Thursday Meetings at Berkman Blog

We have a fun, informal meeting planned for July 5 with a guest from South Carolina who will tell us about the blog group he attends, which meets in a pub, and his series of posts about beer. We will meet at the Cambridge Common (the bar, not the green space), 1667 Mass Ave, at 7 pm. See you there!

Upcoming events of interest:

• 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:

• 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!+