"upcoming appearances" entries
Open Source, Web 2.0, and the Flat World
If you're in NY, you might be interested in an event that I'm going to be part of on Nov. 30, along with Brian Behlendorf and Thomas Friedman, Innovation and Growth in a Flat World. It's put on by Collab.Net and Information Week, and focuses on the challenges and opportunities of what Friedman has called "the Flat world." Space is…
The Legacy of the Whole Earth Catalog
Stewart Brand sent out a notice about an upcoming event that looks fascinating: From Counterculture to Cyberculture: The Legacy of the Whole Earth Catalog, a symposium featuring Stewart Brand, Kevin Kelly, Howard Rheingold and Fred Turner, Thursday, November 9 from 7:00 to 8:30 PM, at Cubberly Auditorium, Stanford University. In the fall of 1968, Stewart Brand published a 61-page miscellany…
Brussels Conference Mashup
The excuses for not heading Brussels on the week of September 18- 24 are rapidly vanishing. We've gotten a stellar line-up for EuroOSCON, including a day of inspiring tutorials. Meanwhile, an astounding three events have been put up in the wake of EuroOSCON — GovCamp, DrupalCon, and BarCamp. Book that airline ticket now, use euos06nnd35 for a 35% radar-reader…
CAMBIA BiOS Initiative Concert and Keynote at OSCON
At the last minute, we've added a really cool evening event to OSCON. Molecular biologist Richard Jefferson of Cambia and PatentLens fame, a noted activist for open science, will be talking with me about the importance of patent transparency and distributed innovation in the life sciences. In a future where biotechnology will have an ever greater impact on our lives,…
Flickrcamp
Beth Freeman writes: "Foocamp continues to generate spinoffs…." Beth's right. The Foo Camp idea is a powerful one, and Bar Camp has really run with it, inspiring many second order derivatives as well, including the proposed flickrcamp. I'm glad. It's great whenever like-minded souls get together to learn from each other….