Boston Media Makers meet at:

Doyle’s Cafe
3484 Washington Street
Jamaica Plain, Boston, MA, 02130
1-(617)-524-2345

Doyle’s serves Sunday Brunch!

Mingling 10:00 - 10:30
Roundtable Discussion 10:30 - 12:00

Topics for the meeting:

LIVE Twitter: We go around the table and talk about what we are do, ask questions, present a show and tell. All within a 3 minute time limit. It’s fun.

EVERYONE IS WELCOME!

If you are interested in the web, social media, advertising, PR, audio, video, photography… come by.

See you at our next meeting on August 3rd.

It’s always on the first Sunday at 10:00 AM.

Register on Upcoming.

Boston Media Makers met at Doyle’s Cafe with a great group of Boston area media makers. Despite the long weekend, we had a big crowd…

Here are all the introductions, recorded and streamed live via Qik, then archived on Qik.com and cross-posted to YouTube:

This week after going around the table, we had a general discussion about a number of topics including how social media can help you get a job, keeping track of information, and creativity in media making…

If you were at the meeting and want to share your thoughts or media, leave a comment and/or point to your thoughts and/or media. The tag for the meeting is BMM070608.

See you at our next meeting on August 3rd.

It’s always on the first Sunday at 10:00 AM.

Register at Upcoming for the August 3rd meeting: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/866850/

Boston Media Makers presents Media Tech Tonic #2: Social networking and Video using Seesmic

Topic: This session will cover social networking with video and the uses of seesmic for communication and art. Philippe Lejeune has been experimenting with novel uses of seesmic and will discusses how he’s been using this fascinating service.

Location: MassArt, Alumni Conference Room, Tower Building, 11th Floor
Date/Time: Wednesday, June 18, 2008, 6:30pm - 9:30pm

Presenter: Philippe Lejeune

Access: Free and open to the public, however, seating is limited

Notes: Bring a laptop w/ 802.11 wireless and/or Ethernet port if you want to follow along with parts of the seminar.

Register at Upcoming: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/776385/

Boston Media Makers meet at:

Doyle’s Cafe
3484 Washington Street
Jamaica Plain, Boston, MA, 02130
1-(617)-524-2345

http://www.doyles-cafe.com/

Doyle’s serves Sunday Brunch!

Mingling 10:00 - 10:30
Roundtable Discussion 10:30 - 12:00

Here’s a video I streamed live from the meeting and cross posted to YouTube. It’s a look at everyone who was there at 10:45:

Topics for the meeting:

LIVE Twitter: We go around the table and talk about what we are do, ask questions, present a show and tell. All within a 3 minute time limit. It’s fun.

EVERYONE IS WELCOME!

See you at our next meeting on July 6th.

It’s always on the first Sunday at 10:00 AM.

Boston Media Makers presents
Media Tech Tonic #1

What: Blogging with WordPress: A Crash Course
Where: Massachusetts College of Art and Design
When: Wednesday, May 21, 2008, 6pm - 9pm

Instructor: David Tames
Fee: Free and open to the public
Optional: Bring a laptop w/ wireless card
RSVP: david [ at ] kino-eye [ dot ] com

Building and Room TBA (RSVP via email and you’ll be sent the room and location)

Agenda:
1. Setting up a WordPress blog
2. Basic care and feeding
3. Using a custom template and tinkering with a custom template
4. Questions and Answers
5. Resources for further study

Original Photo by:
SimplySchmoopie CC BY NC SA
www.flickr.com/photos/areay89/172340873/

Sunday May 4, 2008

Photo: Steve Garfield CC BY-NC-SA

*** Add links to your meetings notes, photos and video in the comments ***

Steve Garfield Boston Media Makers Photo Set 05/04/08.

JoeC Boston Media Makers Photo Set 05/04/08.

WATCH: Video of mingling that was streamed live…

Boston Media Makers meet at:

Doyle’s Cafe
3484 Washington Street
Jamaica Plain, Boston, MA, 02130
1-(617)-524-2345

http://www.doyles-cafe.com/

Doyle’s serves Sunday Brunch!

Mingling 10:00 - 10:30
Roundtable Discussion 10:30 - 12:00

Photo: Steve Garfield CC BY-NC-SA

Topics for the meeting:

LIVE Twitter: We go around the table and talk about what we are do, ask questions, present a show and tell. All within a 3 minute time limit. It’s fun.

EVERYONE IS WELCOME!

See you at our next meeting on June 1st.

It’s always on the first Sunday at 10:00 AM.

Sunday April 6, 2008

Photo: Steve Garfield CC BY-NC-SA

Jeff Cutler at Bowl of Cheese writes about the meeting in his post ‘Making Media’:

OK, you might argue that I have a problem if I’m at a bar in Jamaica Plain at 10AM on a Sunday. Well, part of the process…in fact the first step…is admitting you have a problem. I’m not a quitter, so I’m not going to admit anything.

