

  • Jim Reese, formerly of Google, talks about the search engine on Wednesday, 9/28, 4 pm, 115 Maxwell Dworkin

• Announcement: Vlogger gathering, Sunday, October 9, 6 pm

• If anyone cool from MIT’s tech conference shows up, let’s let them talk.
• $$$ for guest speakers
• occasionally switching days to accommodate guest speakers
• j wants to present pieces of a draft of her upcoming talk on feeds to librarians so she can get, well, feedback
  • Harvard Gazette headlines via RSS!!!!
    

• Upcoming:
  • Next week: Amanda Watlington on blogs and search engines and stuff
  • Tuesday 10/11: A guest blogger you won’t want to miss: Hoder!
  • How does Yom Kippur affect our meeting on 10/13? Should we meet?
  • 10/20: First joint meeting with the Boston Weblogger Meetup Group
    • 3rd Thursday of the month
  • 10/27: something wiki this way comes with the Wikipedia Meetup folks
  • 11/3: Archiving weblogs, as in how archives that are interested in saving diaries might preserve blogs
  • Potential topics:
    • Semantic Web
    • the folks behind reddit, a community news site
• What else?
• Eat:
  • Last week: ??

During the meeting, participate via:

• live audio (if we have a mic)
• IRC chat
• live notes
• join us at Baker House!

Proposed Agenda:

• Introductions
• Totally random stuff
• Berkman Open House on Wednesday, 9/21 is really cool
• David Weinberger on All Things Considered about tagging
• Reporters Without Borders BlogGuide
  
• Bill Ives at Berkman’s Luncheon Series on Tuesday, 9/27
  • archived audio should be available through Berkman

• Dim sum on Sunday the 25th, 1 pm, Chau Chow City, 83 Essex Street, Chinatown, Boston, then Apple Crisp at Faneuil Hall

• Jimmy Wales at Wikipedia Meetup Monday, 7:30 p, Toscanini’s, 899 Main Street, Cambridge
• Jim Reese, formerly of Google, talks about the search engine on Wednesday, 9/28, 11 am 4 pm (time change), 115 Maxwell Dworkin
  
• Vlogger gathering, Sunday, October 9, 6 pm

• How to snag people involved in MIT’s tech conference next week?
• sj on relief efforts
• j wants to do a run through of a draft of her upcoming talk on feeds to librarians so she can get feedback j: heh not happenin’ this week
• Cool tools list with Delicious instead of static HTML?
• Does Lisa have a mic?
• Recording meetings & posting audio later
• Someone kvetching about the schedule
  • j kvetching that someone’s yet again bringing up the schedule
  • a few people smiling and nodding during the discussion
  • someone proposes a speaker
• Recap: Combining our group with the Boston Weblogger Meetup Group once a month
  • results of Sooz’ survey for us to pick a week?
• What else?
• Eat:
  • Last week: ??

During the meeting, participate via:

• Yepper: no live audio tonight. Erica’s trying to record the meeting and plans to post the file later.
• IRC chat
• live notes
• join us at Baker House!

By the way, this is what I was blogging during the Open House. Wow! Berkman has lots of cool projects!

Wee ha!

In what will probably be a futile attempt to connect with people in town for this weekend’s gigantic blog event, Wendy and Joey’s wedding, I’m calling for a dim sum outing on Sunday, September 25, at 1 pm at Chau Chow City, 83 Essex Street, Chinatown. Friends, Romans, countrymen, ye mateys, family, etc., etc., can hoist their sails with ya. And if ya don’t come, you’d best we walkin’ the plank, now, ya landlubber. AAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh.

If you can join us, please comment below or pass me a yummylittleyellowswirlythingie.

Afterward, enjoy some Apple Crisp, since they play from 3 to 7 at Faneuil Hall.

learn more about dim sum

Geez, looking back, we only went out for dim sum like twice last year. Didn’t we used to do this all the time? What happened with that? We need to have more fun! Aaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh!

Proposed Agenda:

• Introductions
• RSS Remixing?
• Questions/comments from new bloggers
• Recap: Combining our group with the Boston Weblogger Meetup Group once a month
  • If we’re in agreement to do this, let’s pick a week
  • Sooz’ survey for us to pick a week
• Berkman Open House on Wednesday, 9/21
  
• Bill Ives at Berkman’s Luncheon Series on Tuesday, 9/27

• Outreach to tech folks in town for Wendy’s wedding next week
  
• Dim sum on Sunday the 25th, 1 pm, Chau Chow City, 83 Essex Street, Chinatown, Boston
  
• What to tell librarians about feeds

• j submitted an updated listing to the Harvard University Gazette
• It’s probably even more inevitable that we’ll talk about the schedule again… AND IT WILL BE GLORIOUS! (-sr)
• the mic – we need to buy a new one
• What else?
• Eat:
  • Last week: Yenching!

During the meeting, participate via:

• there’s a good chance there will be no live audio unless someone finds the mic
• IRC chat
• live notes
• join us at Baker House!

Wireless issues: On Wednesday, problems with Harvard’s wireless network at the Berkman Center prevented some people from getting online. This problem might persist through Thursday’s meeting.

Update: j’s on Harvard’s network. It seems to be working.

Proposed Agenda:

• Questions/comments from new bloggers
• E-mailing the discussion list with the agenda
• Marketing the group
• Combining our group with the Boston Weblogger Meetup Group once a month
• Some of the neat ways bloggers are getting involved with the Gulf Coast disaster relief
• Andy Carvin’s award!
• the mic
• It’s probably inevitable that we’ll talk about the schedule again
• What else?
• Eat:
  • Yenching!
  • Last week: Boca Grande

During the meeting, participate via:

• no live audio
• IRC chat
• live notes
• join us at Baker House!

Proposed Agenda:

• We talked about the schedule and the scheduling process again while we waited.
  • Josh set up a survey to gather people’s opinions on scheduling issues.
• Critt Jarvis & his work with Thomas P.M. Barnett and the New Rule Sets Project
• What else?
• Eat:
  • Last week: Philipe’s after contradancing

During the meeting, participate via:

• no live audio tonight
• IRC chat
• live notes
• join us at Baker House!

Proposed Agenda:

• Critt Jarvis & his work with Thomas P.M. Barnett and the New Rule Sets Project
  • Critt is not coming tonight.
• Voo2do by Shimon Rura
• sj on Wikimania
• What else?
• Eat:
  • Last week: John Harvard’s

During the meeting, participate via:

• live audio
• IRC chat
• live notes
• join us at Baker House!

It’s my last week! It’s my last week! It’s my last week!

We’re skipping the meeting and going to have a nice long lovely dinner at John Harvard’s in honor of Wendy’s last blog meeting as a Berkman Center employee. We’re gathering at Berkman til about 7:15 then heading over. Yay, Wendy! You rock, and we will very much miss you! – EG