Thursday Meetings at Berkman Blog

We’re competing against two events of note some group members are attending, so we’re suggesting people go to them, then join us at Smile Thai on Eliot Street in Harvard Square around 7 p for dinner. Yes, this means there will be no meeting at the Berkman Center.

Pam Samuelson lectures on “Preliminary Thoughts on Copyright Reform” on Thursday, December 6 from 5-7 pm in Austin East Classroom, Harvard Law School. When it’s over, we’re heading to Smile Thai for dinner.

The Social Media Club hosts an open discussion about the future of social media, 6:00pm – 9:30pm, Boston Ballroom, Colonnade Hotel. Sign up on their wiki. You’ll probably see some familiar names there already.

Jesse and Brett propose that we go on an outing to the Brattle Theatre’s showing of Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory In Smell-O-Vision! on Dec. 13 at 7:30 p.

Berkman will be closed on Dec. 27. We will probably not have a formal meeting then.

Brett, Erica, and j are working on lining up some great speakers and topics in the coming weeks. Please stay tuned! As always, if you have suggestions or people you can arrange to bring in, please do!

Upcoming events of interest:

• David Weinberger leads a Web of Ideas discussion on “Is the Web Changing the Nature of Leadership” on Wednesday, December 5 at 6:30 pm. RSVP is required, as space is limited. To RSVP, please send an email to rsvp [at] cyber. law. harvard. edu.
• See the Berkman Calendar for upcoming Berkman stuff.
• Feel free to publicize related events here! Let Erica or j know, comment, or add them yourself if you have an editor account.

Various upcoming & potential stuff on our schedule:

• Erica is working on bringing in a group from Somerville wanting feedback in building a good online news forum & placeblog, possibly December 6.
• Streaming radio – how to make your own streaming radio station, the new rules around it – Sooz has volunteered.
• OpenID – Why you should use it, why you should develop with it (Erica is trying to schedule Rod Begbie)
• What’s the latest in the Free Culture movement? (and Miro player? and ROFLcon?)
• Skype: How does it work? Why use it? j can lead something
• Dan Bricklin, known for his work on VisiCalc and wikiCalc
• People to do sessions on maps & mapping: Ben Sheldon / Adam / Tracy Rolling of Platial
• Digital natives / what kids are doing online: Miriam Simun – ask in the Spring
• Video: Steve Garfield? / David Temez of Boston Media Makers?
• Principles of design/UI, how to learn as a beginner?
• Latest tools for blogging / Latest mashups and widgets / How have tools changed in the past year or so?
• you?
• 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!

This week blog group welcomes Shava and Fish, both longtime users of and experts in the virtual world Second Life. We’ve been looking for a good introduction to just what exactly is really out there and possible in SL, and this is it! Bring your questions, and if you have a laptop with Second Life installed, bring it to follow along in-world (we will of course also be projecting onscreen).

Some links to check out in advance:
http://indigenis.com
http://fishthemagish.net/press.html (look for the Tuna Oddfellow links)

As usual, the meeting will begin at 7pm at the Berkman Center, 23 Everett Street, and last for 60 to 90 minutes. Then there are strong odds we will continue the discussion over dinner in the Harvard Square area.

Brett, Erica, and j are working on lining up some great speakers and topics in the coming weeks. Please stay tuned! As always, if you have suggestions or people you can arrange to bring in, please do!

Upcoming events of interest:

• David Weinberger leads a Web of Ideas discussion on “Is the Web Changing the Nature of Leadership” on Wednesday, December 5 at 6:30 pm. RSVP is required, as space is limited. To RSVP, please send an email to rsvp [at] cyber. law. harvard. edu.
• Pam Samuelson lectures on “Preliminary Thoughts on Copyright Reform” on Thursday, December 6 from 5-7 pm – right before our meeting! Come see Pam, then head right over to blog group.
• See the Berkman Calendar for upcoming Berkman stuff.
• Feel free to publicize related events here! Let Erica or j know, comment, or add them yourself if you have an editor account.

