Monthly Archives: March 2007

Social Media Consensus Workshop, Liveblogged

Posted on March 29, 2007 by Liz Henry

I fell into this by accident because it was (surprise) happening in my office — Socialtext’s nascent co-working space, which is still under construction. So this morning I met Bronwen and Jim from Social Media Consensus. Other people: Stowe Boyd, … Continue reading →

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Increasingly upset about the mean kids

Posted on March 27, 2007 by Liz Henry

This keeps getting worse and worse. I had read in several places that Maryam Scoble was “mentioned in meankids.org” but that’s got to qualify as one of the worst euphemisms ever. “Mentioned”? For god’s sake people. It’s one of the … Continue reading →

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Patriarchy exists and we’re kicking its ass

Posted on March 26, 2007 by Liz Henry

My blood is BOILING WITH RAGE from reading about the threats and extreme harassment that people made against Kathy Sierra. And I wish I could ride in on my warhorse and help fix it, but I can’t. I’m not even … Continue reading →

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SuperHappyDevHouse: Serial enthusiasm

Posted on March 25, 2007 by Liz Henry

I’m at SuperHappyDevHouse cussing up a storm as my wireless connection goes in and out. I’ve been messing with Kayuda, with Pipes a little, writing up notes, and talking with people who are all showing me nifty software. I just … Continue reading →

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SXSWi: Open Source business models

Posted on March 12, 2007 by Liz Henry

Alan Shimel, Fischer, Levin, Jarrell, Cavazos. Questions and statements from the audience. Alan Shimel: there’s two categories of open source community members: consumers of open source. A company who wants to use open source. using linux, php, to develop their … Continue reading →

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SXSWi: Non-developers to Open Source Acolytes: Tell me why I care

Posted on March 11, 2007 by Liz Henry

Elisa Camahort is moderating. Annalee Newitz, Dawn Foster, Erica Rios. Annalee Newitz explains the entire complicated insane definition and history of the Open Source movement in less than 3 minutes. Free redistribution, available source, derivative works okay, no restrictions on … Continue reading →

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SXSWi: Attention panel

Posted on March 11, 2007 by Liz Henry

Notes on “Every Breath You Take: Identity, Attention, Presence and Reputation”. Christian Crumlish, Ted Nadeau, Mary Hodder, Kaliya Hamlin, George Kelly Christian Crumlish talked about how new cell phones are. Etiquette still developing. How much of your attention can I … Continue reading →

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SXSWi panel on commercialization of wikis

Posted on March 10, 2007 by Liz Henry

Here’s some notes on Ev. Prodromou’s talk on commercialization of wikis. (Here’s his slides, which he just nicely emailed to me.) Does commerce belong in wikis?- the wikisphere needs a healthy ecology Supporting a wiki project- out of pocket- donations, … Continue reading →

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SXSWi notes: High Class, Low Class Web Design

Posted on March 10, 2007 by Liz Henry

Notes on High Class and Low Class Web Design. Respecting your audience. Do you treat them as equals? Culturally, educationally? What if they’re not your peer group? People who call their audience “marks”. Fans officially, but the treatment in the … Continue reading →

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SXSWi: Kathy Sierra’s opening remarks

Posted on March 10, 2007 by Liz Henry

Kathy Sierra‘s opening remarks has two or three overflow rooms full of people. We’re responding to the screen just as if Kathy were in the room – what a great speaker! Humanizing software and the net. Audience participation exercise: If … Continue reading →

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