About the Berkeley Cybersalon
The Berkeley Cybersalon is
an open forum about the impact
of technology on culture.
We started in 1994 –
when a mere 25 percent of
Americans had a home computer
-- with topics that veered
from sheer skepticism (“Will
computers make us crazy?”)
to evangelical fervor (“Can
computers save our education
system?”).
When:
Third Sunday
of every month
Time:
5 - 7pm
Where:
The Hillside Club, Berkeley
Cost:
$15
Location:
Map
Today, the Internet is ubiquitous,
but the essential issue remains
the same: how do we tame this
beast so as to best manage
the creative destruction it’s
capable of spawning? The possibilities
for either improving our lives
or destroying our culture,
or doing both, comes up whatever
the topic: “Asperger’s:
the Geek Syndrome” with
Philip Rosedale, founder and
CEO of Second Life, to the
future of libraries, personal
relationships, music, television,
and print media with pioneers
in technology and media such
as Dan Gillmor, Dave Winer,
Jaron Lanier, Ellen Ullman,
Scott Rosenberg, Joan Blades,
the founders of Blogher
(Elisa Camahort, Jory des
Jardin, and Lisa Stone), Jeff
Ubois, and Eric Allman.
The Berkeley Cybersalon usually takes place the third Sunday of the month from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Hillside Club in Berkeley (hillsideclub.org). Admission, which includes light refreshments, is $15 at the door, and we are wheelchair accessible, a short walk from downtown Berkeley BART, and bicycle friendly.
The last week of September, the Berkeley Cybersalon takes place in Amsterdam as part of an international media conference called Picnic, which is hosted by the Cross Media Week Foundation (crossmediaweek.com).
To join the mailing list for notices of upcoming Cybersalons, click here. If you’d like to propose a topic, a speaker, make suggestions, or sponsor one of our events, email me at whoisylvia@aol.com.