March 18, 2003
A week of sessions on new media, online publishing
Several presentations on online publishing will take place next week at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism:
Should Journalists and News Organizations Blog?
Monday, March 24, 7:30 - 8:30 pm
I'll be taking part in a conversation with the talented and subversive Rusty Foster, founder of the Kuro5hin group weblog.
The Future of Wireless Technology
Wednesday, March 26, 7 - 8 pm
A talk by Cory Doctorow, co-editor of the Boing Boing weblog and outreach coordinator for the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
Can Online Publications Charge for Content?
Thursday, March 27, 7:30 - 8:30 pm
A talk by Vin Crosbie, president and managing partner of Digital Deliverance.
All three events will be held in the journalism school library at North Gate Hall. Here's a map. The events are free and no RVSP is necessary. The presentations also will be Webcast live, I'm told, at this url.
Sixth annual new media conference
"Connecting with the Wired Generation: How Young People Use Technology, the Internet and the Media."
Friday, March 28, 7 pm, Sibley Auditorium, Bechtel Hall
John Seely Brown, former chief scientist of Xerox Corporation and former director of the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), will give the keynote address on "Growing up Digital and the Emerging Digital Vernacular."
Saturday, March 29, all day long
Four panels are on tap, with some outstanding panelists. (I'm planning on attending.) Sessions look at how young people are using digital devices and the net as learning and communication tools; how kids get news, information and entertainment, online and off; the video game generation; and reconnecting with young people; and young people who describe their technology and media habits.
Admission to the conference is free, but you need to register in advance. The conference Web page, which includes a schedule and list of speakers, is here.
rusty said:
Ha! "Subversive." I still count that as the nicest thing anyone's ever said about me. :-)
Looking forward to next week.
Pick a name -- any name -- for the phone book
One of the funny little tidbits Ernie and I picked up at SxSW came in a convesation with a waitress at Guero's who told us of a little-known policy at Southwestern Bell (now part of SBC). She claimed that anyone was allowed to have a phone book listing under any name of his or her choosing. So one could opt to be listed as Tom Cruise in Abilene, Texas, or Julia Roberts in Baton Rouge. She said some friends opt to use a pseudonym that's easy to remember so they can give it out to acquaintances and they don't have to have their real names listed.
Is it true? No idea, but she insisted it was.
Home page move is complete
After many, many years on the WELL, today I removed my 1,900 pages there and redirected traffic to my new site, hosted by Dreamhost.com, at jdlasica.com. I'll remain in the WELL community and keep my email address, but there was little point in maintaining duplicate home pages.
A mugshot-laden blogroll
I've added some photos in the right-hand nav to add a little personality to the boring text-only blogrolls we see everywhere. Took most of the photos myself, though relied on Google Images for a couple. (They look better when not reduced to 45 pixels and optimized for quick downloads at 3K.) If you're listed there and want to send along a mugshot, fire away!
A marketplace for the soul
Author David Weinberger explains why the Web is better suited as a marketplace for the soul than for merchandise. The conversation's taking place on the WELL, and guests are welcome.
