Archive for July, 2006

sj to Inform ABCD about Wikimania, Wed. (7/12), 3:45 p, Harvard’s Lamont Library

Tuesday, July 11th, 2006

sj, one of the main Boston area Wikimania organizers and a very active Wikipedian, is going to talk to one of the ABCD groups at Harvard on Wednesday (7/12) at 3:45 pm in ELF 2 in Lamont Library.

Citizen Journalism Event after Wikimania

Monday, July 10th, 2006

Berkman Fellow and noted journalist Dan Gillmor is working on a citizen journalism gathering on Monday, August 7, following Wikimania. He posted some basic information about it yesterday.

Who says we don’t have fun at conferences?

Monday, July 10th, 2006

These pictures of Special Libraries Association Annual Conference attendees with some parrots prove conferences can be fun as well as provide valuable networking and learning experiences.

Did I mention anything about Wikimania registration?

Sunday, July 9th, 2006

Wikimania registration costs increase on Monday, July 10.
Volunteers might get a discount.
Disclaimer: I am now in charge of wrangling volunteers for Wikimania, among plenty of other tasks.
Addendum: One of my readers pointed out that the discount registration deadline moved to July 15.
"Beginning July 16th, admission costs $100 per day (still $240 for the full pass), […]

Wikimania Registration Costs Rise Monday

Saturday, July 8th, 2006

Don’t forget that the cost to register for Wikimania increases Monday, July 10.
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Restocking Libraries in Africa

Thursday, July 6th, 2006

Speaking of reading, check out what this librarian is doing to help provide books to children in Africa.

BookCrossing

Thursday, July 6th, 2006

I guess I haven’t mentioned BookCrossing here yet. A few of my avid reader friends have told me about it several times. The idea behind it is that it’s a book exchange. People get books and read them, then ‘release’ them so others can get them–almost like a walless, informal library.
Anyway, someone just walked into […]

Profile of Washington Post Researchers

Wednesday, July 5th, 2006

The Washington Post has a bit about their news researchers showing how they actively contribute to the entire news organization and not only increase what the organization can do, but the quality, too. One of the anecdotes shows the value of backgrounding everyone interviewed for articles. Another mentions the work of Derek Willis, an admired […]

Bob Stepno, Journalism Prof, at Berkman, Thursday, 7/6, 7 p

Monday, July 3rd, 2006

Bob Stepno, a journalism professor from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville who often talks about blogging and new technologies in his journalism classes, is this Thursday’s (7/6) guest at the blog and technology group at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at 7 pm. I know he and I talked about what he’s […]

Adium: a Messaging Program

Saturday, July 1st, 2006

One of my friends convinced me to try Adium, an instant messaging program for Mac OS X that’s compatible with many other IM services. He really likes it because it does encrypted chat. I like the duck. Uh, seriously, though I really like the way it logs chats. When I start chatting with someone, I […]


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