2007/06/21 Proposed Agenda
Agenda
- Introductions
- Topics:
- Greg Dennis from Organizers Collaborative on Grassroots Use of Tech conference this weekend
- We can also chat about anything – if you have a small topic you want to bring up tonight’s a great time for it.
- Anything else
Upcoming events of interest:
- See the Berkman Calendar for upcoming Berkman stuff.
- Not an event per se, but Berkman’s old home at Baker House is moving up Mass Ave early Saturday morning as part of the HLS Northwest Corner construction project
- Anti-Spyware Coalition conference June 27
- Penguin Day June 22 in Lowell
- Grassroots Use of Technology 2007 conference June 23 in Lowell
- DevHouseBoston Sunday June 24
- 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:
- June 28 – open
- July 5 – beer & blogs at the Cambridge Common
- July 12, 19, 26 – possible summer hiatus or cool guest speakers?
- Erica is unavailable to lead meetings these weeks
- j has an online commitment each of those weeks from 6-8 p. She could possibly be present at the blog meetings, but not able to lead any meetings.
- August 9 – Local-based media extravaganza, led by Lisa Williams. Will be awesome.
- 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?
- Skype: How does it work? Why use it? What are the best clients? 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!
Eat:
During the meeting, participate via:
- IRC chat
- Join us at 23 Everett St!
Robyn Promo
July 10, 2007 @ 4:19 pm
What time does this start? I would love to know more about these evens.
erica
July 10, 2007 @ 4:21 pm
All our blog group meetings start at 7pm unless otherwise noted.