Thursday Meetings at Berkman Blog

• Introductions
• It’s been a while since we’ve had an open schedule. Let’s catch up with what people are doing, learn about some exciting recent conferences, and get a preview of upcoming events.
• Anyone want to tell us about Beyond Broadcast: Reinventing Public Media in a Participatory Culture?
  • Erica says “Ooh, me me me! I can!”
  • Other people can too!
• What happened at OPML Camp, May 20-21?
• Erica got a call today from someone blogging on the Berkman WordPress server who wants some pointers, so please join us if you have WordPress or Berkman WP blog server experience or advice to share.
• Upcoming in our meetings:
  • June 1: a meeting. Mike may bring an OQO…. And j will give a 15-minute intro to wikis to which we are planning to invite a lot of newbies.
  • June 8: NO MEETING – at Harvard at least – due to graduation. Anyone with other suggestions, blog them!
• Upcoming events of interest:
  • If you’re definitely going to one of these far-flung supercool events, comment and let us know so other blog group folks will know to look for friendly faces (and to potentially coordinate travel, lodging shares etc.). You can definitely expect to see many of us at the events local to Boston.
  • BarCampBoston, June 3-4
    • Let’s have a blog “cluster” at Bar Camp since so many of us will be there…
  • VloggerCon in San Francisco, June 10-11
  • Grassroots Use of Technology in Boston, June 16-17
  • BloggerCon IV in San Francisco, June 23-24
  • GnomeDex in Seattle, late June (Amanda W may be going)
  • Media Giraffe conference, Democracy and Independence: Sharing News and Politics in a Connected World in Amherst, June 29-July 1
  • Alliance for Community Media, in Boston, July 5-8
  • BlogHer in San Jose, July 28-29
  • Wikimania at Berkman, August 4-6
  • Summer vacation
• Various upcoming & potential stuff on our schedule:
  • Dan Bricklin, known for his work on VisiCalc and wikiCalc
  • Someone who can fill us in on what’s happening with China and the Internet (RMack? Eric Priest when he returns from Asia? – Eric will be back in early June for a little bit, after 2 months in China. Do we want Erica to try grabbing him?)
  • 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:
  • This week:
  • Last week: That yummy Korean place down Mass Ave … Seoul Food?

During the meeting, participate via:

• NOT Planning to webcast this week (unless someone specifically asks for it on IRC): http://harmony.law.harvard.edu/webcast.sdp
• IRC chat
• live notes
• Join us at Baker House!