Next #OpenWebTO Meetup on April 20th

[Paul Osman]

Hello Everyone,

I'm happy to announce another #OpenWebTO meetup!

The next meetup will be on Tuesday, April 20th at the Centre For Social Innovation. We'll get started at 7pm. We're in a room on the first floor this time; informative signs will be posted on the doors of the CSI :)

James Walker will be taking us on an in-depth tour of WebFinger and the Discovery Protocol Stack. This presentation will likely be pretty technical, examining the innards of XRD, LRDD, etc. Here are some links with background info for those who'd like a head-start :)

http://hueniverse.com/discovery/
http://hueniverse.com/webfinger/
http://code.google.com/p/webfinger/

I'm using Guestlist again to get an idea of how many people to expect, if you plan to attend, grab a free ticket here:

http://guestlistapp.com/events/18687

Cheers,
Paul

[Heather Leson]

HI Paul and Open Web To folks,

I won't be able to attend due to prior commitments, but I have a format idea for either this event or future ones.

Last weekend for the Crisis Commons Founders Weekend we truly embraced our roots of open source, collaborative and crowdsource.

Video/Content Sharing:
The event was ustreamed. This helped attendees from LA and the UK attend. 

For OpenWebTo, this might be great as some of your Toronto audience might be able to virtually attend. Your content could be shared and used as a learning/community building tool for later by enticing more bright minds to join up. We are already seeing the benefits in spades for Crisis Commons. Our virtual attendees really applauded our unique approach of engagement and online collaboration using video. 

Collaboration space:
We used the Ustream chat, Etherpad chat and writing space to collaborate. Unfortunately, we did not capture the full chat for Ustream(next time).  Etherpad (free version) only allows 16 attendees in the chat pad, so it makes it hard to have a true collaboration if you have a large audience. We took notes on Etherpad and shared ideas. This provided "instant minutes" and brainstorming space.

Coordination:
We assigned one person (myself) to handle the main chat spaces and field questions/comments on their behalf. It was busy, but possible. If you go this root, I would recommend that a projector be used to show the chat and collaboration once James is done presenting.

It was an invaluable way to build our community. I really leave this decision to you. If I was able to attend, I would help build this. I welcome questions on and off list. Collaborative video is the future of events and presentations. I think it is part of the glorious Internet adventure.

Heather

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[Paul Osman]

Hi Heather,

Great suggestions, thank you! I've been looking at Ustream and it looks like that would be possible at a minimum. I agree that having streamed presentations is a great way to make the event accessible to those who might not make it otherwise and fits perfectly into the spirit of openness. 

I'll probably have some questions for you as I set this up, thanks again for suggesting it. 

Cheers,

Paul

[Heather Leson]

Hi everyone,

Paul, any luck on the ustream room for Open Web night?  I am hoping for an archive so that I can keep in the loop and learn from James and others

heather

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[Paul Osman]

Hi Heather,

Yes, thanks for the reminder! I set one up for us a while ago, but it slipped my mind completely. Here is the URL for the channel:

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/openwebto

If anyone would like to help get the word out that the meetup will be streamed on ustream, that'd be fantastic. 

Cheers,

Paul