02/16/2006 Meeting Notes
Posted by j, 2/16/06 at 6:27:44 PM.
Attendees:
BI: Bill Ives
Agenda:
- Introductions
- What is our group’s name and mission?
- If people who weren’t at the meeting last week attend, let’s fill them in on the name
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- If people who weren’t at the meeting last week attend, let’s fill them in on the name
- Well wishes for Michael as he prepares for surgery
- Lots of nifty events this past week. Maybe people can share what they attended.
- Dan Gillmor on Monday (2/13) – “We the Media: The Rise of Grassroots, Open-Source Journalism, and the Coming Era of the Citizen Activist,” 7 pm, Kennedy School of Government, Malkin Penthouse, 4th floor Littauer Building (which is different from Littauer Center)
- sj explains Wikipedia at Simmons College Monday, 7 pm, Special Functions Room, first floor, Main College Building
- Cory Doctorow on Wednesday (2/15) – “Set Top Cop: Hollywood’s Secret War on Your Living Room,” Wednesday, Feb. 15, 6 pm, 105 Emerson Hall, Harvard College
- Soon:
- On Monday the 27th at 12 pm, Rebecca and Ethan talk about Global Voices at a brown bag lunch in Room B, 5th Floor, Taubman Building.
- Upcoming blog meeting stuff:
- 2/23/06: Critt Jarvis: “So you’re a citizen journalist? Prove it!” Or, How I practice citizen journalism on Newsvine.
- Andy Carvin, bandwidth waster, international traveler, blogger, sharer of fabulous tails and tales, who does really important things, has a new book coming out. When it’s available for distribution, he’ll tell us about it.
- Dan Bricklin, known for his work on VisiCalc and wikiCalc
- A superstar blogging librarian who’s giving a talk in the area
- Ookles, perhaps — if their Boston road show works with a Thursday meeting
- Someone who can fill us in on what’s happening with China and the Internet
- dim sum on Feb 26?
- HA! ice skating – when? (HLS even has a free ice rink, if folks have or can independently rent skates and there’s enough ice.)
- We’re on the CivicSource calendar. Yay!
- AH: how do we keep our voices, keep in touch w/ our audience over time? what happens when we lose touch w/ our audience?
- ZB: Warcraft
- j: Cory Doctorow talked about a project of Warcraft players working on Chinese servers as a way to possible relieve some of the filtering in China.
- ZB: Adopt a Chinese Blogger
- ZB: The Blog Fathers
- ZB: Squidoo and Gather
- ZB: Retrievr
- Let’s just let Zachary drive all night long. We’ll just watch with our mouths and eyes wide open.
- Steve: check out the HDR photos in Flickr — the technique blends different exposures to play tricks on your eyes & enhance the images
- ZB: Chatsum allows people browsing the same Web site(s) to talk to each other.
- OK, the next time there’s nothing on the agenda & Zachary’s here, let’s just give him the keyboard & mouse. He knows lots of cool sites & stuff.
- This week: Grafton Street
- Last time: Cambridge Common
