Boston Media Makers

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! ( Bring cash )

REGISTER at Upcoming.

10:00 - 10:30
Mingling

10:30 - 12:00
Introductions
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.

Q and A
After introductions, this week I want to introduce a Q and A segment. Bring your questions.

Open Discussion
After that, I also like to have a open discussion at the end like we did last month. People enjoyed it.

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 September 7th.

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

There will be no August Media Tech Tonic Meeting. We are currently lining up speakers/demos for our fall line up, if you have suggestions, please contact us.

Please join us instead at the Final Cut Studio Tour: Boston on our usual third-Wednesday of the month, August 20, 2008 at WGBH Boston (directions). There will be a Final Cut Studio Partner Pavilion from 5:00pm to 8:30pm in the Atrium and the Final Cut Studo World Tour from 6:30pm to 9:00pm in the Yawkey Theater.

Dased on this years highly acclaimed “Final Cut Studio World Tour” produced by Apple, Final Cut Studio Tour: Boston will feature Final Cut Studio workflows and demonstrations. Ted Schilowitz of RED, who will present a look at the Red Digital Cinema Camera and Final Cut Studio workflow. Mark Pederson of OFFHOLLYWOOD, who will share his experiences in shooting with Red and editing with Final Cut Pro and screen Red footage displayed via a 2K projector. Also featured will be the latest in new camera formats and tapeless workflows from companies including Canon, JVC, Panasonic and Sony. For more information and to register for this event visit the Boston Final Cut Pro User’s Group web site.

This event is being bought to you by the Boston Final Cut Pro Users Group, Rule Broadcast, and a host of other sponsors. The event is not directly connected to Media Tech Tonic in any way.

Update: I heard reservations are closed for this event.

See you on September 7th at Doyle’s for our regular meeting!

Boston Media Makers meet at:

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

Steve Garfield by halleys, on Flickr

WATCH everybody introduce themselves in this video. See who was there.

If you were at the meeting, tag our content with BMM080308. Thanks!

Flickr photos with tag BMM080308, Tweets bmm080308, Tweets bmm, Halley on flickr.

See you at our next meeting on September 7th.

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

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.