Thursday Meetings at Berkman Blog

• Introductions
• Chatting about whatever webby nifty stuff comes up
  • Amanda is giving us a quick & dirty tour of search engine optimization
• What platform to use for blogging class?
• Taking a photo for the Creative Commons Happy Birthday collage
• Should we resume on Jan 4 or Jan 11?
• Ethan Z and Rachel B in article in the Globe, cool!
• Leaving at 8-ish to have dinner together
• Upcoming events of interest:
  • Organizers Collaborative hosting a launch event Friday morning 8:45-11 am at the Democracy Center in Harvard Sq. for their Organizers Database open source db optimized for nonprofits.
  • See the Berkman Calendar for upcoming Berkman stuff - tho events are on hiatus til Jan 9.
  • 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:
  • Ted Demopoulos on his new book “What No One Ever Tells You About Blogging and Podcasting: Real-Life Advice from 101 People who Successfully Leverage the Power of the Blogosphere”
  • We’re percolating at least one something to do with Second Life
  • Dan Bricklin, known for his work on VisiCalc and wikiCalc
  • Ben Sheldon and something about maps
  • Adam and something about maps
  • Brett on Ubuntu
  • 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!

• Eat:
  • This week: Let’s go out and feel all holiday-ish!

  • Last week: ?

During the meeting, participate via:

• Still no webcast

• IRC chat