Thursday Meetings at Berkman Blog

Agenda

• Introductions

• Marc Sacks would like a few minutes to talk on progressive talk radio in Boston.
• j on comment and trackback spam
• 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
• 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:

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

• 2/22: Andy Carvin is back in town! He’ll have 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.
• Likely 3/8: 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:

During the meeting, participate via:

• IRC chat

• Join us at 23 Everett St!