Mix up a bunch of super famous internet memes, some brainy academics, a big audience, dump them in Cambridge, MA and you've got ROFLCon.
March 27-28: Berkman’s Media Re:public project, funded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, is undertaking an assessment of the state of the field of participatory media within the overall news and information environment. The research initiative will examine historical developments from a forward-looking perspective, with the goal of informing future research, policy-making and other interventions.
Berkman Fellow David Weinberger discussed The Future of the Music Industry, with special guest musician Brad Sucks
Berkman Fellow David Weinberger lead a discussion titled "Who are the Web’s leaders?", questioning whether online leadership will effect leadership off the Web.
Berkman Fellow David Weinberger lead a discussion on "Copyright: Designing from the Ground Up"
The Summer Doctoral Programme (SDP) is a joint effort of the Berkman Center and the Oxford Internet Institute, which provides top doctoral students from around the world with the opportunity to work for a few intensive weeks with leading figures in Internet research.
The Berkman Center for Internet & Society hosted a celebration in congratulations of Berkman Fellow David Weinberger’s release of his book Everything is Miscellaneous through Times Books.
Berkman Fellow David Weinberger lead a discussion "Civility, Speech and Cyberbullying - A Code of Conduct for the Web?"
David Weinberger posed the question: Does Participatory Culture Lead to Participatory Democracy?
Berkman Fellow David Weinberger discussed developments in knowledge from the prominence of Jon Stewart to Wikipedia as an accurate reference in "What's Up with Knowledge?"