Various upcoming & potential stuff on our schedule:

• Erica is working on bringing in a group from Somerville wanting feedback in building a good online news forum & placeblog, possibly December 6.
• Streaming radio – how to make your own streaming radio station, the new rules around it – Sooz has volunteered.
• OpenID – Why you should use it, why you should develop with it (Erica is trying to schedule Rod Begbie)
• What’s the latest in the Free Culture movement? (and Miro player? and ROFLcon?)
• Skype: How does it work? Why use it? j can lead something
• Dan Bricklin, known for his work on VisiCalc and wikiCalc
• People to do sessions on maps & mapping: Ben Sheldon / Adam / Tracy Rolling of Platial
• Digital natives / what kids are doing online: Miriam Simun – ask in the Spring
• Video: Steve Garfield? / David Temez of Boston Media Makers?
• Principles of design/UI, how to learn as a beginner?
• Latest tools for blogging / Latest mashups and widgets / How have tools changed in the past year or so?
• you?
• 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!

This week, there is no meeting because of Thanksgiving. You should have dinner on your own, perhaps with some family and/or friends. Thank them for their patience while you’ve been blogging.

Erica and I are thankful for all of you who have attended meetings, spoken, suggested and/or arranged guests, supported blog group, and kept the group going for almost 5 years. (Yep, that’s right. Almost 5 years. Can you believe it?)

Have a happy and safe holiday and don’t eat so much that you nap instead of blogging.

This week blog group welcomes Quilian Riano and other students from Harvard GSD. Quilian will present the architecture blog Archinect, where he is senior editor and a regular contributor. Quilian is also editor in chief of re:, the new web-based journal by and for GSD students.

As usual, the meeting will begin at 7pm at the Berkman Center, 23 Everett Street, and last for 60 to 90 minutes. Then we will continue the discussion over dinner in Harvard Square.

Brett, Erica, and j are working on lining up some great speakers and topics in the coming weeks. Please stay tuned! As always, if you have suggestions or people you can arrange to bring in, please do!

By the way, we will not meet on November 22 because of Thanksgiving.

Upcoming events of interest:

• David Weinberger leads a Web of Ideas discussion about copyright on Wednesday, November 14, at 6:30 p. (It’s really 6:30 p. j checked.) “‘Designing Copyright from the Ground Up’: Suppose we had the chance to start over again with copyright, designing it to accommodate the digital era and designing it to support the greatest public good. What would it look like? How would we manage the clash between the need for leeway with the complete and precise knowledge of use that networked usage provides?” RSVP is required, as space is limited. To RSVP, please send an email to rsvp [at] cyber. law. harvard. edu by November 13 at 12:00PM.
• See the Berkman Calendar for upcoming Berkman stuff.
• Feel free to publicize related events here! Let Erica or j know, comment, or add them yourself if you have an editor account.

Various upcoming & potential stuff on our schedule:

• Second Life guided tour + how-to session – Shava & Fish are on deck for the near future
• Erica is working on bringing in a group from Somerville wanting feedback in building a good online news forum & placeblog
• OpenID – Why you should use it, why you should develop with it (Erica is trying to schedule Rod Begbie)
• What’s the latest in the Free Culture movement? (and what about the Miro player?)
• Skype: How does it work? Why use it? j can lead something
• Dan Bricklin, known for his work on VisiCalc and wikiCalc
• People to do sessions on maps & mapping: Ben Sheldon / Adam / Tracy Rolling of Platial
• Digital natives / what kids are doing online: Miriam Simun – ask in the Spring
• Video: Steve Garfield? / David Temez of Boston Media Makers?
• Streaming radio – how to make your own streaming radio station, the new rules around it
• Principles of design/UI, how to learn as a beginner?
• Latest tools for blogging / Latest mashups and widgets / How have tools changed in the past year or so?
• you?
• 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!+

Zach Braiker shares his love of new tech stuff with us once again.

Brett, Erica, and j are working on lining up some great speakers and topics in the coming weeks. Please stay tuned! As always, if you have suggestions or people you can arrange to bring in, please do!

By the way, we will not meet on November 22 because of Thanksgiving.

