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Archive for January, 2006

egeorge - January 27, 2006 @ 5:57 pm · Meetings

Introductions
Holmes Wilson of Participatory Culture Foundation
- From Holmes: “Holmes Wilson is one of the founders of Participatory Culture Foundation, which is making open source tools for online video distribution. Topics for discussion include: PCF’s platform for video distribution, online video communities, and the relationship between underlying infrastructure for internet video and certain desirable political or social outcomes.”
- (Thanks to Nathan Woodhull for coordinating!)
Upcoming Stuff & other notes
- Fun in Winter:
  - dim sum - when?
  - ice skating - when? (HLS even has a free ice rink, if folks have or can independently rent skates)
Eat:
- This week: Grand opening of the HLS Hark Pub
- Last time: Cambridge Common

During the meeting, participate via:

we MAY try this live audio thingie again because the equipment is in transition (We now have the new equipment all set up, but Erica needs to train on using it and plans to have done so by Thursday.).
IRC chat
live notes
join us at Baker House!

egeorge - January 23, 2006 @ 4:33 pm · Meetings

During the meeting, participate via:

we’re NOT going to try this live audio thingie again because the equipment is in transition (We now have the new equipment all set up, but Erica needs to train on using it)
IRC chat
live notes
join us at Baker House!

j - January 17, 2006 @ 12:53 pm · Meetings

Introductions
The Boston Weblogger Meetup
- Remind j to bring the glasses someone left at the last Weblogger Meetup
We’re going to go to a 7:30 pm talk in the Ames Courtroom in Austin Hall about Restorative Justice in Jamaica featuring Rubin “Hurricane” Carter, a boxer who was wrongly imprisoned in the United States for many years. Denzel Washington brought attention to Carter’s story via the film The Hurricane. This talk may seem orthogonal to our group, but “Prof. Nesson wanted us to think about how we could use the Internet to communicate this message and involve people outside of the room at Harvard Law School where the talk will happen.” How can we use the Internet to help inmates, especially those wrongly imprisoned?
- Webcast (.rm).
- Live question tool here
- Some of Charlie’s class is live-blogging the event
Upcoming Stuff
- Meeting for 1/26/06: HLS Assistant Dean for Admissions Toby Stock on the J.D. Admissions Blog
- Bill Ives speaks to the Special Libraries Association Boston Chapter, Tuesday, January 31, 9 am
- Fun in January:
  - dim sum - when?
  - ice skating - when? (HLS even has a free ice rink, if folks have or can independently rent skates)
  - MIT Independent Activities Period (IAP) events
  - Cyberlaw/Winter Camp Events:

j - January 10, 2006 @ 12:55 pm · Meetings

Introductions
Let’s recharge and get some exciting stuff on our schedule for Spring. We’ve had some fantastic ideas, but we need volunteers from the group to shepherd individual potential speakers, with Erica and j coordinating on dates. (We didn’t talk about our schedule last week because we had such a small turnout.)
Pick a restaurant for next week for the Boston Weblogger Meetup. They’ve asked us to select the restaurant ahead of time so they can publicize it within their group.
Dan Gillmor at Berkman’s lunch on Tuesday (1/17) at 12:30 pm
- The lunch is rumored to be full, but the Webcast (http://harmony.law.harvard.edu/luncheon.sdp) and IRC channel (freenode.net / berkman) aren’t
Bill Ives speaks to the Special Libraries Association Boston Chapter, Tuesday, January 31, 9 am
Fun in January:
- dim sum - when?
- ice skating - when? (HLS even has a free ice rink, if folks have or can independently rent skates)
- MIT Mystery Hunt - MLK weekend, ask j or SJ for more info
- MIT Independent Activities Period (IAP) events
- Cyberlaw/Winter Camp Events:
  - Brendan Greeley on podcasting
    - This talk was postponed last week. It’s not happening this week but if it happens next week, the meeting could wrap-up early so people can go.
Eat:
- Last time: Did anyone eat?

During the meeting, participate via:

we’re NOT going to try this live audio thingie again because the equipment is in transition
IRC chat
live notes
join us at Baker House!

j - January 5, 2006 @ 12:24 pm · Meetings

Welcome back from the holidays and Happy New Year!

Introductions
Let’s recharge and get some exciting stuff on our schedule for Spring. We’ve had some fantastic ideas, but we need volunteers from the group to shepherd individual potential speakers, with Erica and j coordinating on dates.
Remind us that we need to pick a restaurant next week for the Boston Weblogger Meetup that will coincide with our meeting the following week (3rd Thursday of the month). They’ve asked us to select the restaurant ahead of time so they can publicize it within their group.
Lunch with David Berlind of ZDNet’s Between the Lines on Tuesday, January 10, at 12:30 pm. RSVP required by noon Friday: rsvp@cyber.law.harvard.edu.
Dave Winer’s hosting a geek dinner tonight.
Fun in January:
- dim sum - when?
- ice skating - when? (HLS even has a free ice rink, if folks have or can independently rent skates)
- MIT Mystery Hunt - MLK weekend, ask j or SJ for more info
- MIT Independent Activities Period (IAP) events
- Cyberlaw/Winter Camp Events:
  - Jamaica night
  - Brendan Greeley on podcasting
Eat:
- Last time: Drinks & snacks at Grendel’s Den with the Boston Weblog Meetup folks.