Thursday Meetings at Berkman Blog

Remember how we used to go for dim sum? Dave Winer, our group’s founder, is in town and would like us to gather in his honor on Sunday, 2/25, at 1 pm at Chau Chow City, 83 Essex Street, Chinatown, Boston.

Dave set up a wiki page where we can RSVP. While RSVPing is not necessary, it does help us get a big enough table and find people at the restaurant.

We can celebrate the Chinese New Year while we’re at it, too.

What are blog group dim sum outings?

Dim Sum w/ Dave Winer, Sunday (2/25), 1 p, Chau Chow City …

Agenda

• Introductions

• Andy Carvin, one of our regulars who now lives in Washington, DC, and has a cool job with NPR, has lots to talk about and is bringing a friend, Steve Clift, who organized the Minnesota gubernatorial e-debate in November at www.e-democracy.org.
• Our founder Dave Winer is here
• Anything else

Upcoming events of interest:

• See the Berkman Calendar for upcoming Berkman stuff.

• Berkman & MIT CMS & Yale ISP are putting on Beyond Broadcast 2007 on February 24. Register (it’s close to being full!): http://www.beyondbroadcast.net
• BarCamp Boston 2, March 17-18, Stata Center, MIT
• Mit Spam Con March 30
• 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:

• March: Pushkar Phatak on a blog project he’s working on

• 3/15: 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
• Tracy Rolling on maps (notice a pattern here)
• you? (It doesn’t have to be about maps.)
• 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: Dave’s here, so praps we’ll go to the Bombay Club for old time’s sake.

During the meeting, participate via:

• IRC chat

• Join us at 23 Everett St!