Upcoming events of interest:

• David Weinberger leads a Web of Ideas discussion about copyright on Wednesday, November 14, at 6:30 p. (It’s really 6:30 p. j checked.) “‘Designing Copyright from the Ground Up’: Suppose we had the chance to start over again with copyright, designing it to accommodate the digital era and designing it to support the greatest public good. What would it look like? How would we manage the clash between the need for leeway with the complete and precise knowledge of use that networked usage provides?” RSVP is required, as space is limited. To RSVP, please send an email to rsvp [at] cyber. law. harvard. edu by November 13 at 12:00PM.
• See the Berkman Calendar for upcoming Berkman stuff.
• Feel free to publicize related events here! Let Erica or j know, comment, or add them yourself if you have an editor account.

Various upcoming & potential stuff on our schedule:

• Second Life guided tour + how-to session – Shava & Fish are on deck for the near future
• Brett is working on bringing several design folks in this Fall
• Erica is working on bringing in a group from Somerville wanting feedback in building a good online news forum & placeblog
• OpenID – Why you should use it, why you should develop with it (Erica is trying to schedule Rod Begbie)
• What’s the latest in the Free Culture movement? (and what about the Miro player?)
• Skype: How does it work? Why use it? j can lead something
• Dan Bricklin, known for his work on VisiCalc and wikiCalc
• People to do sessions on maps & mapping: Ben Sheldon / Adam / Tracy Rolling of Platial
• Digital natives / what kids are doing online:  Miriam Simun – ask in the Spring
• Video: Steve Garfield? / David Temez of Boston Media Makers?
• Streaming radio – how to make your own streaming radio station, the new rules around it
• Principles of design/UI, how to learn as a beginner?
• Latest tools for blogging / Latest mashups and widgets / How have tools changed in the past year or so?
• you?
• 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!+

The fabulous speaker Erica and j were trying to line up for tonight didn’t quite workout. However, if we end the meeting promptly at 8 pm, we might be able to catch her at Grasshopper in Allston for dessert.

Instead, Brett can tell us how Pecha Kucha 2 went and j can ask questions about corporate blogs and wikis for a presentation she’s giving Wednesday.

Upcoming events of interest:

• PodCamp, October 26-28
• FOSSCamp, October 27-28
• BarCamp Boston, not in October
• See the Berkman Calendar for upcoming Berkman stuff.
• Feel free to publicize related events here! Let Erica or j know, comment, or add them yourself if you have an editor account.

Various upcoming & potential stuff on our schedule:

• 10/18: Maybe a cool techie librarian will stop by
• Second Life – 1) a guided tour + how-to session | 2) a debate on it. Good? Bad? Both?
• Dan Bricklin, known for his work on VisiCalc and wikiCalc
• People to do sessions on maps & mapping: Ben Sheldon / Adam / Tracy Rolling of Platial
• Digital natives: ask Erin Mishkin
• For parents: what *are* your kids doing on the social web? Get a few students to lead it.
• What’s the latest in the Free Culture movement? (and what about the Miro player?)
• Skype: How does it work? Why use it? j can lead something
• People to do sessions on video: Steve Garfield / David Temez of Boston Media Makers
• OpenID – Why you should use it, why you should develop with it (ask Rod Begbie)
• Streaming radio – how to make your own streaming radio station, the new rules around it
• Principles of design/UI, how to learn as a beginner?
• Latest tools for blogging / Latest mashups and widgets / How have tools changed in the past year or so?
• you?
• 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!+

Do you have blog blahs? What causes them? Did blogging once get you all excited and now it seems more like a chore? Do you need to rekindle your relationship with your weblog? How can we make the blahs go away? Lisa Williams will lead a session on blog blahs.

Upcoming events of interest:

• Pecha Kucha 2: live blogging & such, October 12
• PodCamp, October 26-28
• FOSSCamp, October 27-28
• BarCamp Boston, not in October
• See the Berkman Calendar for upcoming Berkman stuff.
• Feel free to publicize related events here! Let Erica or j know, comment, or add them yourself if you have an editor account.

