2007/05/24 Proposed Agenda
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Agenda
- Introductions
- Topics:
- Mike has requested that Erica talk about website security and StopBadware.org
- Some people may want to discuss problems experienced in Gmail as possible hacks
- If there’s time, Erica can share info from the fan conference she attended/presented at last week, and current issues in the fan/media producer interaction dynamic
- Next week instead of meeting we’ll attend the O’Reilly Ignite Boston event at Tommy Doyle’s in Harvard Square
- Anything else
- See the Berkman Calendar for upcoming Berkman stuff.
- Free Culture conference this Saturday
- Berkman Internet & Society conference Friday June 1
- 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.
- Pushkar Phatak on a blog project he’s working on
- Second Life – a guided tour + how-to session. Mike Walsh is coordinating for the near future.
- Second Life – 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? Reportback on conference.
- Skype: How does it work? Why use it? What are the best clients? j can lead something
- People to do sessions on podcasting: Adam Weiss / Rhod Sharpe (BBC journalist)
- People to do sessions on video: Steve Garfield / David Temez of Boston Media Makers
- Boston Placeblogs (ask Lisa to host) – Universal Hub, Boston Globe’s Brainiac, Bostonist, Davis Square LJ mods, etc.
- 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!
- This week:
- IRC chat
- Join us at 23 Everett St!
Upcoming events of interest:
Various upcoming & potential stuff on our schedule:
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