Tuesday, August 14th @ 6:30pm
McLeod Residence
2209 2nd Ave. (Belltown)
Earlier this summer, the McLeod Residence started hosting a Seattle chapter of the Net Tuesday events, organized by Sarah Schacht and Jeff Reifman. These meetups help reinforce the overall mission of the NetSquared group: to bring the technology of Web 2.0 (the “social web”, as they call it) to non-profit groups. This month, they’ll be doing a Speed Geek, which will feature rapid-fire presentations from about eight different organizations all at different tables, with participating groups wandering from table to table. Like speed dating, but with less flirting. Probably.
Sunday, August 12, 2007
UnGnomeCamp venue TBD; Mesh Walk will meet at the first Starbucks
See this wiki page for updates
As I type this, I’m getting ready for day two of Gnomedex 2007. Gnomedex is a fantastic conference, but if anything’s better than the actual conference, it’s the post-Gnomedex events on Sunday. This year, Kaliya Hamlin, aka Identity Woman, and Raines Cohen are organizing UnGnomeCamp, an unconference follow-on, where anyone is invited and the attendees will set the agenda.
Closely linked with UnGnomeCamp will be MeshWalk, organized by Shannon Clark. I went on last year’s inaugural MeshWalk and really enjoyed myself. A MeshWalk is basically a roving conference. The attendees walk the city, talking about a pre-determined theme and taking inspiration and ideas from the physical space around them, which is constantly changing. It’s a very stimulating way to spend a day.
