Goals for BarCampMilwaukee / NN issues

Being an engineer and having an 'engineer' personality, this author developed goals for BarCampMilwaukee.

Most of the people participating in BarCampMilwaukee will put minimal thought into the event, other than possibly preparing to lead a session on a topic they're passionate about. And that's okay, because everybody's busy, and BarCampMilwaukee is unquestionably an informal event. People helping plan the event will, of course, be putting lots of mental energy into making the event as successful as possible for themselves and the other participants.

Here are this author's ten personal goals for BarCampMilwaukee:

1. Get four sponsors for BarCampMilwaukee
2. Contribute significantly to getting a diverse participant group (different OSs, hardware people, software people, tech users, tech makers, etc)
3. Co-lead a good Fab Lab & Media Lab session
4. Contribute to getting a fun BarCampMilwaukee video put together
5. Get one or more remote participants
6. Get two interesting non-Wisconsin participants
7. Contribute to a well-run OpenSpace/unconference agenda-setting session
8. Help plan an effective networking/small group/ice-breaker opener for BarCampMilwaukee
9. Co-lead a good Portable Computing w/ 1 GB Flash Drive session
10. Meet ten new interesting tech people at BarCampMilwaukee

If you're participating in BarCampMilwaukee, or some other conference or event, consider reading "Never Eat Alone" by Keith Ferrazzi. You'll benefit from using some of Keith's suggestions for connecting with new people. Guaranteed.

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Below is the final list of issues for the 05 September 2006 NEW NET (Northeast Wisconsin Network for Economy and Technology issues) 7 pm weekly gathering at Mister Churro, 207 N. Richmond St., Appleton, Wisconsin, USA. The best churros and empanadas argentinas in Wisconsin are available at Mister Churro!

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• Taking its lead, design from Apollo, Orion is the future of space travel http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/opinion/15432471.htm
• Rebooting the Workforce http://webworkerdaily.com/2006/09/04/rebooting-the-workforce/
• Douglas Engelbart's HyperScope 1.0 Launched http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/douglas_engelbart_hyperscope.php
• Google turns to crowdsourcing with image labeler http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060904-7659.html
• Google Image Labeler, the ESP Game, and Human-Computer Symbiosis http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2006/09/more_on_google_image_labeler.html
• Google to Give Data To Brazilian Court http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/01/AR2006090100608.html
• Experimenting with Brands in Second Life http://www.henryjenkins.org/2006/09/experimenting_with_brands_in_s.html
• Hitachi Adds Drives For Cars, PVRs http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1558,2011370,00.asp
• My 4-wheel computer gets good mileage http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2003240210_ptgett02.html
• Learning the lessons of 9/11 for real http://news.com.com/2010-7348_3-6111571.html Based on feedback that the author of this list was overly verbose and superfluous, the NEW NET issues list format was revised to just show titles and URLs. But this article was just too good to not quote part of the above article…“After the resignation of the first three so-called cyberczars…DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff agreed to create the post of assistant secretary for cybersecurity and telecommunications. Good idea, but one year later, why does the post remain unfilled? A spokeswoman claims the department is "moving diligently" to narrow its choices. But so far, she says, the department hasn't found a candidate with the necessary technical and operational experience to lead the new division. If so, then we're in big trouble…”
• Patents Become a 'Social' Problem http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3629991
• BA's Google Earth mash-up takes off http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/travel/0,3800011481,39161922,00.htm
• Between Popular and Personal there is Social http://ross.typepad.com/blog/2006/09/between_popular.html
• The Buzz on Quieter Computers http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/02/AR2006090200055.html
• Mercury Rising (Sun falling?) & Appistry http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20060901.html
• Changing of the guard at Apple? http://hardware.silicon.com/desktops/0,39024645,39161905,00.htm
• Office Depot to offer $99 PC with $99 shipping http://news.com.com/2100-1041_3-6111924.html
• About a Chap http://itredux.com/blog/2006/09/01/about-a-chap/
• Vista RC1 ready to go http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060901-7648.html
• New Browzar gets accused of being Adzware http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060904-7660.html
• Tim Berners-Lee on Web 2.0: "nobody even knows what it means" http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060901-7650.html
• Alcatel buys Nortel 3G unit http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/dealflow/archives/2006/09/alcatel_buys_no.html
• Microsoft Software Aims At 'Safe' Family Web Browsing http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20060831/tc_cmp/192500555
• New Skype Phone Doesn't Need PC or Wi-Fi http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20060831/tc_zd/187565
• Samsung unveils world's first 4G mobile technology http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060831/tc_afp/skoreatelecomsamsung
• GSM Association Gains 100 Million New Subscribers http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20060902/tc_cmp/192501113
• Philips Semi Reborn As NXP http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20060902/tc_cmp/192501189
• Mobile Core 2 Duo Okay, Not Great http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20060901/tc_pcworld/127021
• Chinese university cracks down on laptops http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060831/tc_afp/chinainterneteducation
• Brazil gives Google two weeks to turn over user data http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060901/tc_afp/brazilusinternetcompanygooglecrime
• Trailfire: Building Vannevar's Memex http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/trailfire_building_memex.php
• Zazoox, a new Internet café gaming kiosk http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/02/meet-zazoox-a-new-internet-caf-gaming-kiosk/
• RIAA Still Feels Entitled To Scour Everyone's Hard Drives http://techdirt.com/articles/20060901/165920.shtml
• Corel buys InterVideo http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060829-7615.html
• IBM's 'fab club' using immersion; no high-k http://www.eetimes.com/news/semi/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=192500188

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