Cybersalon - Events
April 27, 2008 from 4-6 pm: Living in a Post-Fact Society
Salon.com staff writer Farhad Manjoo talks about his new book, "True Enough: Learning To Live in a Post-Fact Society," which contends the Internet promotes belief over fact.
Perhaps countering this view is Mike Godwin, formerly counsel for the Electronic Frontier Foundation and now general counsel for the Wikimedia Foundation, and Zo (Connie) Spencer, brilliant, witty, and fearless blogger – www.humorlessbitch.com -- on all things political, personal, and involving high-tech.
As usual, everyone is invited to participate in the discussion.
January 20, 2008 from 4-6 pm: Digital Divinity: Extending Religious and Spiritual Networks Online
With Gary Gach, author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Understanding Buddhism and on the advisory board of the Buddhist Channel; Kaliya Hamlin, Internet consultant specializing in identity and spiritual networks; and Steven Vedro, author of Digital Dharma: A Users Guide to Expanding Consciousness in the Age of the Infosphere.
September 23, 2007: Politics 101 Meets Web 2.0: Democracy or Demagoguery?
An open mike discussion for digital and analog political activists. Political candidates of all stripes now have web sites, participate in social networks, and can respond to folks via YouTube. So are we closer to democracy? Join some well known netroots founders who will be participating.
June 24, 2007: Making Medicine Online
Moderator: Enoch Choi, M.D., Content Manager, MedHelp.org.
Roni Zeiger, M.D., Program Manager, Google Health
Bonnie Becker, Director, Pharmaceutical Category, Yahoo!
Karen Herzog, Patient and founder, Sophia's Garden Foundation
Amy Tenderich, diabetes patient and blogger, DiabetesMine
Sponsor: John De Souza, CEO, MedHelp.org
May 20, 2007: New Media Wars: Amateur versus Auteur
Andrew Keen, author of The Cult of the Amateur, discusses the democratization of media with Dan Gillmor, author of "We the Media".
April 22, 2007: Savvy Solutions to Global Warming
Felix Kramer, founder, CalCars.
David Hammond, Energy & Resources Group, UC Berkeley and green chemistry consultant, Biomimicry Institute
Eli Noyes and Jane White, Project 3650
Moderator: Raines Cohen, climate project trainee and cohousing coach
Sponsor: Betsy Thagard, owner, Green Planet Real Estate
March 25, 2007: Life After TV
Andrew Keen, founder, AfterTV.com, and author, “Cult of the Amateur.”
Mary Hodder, founder and CEO, Dabble, a video search engine
Evan Berg, senior director, Brightcove, a video distribution site
Joe Savage, president, Fiber-to-the-Home Council, a marketing organization for promoting broadband to the home
March 4, 2007: Every Engineer’s Nightmare: Dreaming in Code
Scott Rosenberg, cofounder of Salon.com
Jaron Lanier, computer scientist and pioneer in virtual reality.
Eric Allman, pioneer of email, founder of Sendmail.
Chad Dickerson, manager of Yahoo Development Group,
Lisa Dusseault, Fellow, Commercenet; standards architect, OSAF
January 21, 2007: Games People Play.
Nicole Lazzaro, Xeo Design, game designer.
Barrett Fox, Brainstorm Project, brain stimulation game.
Chris Allen, founder of Skotos games.
Ty Carriere, Games Course Professor, Expression College of Design.