2007/30/08 Proposed Agenda
Join us for Brett on EVDO, a kind of wireless, mobile Internet connection and j on Skype.
Upcoming events of interest:
- Web Innovators Group: September 10th
- Dev House Boston 3: September 16th at betahouse
- PodCamp, October 26-28
- BarCamp Boston, possibly in October
- See the Berkman Calendar for upcoming Berkman stuff.
- 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:
- September 6 - See you at these exciting tech events: the second Ignite Boston and Tech Cocktail. RSVP for each event through their site.
- September 13 - Neither Erica nor j can attend the meeting. Jesse will tackle blog group again, place TBD.
- Second Life - 1) a guided tour + how-to session | 2) a debate on it. Good? Bad? Both?
- Dan Bricklin, known for his work on VisiCalc and wikiCalc
- People to do sessions on maps & mapping: Ben Sheldon / Adam / Tracy Rolling of Platial
- Digital natives: ask Erin Mishkin
- For parents: what *are* your kids doing on the social web? Get a few students to lead it.
- What’s the latest in the Free Culture movement? (and what about the Miro player?)
- Skype: How does it work? Why use it? j can lead something
- People to do sessions on video: Steve Garfield / David Temez of Boston Media Makers
- OpenID - Why you should use it, why you should develop with it (ask Rod Begbie)
- Streaming radio - how to make your own streaming radio station, the new rules around it
- Principles of design/UI, how to learn as a beginner?
- Latest tools for blogging / Latest mashups and widgets / How have tools changed in the past year or so?
- 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!+