Various upcoming & potential stuff on our schedule:

• 10/18: Maybe a cool techie librarian will stop by
• Second Life – 1) a guided tour + how-to session | 2) a debate on it. Good? Bad? Both?
• Dan Bricklin, known for his work on VisiCalc and wikiCalc
• People to do sessions on maps & mapping: Ben Sheldon / Adam / Tracy Rolling of Platial
• Digital natives: ask Erin Mishkin
• For parents: what *are* your kids doing on the social web? Get a few students to lead it.
• What’s the latest in the Free Culture movement? (and what about the Miro player?)
• Skype: How does it work? Why use it? j can lead something
• People to do sessions on video: Steve Garfield / David Temez of Boston Media Makers
• OpenID – Why you should use it, why you should develop with it (ask Rod Begbie)
• Streaming radio – how to make your own streaming radio station, the new rules around it
• Principles of design/UI, how to learn as a beginner?
• Latest tools for blogging / Latest mashups and widgets / How have tools changed in the past year or so?
• you?
• 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!+

Rick Burns of 9Neighbors joins us to talk about their Web presence and their work.

Next week, Lisa Williams will lead a session on blog blahs.

Upcoming events of interest:

• Pecha Kucha 2: live blogging & such, October 12
• PodCamp, October 26-28
• FOSSCamp, October 27-28
• BarCamp Boston, not in October
• See the Berkman Calendar for upcoming Berkman stuff.
• Feel free to publicize related events here! Let Erica or j know, comment, or add them yourself if you have an editor account.

Various upcoming & potential stuff on our schedule:

• 10/11: Lisa Williams leads a conversation on the blog blahs
• Second Life – 1) a guided tour + how-to session | 2) a debate on it. Good? Bad? Both?
• Dan Bricklin, known for his work on VisiCalc and wikiCalc
• People to do sessions on maps & mapping: Ben Sheldon / Adam / Tracy Rolling of Platial
• Digital natives: ask Erin Mishkin
• For parents: what *are* your kids doing on the social web? Get a few students to lead it.
• What’s the latest in the Free Culture movement? (and what about the Miro player?)
• Skype: How does it work? Why use it? j can lead something
• People to do sessions on video: Steve Garfield / David Temez of Boston Media Makers
• OpenID – Why you should use it, why you should develop with it (ask Rod Begbie)
• Streaming radio – how to make your own streaming radio station, the new rules around it
• Principles of design/UI, how to learn as a beginner?
• Latest tools for blogging / Latest mashups and widgets / How have tools changed in the past year or so?
• you?
• 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!+

Happy Birthday, Google!

To mark Google’s ninth birthday, let’s discuss how Google has changed the Web. What search engine did you use before Google? How have Google’s tools influenced Web development, the Internet, and people’s expectations? What will be the next new big thing?

Upcoming events of interest:

• Pecha Kucha 2: live blogging & such, October 12
• PodCamp, October 26-28
• FOSSCamp, October 27-28
• BarCamp Boston, not in October
• See the Berkman Calendar for upcoming Berkman stuff.
• Feel free to publicize related events here! Let Erica or j know, comment, or add them yourself if you have an editor account.

Various upcoming & potential stuff on our schedule:

• Second Life – 1) a guided tour + how-to session | 2) a debate on it. Good? Bad? Both?
• Dan Bricklin, known for his work on VisiCalc and wikiCalc
• People to do sessions on maps & mapping: Ben Sheldon / Adam / Tracy Rolling of Platial
• Digital natives: ask Erin Mishkin
• For parents: what *are* your kids doing on the social web? Get a few students to lead it.
• What’s the latest in the Free Culture movement? (and what about the Miro player?)
• Skype: How does it work? Why use it? j can lead something
• People to do sessions on video: Steve Garfield / David Temez of Boston Media Makers
• OpenID – Why you should use it, why you should develop with it (ask Rod Begbie)
• Streaming radio – how to make your own streaming radio station, the new rules around it
• Principles of design/UI, how to learn as a beginner?
• Latest tools for blogging / Latest mashups and widgets / How have tools changed in the past year or so?
• you?
• 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!+

Since we’re Internet aficionados and procrastinators, let’s celebrate OneWebDay today by going for dim sum tomorrow.

Chau Chow City
Sunday, 9/23
11 a

We’ll be joining another group of folks, so RSVPs are especially appreciated, but not absolutely necessary.

What are blog group dim sum outings? How do I get to Chau Chow City?