Thursday Meetings at Berkman Blog

Don’t go to the Berkman Center this week, either. Jesse and Brett propose an outing to the Brattle Theatre’s showing of Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory In Smell-O-Vision! on Dec. 13 at 7:30 p. Look for Jesse in the seats. The Brattle only has a few tickets left. The box office opens at 6:30 p.

We’ll probably have a ‘normal’ meeting next week at Berkman. Let us know if there’s something in particular you’d like to discuss.

Berkman will be closed on Dec. 27. We will probably not have a formal meeting then.

Brett, Erica, and j are working on lining up some great speakers and topics in the coming weeks. Please stay tuned! As always, if you have suggestions or people you can arrange to bring in, please do!

Upcoming events of interest:

• 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:

• Erica is working on bringing in a group from Somerville wanting feedback in building a good online news forum & placeblog, possibly December 6.
• Streaming radio - how to make your own streaming radio station, the new rules around it - Sooz has volunteered.
• OpenID - Why you should use it, why you should develop with it (Erica is trying to schedule Rod Begbie)
• What’s the latest in the Free Culture movement? (and Miro player? and ROFLcon?)
• Skype: How does it work? Why use it? j can lead something
• 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 / what kids are doing online: Miriam Simun - ask in the Spring
• Video: Steve Garfield? / David Temez of Boston Media Makers?
• 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!