Archive for March, 2006

No Meeting on 3/30/06.

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j - March 28, 2006 @ 1:16 pm · Meetings

We will not meet at Berkman this Thursday, March 30. Please join us on April 6 when Andy Carvin will tell us about his new book, From the Ground Up.

Upcoming blog meeting stuff in the works:

  • Andy Carvin, bandwidth waster, international traveler, blogger, sharer of fabulous tails and tales, who does really important things, has a new book coming out. He plans tell us about it on April 6. The book is available as a pdf or for free from this link.

  • April 20: Hopefully, Amanda can round up some people from the Webmasters conference in Boston. (Thanks, Amanda!)
  • Dan Bricklin, known for his work on VisiCalc and wikiCalc
  • 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 (RMack? Eric Priest?)
  • WordPress demos
  • 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!

2006/03/23 Proposed Agenda

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j - March 22, 2006 @ 11:38 pm · Meetings

  • Introductions
  • Zachary & Mark on Mashup Camp ??
  • Jared can tell us about SXSW
  • Pito Salas’ Geek Dinner Wednesday, March 29, at 6:30 p. RSVP required. All the cool kids are doing it…
  • No meeting on March 30th at Berkman
    • If people want to meet elsewhere, say so in comments or on-list.
  • Upcoming blog meeting stuff in the works:
    • Andy Carvin, bandwidth waster, international traveler, blogger, sharer of fabulous tails and tales, who does really important things, has a new book coming out. He plans tell us about it on April 6. The book is available as a pdf or for free from this link.

    • April 20: Hopefully, Amanda can round up some people from the Webmasters conference in Boston. (Thanks, Amanda!)
    • Dan Bricklin, known for his work on VisiCalc and wikiCalc
    • 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 (RMack? Eric Priest?)
    • WordPress demos
    • 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!
  • Eat:
    • This week:

    • Last time: Cambridge Common

During the meeting, participate via:

2006/03/16 Proposed Agenda

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j - March 14, 2006 @ 3:14 pm · Meetings

It’s Boston Weblogger Meetup Week!

  • Introductions
  • Zachary & Mark on Mashup Camp - POSTPONED til next week
  • Anyone want to tell us about SXSW? Perhaps next week would be better for this item …
  • Erica talks about the upcoming Wordpress option for Berkman-hosted blogs, and current need for beta-testers of the new server and the Manila migration script.
  • Anyone who went to Dan Gillmor on Tuesday or David Weinberger on Wednesday wanna tell us about it?
  • There’s a 6 pm talk Thursday at the Fogg Museum about the cultural and scientific significance of collecting and deploying newspaper clippings called Clipping Culture. Sounds like what lots of us bloggers do electronically.
  • Pito Salas’ Geek Dinner Wednesday, March 29, at 6:30 p. RSVP required.
  • Upcoming blog meeting stuff in the works:
    • Andy Carvin, bandwidth waster, international traveler, blogger, sharer of fabulous tails and tales, who does really important things, has a new book coming out. He plans tell us about it on April 6. The book is available as a pdf or for free from this link.

    • April 20: Hopefully, Amanda can round up some people from the Webmasters conference in Boston. (Thanks, Amanda!)
    • Dan Bricklin, known for his work on VisiCalc and wikiCalc
    • 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 (RMack? Eric Priest?)
    • 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!
  • Eat:
    • This week: Cambridge Common (look for Ann, Mal, & Craig)

      • Although we realize that for some people, knowing the restaurant location before the Meetup is very helpful, we decided not to choose one this week because choosing them beforehand is proving to be much more problematic than we thought it would be. We will be at the Berkman Center until at least 8 pm, if not 8:30 pm. We will try to remember to post the restaurant location on the blog when we decide where to go.
    • Last time: Changsho
      • *j sniffles at missing Changsho

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2006/03/09 Proposed Agenda

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j - March 7, 2006 @ 4:42 pm · Meetings

  • Introductions
  • Shava on the culture & marketing behind some of the community blogging & re-blogging sites we’ve looked at lately (see further info in this week’s update email)
  • Talk about neat stuff
  • Sympathy to Wendy and Joey, who lost Joey’s dad last week
  • Well wishes for Michael
  • Pick a place to eat for next week’s Boston Weblogger Meetup & tell Sooz
  • j is having dinner with librarian Gary Price. Odds are slim that she’ll make it to the meeting after or bring him along, but folks who are interested are invited to join them in East Boston at 6.
  • Upcoming blog meeting stuff in the works:
    • 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
    • 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 (RMack? Eric Priest?)
    • 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!
  • HA! ice skating - when? (HLS even has a free ice rink, if folks have or can independently rent skates and there’s enough ice.) Let’s revisit this during winter in April.
  • If you want an invite to the private beta of Newsvine, as demoed by Critt Jarvis, post in the comments.
  • Brett wants us to listen to him sing karaoke …
  • Eat:
    • This week: Changsho

    • Last time: Cambridge Common

During the meeting, participate via:

  • Erica does plan to try a live webcast again this week, with Berkman’s even brand newer setup than the previous time. The new link will be: http://harmony.law.harvard.edu/webcast.sdp.

  • SORRY for the lack of webcast; Erica’s laptop died and there was a mic problem. This also accounts for lack of live notes. The meeting however was pretty fab with some great folks and excellent conversation.
  • IRC chat

2006/03/02 Proposed Agenda

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egeorge - March 2, 2006 @ 5:29 pm · Meetings

  • Introductions
  • Talk about neat stuff
  • Sympathy to Wendy and Joey, who lost Joey’s dad this week
  • Well wishes for Michael
  • Upcoming blog meeting stuff in the works:
    • 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
    • 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!
  • HA! ice skating - when? (HLS even has a free ice rink, if folks have or can independently rent skates and there’s enough ice.)
  • If you want an invite to the private beta of Newsvine, as demoed by Critt Jarvis last week, post in the comments.
  • Brett wants us to go to a karaoke party at MIT…
  • Eat:
    • This week:

    • Last time: Pho Pasteur

During the meeting, participate via: