Archive for February, 2006

2006/02/23 Proposed Agenda

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j - February 22, 2006 @ 7:57 pm · Meetings

  • Introductions
  • Critt Jarvis: “So you’re a citizen journalist? Prove it!” Or, How I practice citizen journalism on Newsvine.
    1. How I came to Newsvine, and what is it?
      http://critt.newsvine.com/_news/2006/02/03/82353-first-post-thank-you-amber

    2. How I use Newsvine. Generally, read, seed, write.
      http://critt.newsvine.com/_news/2006/02/16/99055-read-seed-and-write

    3. Seeding: Case examples ( i.e., h5n1 pandemic, Global Voices, Center
      for Citizens Media)
      http://www.newsvine.com/pandemic
      http://www.newsvine.com/global-voices
      http://www.newsvine.com/center-for-citizens-media

    4. Exploring the possibilities ( i.e., extending Global Voices, Center
      for Citizens Media)

    5. Invitation to private beta of Newsvine.
    6. using http://www.protopage.com/crittjarvis/ for aggregating Newsvine tags
  • Well wishes for Michael
  • On Monday the 27th at 12 pm, Rebecca and Ethan talk about Global Voices at a brown bag lunch in Room B, 5th Floor, Taubman Building
  • Upcoming blog meeting stuff:
    • Andy Carvin, bandwidth waster, international traveler, blogger, sharer of fabulous tails and tales, who does really important things, has a new book coming out. When it’s available for distribution, he’ll tell us about it.

    • Dan Bricklin, known for his work on VisiCalc and wikiCalc
    • Possibly a superstar blogging librarian who’s giving a talk in the area
    • Ookles, perhaps — if their Boston road show works with a Thursday meeting
    • Someone who can fill us in on what’s happening with China and the Internet
  • dim sum on Feb 26!!!
  • HA! ice skating - when? (HLS even has a free ice rink, if folks have or can independently rent skates and there’s enough ice.)
  • Eat:
    • This week: Pho Pasteur in Harvard the Garage

    • Last time: Grafton Street

    During the meeting, participate via:

    • Dim Sum: Sunday, Feb. 26, 1 pm, Chau Chow City

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    j - February 21, 2006 @ 5:30 pm · Social Events

    Sure, we always talk about dim sum, but we never seem to do it anymore. Let’s try to fix that: Sunday, Feb. 26, 1 pm, Chau Chow City, 83 Essex Street, Chinatown.

    Comment below or ping j to express an interest in those yummy little yellow swirlie thingies Chinese treats.

    More info & directions

    2006/02/16 Proposed Agenda

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    j - February 16, 2006 @ 5:51 pm · Meetings

    My apologies for the /late late late/ agenda. There was a bit of confusion about who was going to post the agenda this week.

    • Introductions
    • What is our group’s name and mission?
      • If people who weren’t at the meeting last week attend, let’s fill them in on the name change update.
    • Well wishes for Michael as he prepares for surgery
    • Lots of nifty events this past week. Maybe people can share what they attended.
    • Soon:
    • Upcoming blog meeting stuff:
      • 2/23/06: Critt Jarvis: “So you’re a citizen journalist? Prove it!” Or, How I practice citizen journalism on Newsvine.

      • Andy Carvin, bandwidth waster, international traveler, blogger, sharer of fabulous tails and tales, who does really important things, has a new book coming out. When it’s available for distribution, he’ll tell us about it.
      • Dan Bricklin, known for his work on VisiCalc and wikiCalc
      • Possibly a superstar blogging librarian who’s giving a talk in the area
      • Ookles, perhaps — if their Boston road show works with a Thursday meeting
      • Someone who can fill us in on what’s happening with China and the Internet
    • dim sum on Feb 26?
    • HA! ice skating - when? (HLS even has a free ice rink, if folks have or can independently rent skates and there’s enough ice.)
  • Eat:
    • This week: Grafton Street

    • Last time: Cambridge Common

    During the meeting, participate via:

    • No live audio this week. Erica has been trained on the equipment, but there are still a few kinks to work out, and she hasn’t had time yet to deal with them.

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

    • 2006/02/09 Proposed Agenda

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    j - February 8, 2006 @ 3:18 pm · Meetings

    • Introductions
    • What is a weblog?
    • What counts as a weblog?
    • How has our perception of blogging changed after we’ve started blogging and as blogging has grown and become more popular?
    • What is our group’s name and mission?
      • Erica wonders about ‘officially’ expanding our name and mission to include more technology tools instead of having a primary focus on blogs. It seems like we talk about all sorts of geeky stuff anyway. What do you think?
    • How did Bill’s SLA-Boston Chapter talk go?
    • What was Rebecca’s talk on Wednesday to the Digital Media in Asia Project like?
    • Well wishes for Michael as he prepares for surgery
    • Pick restaurant for next week’s post-meeting dinner since it’s the monthly meetup and they need the restaurant in advance.
    • If we raise $495,000, we can buy Andrew’s condo.
    • Lots of nifty upcoming events:
  • Eat:
    • This week: ??

    • Last time: Grand opening of the HLS Hark Pub

    During the meeting, participate via:

    • we MAY try this live audio thingie again since Erica has been trained on the equipment, but there are still a few kinks to work out so it’s not definitive.

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

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