Read David Tamés’ extensive meeting notes. He says in part:

Some people who I tell about the monthly Boston Media Maker un-meetings can’t imagine getting up early on a Sunday morning and trekking across town. For me, Sunday mornings are usually reserved for slowly sipping coffee while reading the Sunday New York Times, so I can relate, however, take a look at the depth and breath of attendees and topics this month. Every month an amazing group of people ask interesting questions or talk about their new media activity in the Boston area. If you’re into new media, want to get into new media, or want to help others get into new media, Boston Media Makers is the place to be the first Sunday of every month to go around the room and ask a question, do a show and tell, share a story, or just give a quick update of what you’ve been up to.

Steve Garfield’s Meeting Videos:
Video Tour of Doyle’s Cafe in Jamaica Plain Mass.
Video roll call of everyone who came.
Video of David Tamés showing his new microphone.
Video of post meeting mingling ( 20 sec ).
Video: after the meeting, playing with LED light, walking around.

Photo by tiil. © All rights reserved

Adam Green created this list of attendees twitter names and websites.

Adam Green also created these feeds from the above lists:
- Just the Twitter feeds
- Blog, Flickr, YouTube and Qik feeds

Photo by tiil. © All rights reserved

If you took photos please tag them BMM040608. Leave a comment with links to any blog posts, audio, video, photos from the meeting.

Thanks to Doyle’s Cafe for hosting our meeting!

Next meeting, Sunday May 4th. Please REGISTER at Upcoming.org

Sign up for our meeting announcement EMail list on the sidebar.

Sunday March 2, 2008

Photos: Steve Garfield CC BY-NC-SA

Sunday’s meeting will be remembered as the funniest meeting ever. People mingled out front at Sweet Finnish from around 10:00 to 10:30…

We then moved to the conference room, where for the next hour and a half, people took turns introducing themselves and talking about what they are working on.

It was totally laid back and we all had a great time.

Did you make any media at the meeting? Leave a comment here and tag your posts and photos, BMM030208.

Check out: David Tamés’ meeting notes.

Also, Getting to know you… getting to know all about you….

It was a great reminder of the richness and diversity that is out there in any community — lots of good ideas, interesting work and possibilities.

See you at our next meeting on April 6th.

It’s always on the first Sunday at 10:00 AM.

Sunday February 3, 2008

We had a great group on this Super Sunday.

Here are Matt Searles’ meeting notes. They’re great!

I started off the meeting with a demonstration of how I plan to broadcast live from my cellphone for The UpTake on Super Tuesday.

Here’s the video I shot, and streamed live.

Here are a few sites of interest from the meeting:

Rebecca Herman

6 Million Others

Bicycle Film Festival

Boston Biker

FloPrompter

Jessica Burko

Boston Handmade

Tutorial Depot

9 Neighbors

TRB Designs Blog

John Herman

Gravityland

Uncontrolled Airspace
Matt Searles

Walk America 2008

Project Think Different

Brian Digital
Beanywood is now New Film Nation

AmandaVS.com - Roca

Left Ahead

Boston Media Makers meet at:

Sweet Finnish
761 Centre Street
Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts 02130

Mingling 10:00 - 10:30
Roundtable Discussion 10:30 - 12:00

Topics for the meeting:

LIVE Twitter: We go around the table and talk about what we are do, ask questions, present a show and tell. All within a 3 minute time limit. It’s fun.

EVERYONE IS WELCOME!

See you at our next meeting on March 2nd.

Please register at Upcoming.

It’s always on the first Sunday at 10:00 AM.

Sunday January 6, 2008

Photo: Steve Garfield CC BY-NC-SA

TWO YEAR ANNIVERSARY!!!

Boston Media Makers meet at:

Sweet Finnish
761 Centre Street
Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts 02130

Mingling 10:00 - 10:30
Roundtable Discussion 10:30 - 12:00

Topics for the meeting:

LIVE Twitter: We go around the table and talk about what we are do, ask questions, present a show and tell. All within a 3 minute time limit. It’s fun.

We started off the meeting with a demonstration of LIVE broadcasting from a cellphone. Very cool technology.

David Tames’ meeting report will be posted at Kino-Eye.com

Nate Aune’s partial audio from the meeting and blog post, where he says:

This was only the second time I attended the Boston Media Makers, but I felt strangely familiar and already connected with the other participants. Maybe it’s because many of us befriended each other on Twitter so in the month between each meeting, we are still following what each other is doing

Steve’s photos are over on his blog, Off On A Tangent.

Photo: Steve Garfield CC BY-NC-SA

John Wall is overwhelmed.

It was another great meeting with lots of new people, new ideas and a lot of laughs!

Please tag your meeting reports, audio, video and photos with BMM0108.

Leave a note in the comments pointing to your reports!

See you at our next meeting on February 3rd.

Please register at Upcoming.

It’s always on the first Sunday at 10:00 AM.