Archive for November, 2005

Happy Thanksgiving!

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j - November 23, 2005 @ 1:40 pm · Meetings

Maybe I don’t need to say this, but …

Because of the Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday, November 24, we will not meet.

Have a very happy and safe holiday, everyone.

I’m definitely very thankful for the blog group and all of its participants. I’ve learned so much over the last 2 1/2+ years from being involved and met very many terrific people.

2005/11/17 Proposed Agenda

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j - November 14, 2005 @ 11:17 am · Meetings

  • Introductions
  • Spiffy things in the world o’ blogging, general questions, whatnots.
  • This week is our second joint meeting with the Boston Weblogger Meetup Group, slated for the third Thursday of every month.
  • Eat:
    • Smile Thai
    • Last week: Pizza from Beauty’s during the meeting (yum!)
  • Contradance!

Upcoming topics:

  • 11/24: Vegetarian Indian food at India Palace
  • 12/1: Berkman’s Luis Villa on H2O, Berkman’s educational software
  • 12/8: Garrett and j on something blogish and librarianish
  • 12/15: Third Thursday with the Boston Weblogger Meetup Group
  • 12/22 and 12/29: no meetings

During the meeting, participate via:

  • we’re going to try this live audio thingie again (fyi, we have low mic battery, so the audio is crappy)

  • IRC chat
  • live notes
  • join us at Baker House!

2005/11/10 Proposed Agenda

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j - November 7, 2005 @ 3:29 pm · Meetings

The pizza edition!

Thanks for getting pizza, Erica!

Proposed Agenda:

  • Introductions
  • Guests Alexis and Steve of reddit, a community news site with rankings
  • At 8 pm, Revenge of the Female Nerds — Busting media and industry myths about why women can’t be technical by Annalee Newitz, author, columnist, and contributing editor of Wired Magazine, Pound 100 (across the parking lot), with dessert and wine and dessert.
    • Because of interest in this talk among group members, our meeting might wrap up around 8 pm so people can attend both.

    • Erica wants to know if people want to get dutch-treat pizza for the blog group meeting so we’re ready for the wine and dessert at this event. Pizza is ordered. If you didn’t get in the count, there are numerous sandwich places nearby where you can grab something to bring to the meeting. Donation for the pizza and beverages will be about $5.
  • Garrett and j talk to Harvard librarians, 11/14, 12 p, Lamont Forum Room
  • What else?
  • Eat:
    • Pizza during the meeting? Comment below or bug Erica.
    • Last week: Cafe of India
  • Contradance!

Upcoming topics:

  • 11/17: 2nd Third Thursday joint meeting with the Boston Weblogger Meetup Group
    • Do we want to add more structure to the official “free-form” meeting for next month?
  • 11/24: Vegetarian Indian food at India Palace
  • 12/1: Berkman’s Luis Villa on H2O, Berkman’s educational software
  • 12/8: Garrett and j on something blogish and librarianish
  • 12/15: Third Thursday with the Boston Weblogger Meetup Group
  • 12/22?
  • 12/29: perhaps not

During the meeting, participate via:

2005/11/03 Proposed Agenda

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j - November 1, 2005 @ 11:46 pm · Meetings

Proposed Agenda:

  • Introductions
  • from 6 - 7 p, Sounds Fine: An Introduction to Radio Technique with Rhod Sharp
    • “Rhod Sharp is the presenter of BBC Radio Five Live’s long running ‘Up All Night’ daily current events show. His working life in radio has included spells as editor, correspondent - and reporter. This short look at radio interviewing is for anyone who has ever heard or made a podcast and wished it could sound better. A couple of simple techniques can permanently improve your sound forever.

      If you have your own recording equipment, bring it along. After a brief discussion of equipment (very important) we will break into small groups and work together on microphone handling.”

  • Let’s travel to Manila!
    • Let’s talk about this blog platform we’ve been using on Harvard’s server.

    • New bloggers: got questions?
    • Manila users: got something to share?
    • Come tell us about your travels and experiences!
    • What’s next?
  • Garrett and j talk to Harvard librarians, 11/14, 12 p, Lamont Forum Room
  • What else?
  • Eat:
    • Last week: Smile Thai
  • Contradance!

Upcoming topics:

  • 11/10: reddit, a community news site
    • after blog group at 8: Annalee Newitz of EFF on Girl Geeks and feminist tech culture
  • 11/17: 2nd Third Thursday joint meeting with the Boston Weblogger Meetup Group
    • Do we want to add more structure to the official “free-form” meeting for next month?
  • 11/24: Vegetarian Indian food at India Palace
  • 12/1: Berkman’s Luis Villa on H2O, Berkman’s educational software
  • 12/8: Garrett and j on something blogish and librarianish

During the meeting, participate via:

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