| Berkman's Signal to Noise conference, and Malaysian irc
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From the Signal to Noise conference announcement:
The conference offers an exciting mix of performances, demonstrations and discussions examining how digital technologies are enabling new forms of creativity by a broader group of people. Cultural, business, legal and ethical implications of new genres and new forms of authorship will all be covered along with an artist's interests and rights in downstream uses of original creations. Scheduled conference participants include New York Times bestselling author Matthew Pearl, copyright scholar Terry Fisher, fanfic author Naomi Novik, David Dixon of Beatallica, innovative musician Dan the Automator, Paul Marino of machinima.org, and Wendy Seltzer of the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
Signal or Noise 2K5 is open to the public but pre-registration is needed: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/sn/register. For more information about the conference's location, schedule and participants, please visit http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/sn/schedule. To view a map of the area: http://map.harvard.edu/level2.cfm?mapname=camb_allston&tile=F6.
I sat in on a planning meeting and it looks like it's going to be more eclectic and less sit-and-listen-y than most conferences.
From the Berkman's Rebecca MacKinnon:
Malaysian bloggers Jeff Ooi and Mack Zulkieli will help me kick off our first LIVE Globalvoices online IRC interview and chat. Join us Friday (tomorrow) at *15:00GMT* (10:00am Friday EST, 23:00 Friday China time, etc.)
*IRC location:* #globalvoices on Freenode. (irc://irc.freenode.net/#globalvoices).
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by D. Weinberger at March 25, 2005 10:06 AM
Comments
Do you do anything but go to conferences? Who pays for all this traveling??
Posted by: Dan | March 25, 2005 12:32 PM
I assume it's just a cost of doing business, basically marketing and advertising. David's own business is essentially corporate marketing advice and consulting. There's nothing wrong with that, and he doesn't hide it, quite the opposite.
*Shrug*. Not my job, not your job, but it's a living.
Posted by: Seth Finkelstein | March 25, 2005 01:08 PM
Boy, do you make me miss the Berkman Center. With nearly six years there, you'd think I would have had enough. Nope!
Anyway, thankful you're keeping the blogosphere updated on what's happening. And give my best to JZ, JP, CN, Wendy K., and Jesse when you see them.
Posted by: Donna Wentworth | March 25, 2005 07:14 PM
I pay for travel unless I'm speaking at a conf and can wheedle it out of the organizers. E.g., at eTech I paid all my expenses but got comp'ed as a "journalist."
FWIW, I make a living by consulting (as Seth says), by writing, and by speaking. The mix varies over time. At the moment, I'm mainly supporting myself through consulting, with some speaking, and occasional money from writing. (Most of the writing I do is free or for "quaint" sums as Cory D. says. Not because I like it that way.)
Posted by: David Weinberger | March 25, 2005 07:17 PM