Thursday Meetings at Berkman Blog

Wendy and I had a brief conversation about press access to our meetings and came up with some very easy instructions for members of the media to follow when they’d like to cover one of our meetings.

Basically, we’d like to know in advance so we can inform the group and make any necessary arrangements, like with campus public relations folks, if needed. Members of the media should contact Wendy, Erica, and/or j.

Press Access to the Meetings …

Group member and vlogger Steve Garfield gets a mention in this New York Times Circuits piece exploring video blogging and related technical issues. It mentions how to vlog on several platforms and suggests some places to store video on the Web.

Steve Garfield in NY Times Article on Vlogging …

Proposed agenda:

Update 6 pm: Despite the rumors of snow this evening, we still plan to meet.

• Will Mike Walsh return? Or has he already disappeared again?
• Blogging 101
• Envisioning the future of weblog software, take 2
• Blog conference in the late spring/early summer?
• Other proselytizing?
• Frassle alpha 9a demo?
  • Using Frassle’s content studio to build custom aggregators and RSS feeds
• Dim sum on Sunday, Feb. 27, 11 am, Chau Chow City, Chinatown more details Comment below or bug j to RSVP.
  • The Accordion Guy says he’s coming and will eat chicken feet!
  • The Accordion Guy had fun. But he left out the part about playing an accordion.
• Boston Weblogger Meetup, Monday, Feb. 28, 7 pm, Christopher’s in Porter Square
  • Update 2/28: This gathering has been canceled.
• Blogging Thursday’s Planet Aid concert, 8 pm, Harvard Square
• The art exhibit we need to blog
• Aggregator
• What else?
• Eat
  

  • Bombay Club
  • Nightline very graciously covered dinner at Smile Thai last week. Thank you!
    

Notes:

• j’s live notes
  Josh’s thoughts

• Shimon’s perspective
  • j notes: I sat on the floor, asked several times not to be filmed, and tried to hide when the camera man insisted on swinging the camera in my direction. I wasn’t there to be on television.
• Berkman News even mentions the meeting and links to more blog posts.
• Steve’s video –>
• Mike Walsh’s MP3

Some of our group members are mentioned in this Boston Globe article about the Boston Weblogger Meetup Group.

Boston Weblogger Meetup in The Boston Globe …

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

Welcome to the Bloggrouposphere, North Carolinians! …

Proposed agenda:

• j probably will not be at the meeting, but hopefully can meet the group for dinner. Can someone else please take notes and monitor the IRC channel? Anyone want to ring j for dinner?
• Resurrecting the dead: where has Mike Walsh been and what can he tell us about his travels, on or off the record?
• Off the record / On the record blogging
  • What’s the policy for meetings?
  • What’s the policy for dinner?
• New Projects for the Berkman Group
  • Blogging 101
  • Envisioning the future of weblog software, take 2
  • Blog conference in the late spring/early summer?
  • other proselytizing?
• Frassle alpha 9 demo?
  • Using Frassle’s content studio to build custom aggregators and RSS feeds
• What else?
• Eat
  

  • Nightline very graciously covered dinner at Smile Thai. Thank you!
  • Cambridge Common again last time
    

Notes:

• j’s live notes
• Josh’s thoughts
• Shimon’s perspective
  • j notes: I sat on the floor, asked several times not to be filmed, and tried to hide when the camera man insisted on swinging the camera in my direction. I wasn’t there to be on television.
• Berkman News even mentions the meeting and links to more blog posts.
• Steve’s video
• Mike Walsh’s MP3
• Bob Stepno yearned to be there.
• Jared Dunn reflects on how the presence of the camera crew changed the dynamic of the meeting.

We had such an awesome meeting last week, it sucks that Mother Nature thwarts our efforts to continue to have great meetings. In anticipation of the very foul weather Thursday, we are canceling yet another meeting.

If anyone wants to venture out in the nasty weather for dinner, bug j.

Since it’s the Chinese New Year, we should go for dim sum soon.

Proposed agenda:

• New Projects for the Berkman Group
  • Blogging 101
  • Envisioning the future of weblog software, take 2
  • other proselytizing?
• Frassle alpha 9 demo?
  • Using Frassle’s content studio to build custom aggregators and RSS feeds
• Off the record / On the record blogging
  • What’s the policy for meetings?
  • What’s the policy for dinner?
• Blog conference in the spring?

Jessica must have some things to add, no? I just thought I’d post to get the ball rolling.

**Updated 2/15/05 for this Thursday.

Posted by Shimon Rura

Proposed agenda:

We will focus on podcasting this week. Please join us! Podcasting equipment is optional.

• Lisa’s video: Four Minutes and Thirty Three Seconds on Podcasting: Now With Sound!
• Lisa’s reading list
• Wikipedia on podcasting
• Podcast Alley, a directory
• Special guests
  • Benjamen Walker, who has a Theory of Everything
  • Greg Narain of Corante
  • Andy Carvin
• Demo
• The Berkman Center is getting into podcasting.
  
• sj: If everyone’s recording the meeting for the sake of doing podcasts, how will the resulting podcasts differ from each other? Does podcasting produce a variety like blogging does?

• Wiki for the meetings
• Andy of HoboTraveler.com on the 19th
• What else?
• Eat
  

  • Cambridge Common again
  • Cambridge Common last time (Thanks, Erica!)
    

Notes:

• j’s live notes taken during the meeting
• Lisa’s notes

Audio:

• Audio recorded by Andy Carvin, posted by Shimon: MP3, 10.9MB
• Audio also available as a podcast within our RSS feed!

Because of the lousy weather, a few of us think canceling the meeting might be wise. If you object strongly, bug j to go to dinner.

The next Boston Blogger Meetup is on Monday, January 31, at Christopher’s in Porter Square at 7 pm.