This is something I'd be interested in seeing, unfortunately London is a 5 hour train trip away.
Do you know if the talk is going to be recorded on video? Cheers. David Martin On 27/02/2008, John Levin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > Below, details of an event I'm organising, which should be of interest > to those of you in the London area. Apologies if the list gets it twice, > but my email has been playing up. > > John > > HOLMES WILSON TALKS AT GLLUG, March 12th 2008. > > The Greater London Linux User Group (GLLUG) announces a special guest > appearance from Holmes Wilson of Miro at the University of Westminster, > Cavendish Street Campus, on Wednesday March 12th 2008, at 7pm. > > Miro is free, non-profit, open-source software for watching video online > that was downloaded over 2 million times last year. > > Wilson will be talking about why Miro's free, open-source approach is > essential for fully realizing the socially transforming power of > internet video, and about why it's important for the desktop linux > movement. > > There will be time for questions, and drinks afterwards at the King and > Queen public house round the corner. > > All welcome. No charge. > > Date: 7pm, Wednesday March 12th. > > Venue: University of Westmins School of Infomatics > 115 New Cavendish Street, > London W1W 6UW > Nearest underground stations: Great Portland Street, Warren Street, > Goodge Street. > http://www.wmin.ac.uk/cscs/page-49 > > King and Queen > 1 Foley Street > London W1P 7LE > http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/91/913/King_and_Queen/Fitzrovia > > About Holmes Wilson: > Holmes Wilson is a co-founder of Participatory Culture Foundation / > Miro. Previously, he helped start the Worcester Computer Co-op (an > organization that uses free software and recycled computers to start > computer labs in his city) and OpenCongress.org (a government > transparency project that gathers information on US legislation). > > About Miro: > Miro is a free open-source desktop video application that is designed to > make mass media more open and accessible for everyone. > Television is the most popular medium in our culture. But broadcast and > cable TV has always been controlled by a small number of big > corporations. We believe that the internet provides an opportunity to > open television in ways that have never been possible before. > Miro is designed to eliminate gatekeepers. Viewers can connect to any > video provider that they want. This frees creators to use the video > hosting setup that works best for them-- whether they choose to > self-publish or use a service. It's the kind of openness that the > internet allows and that we should all demand. > http://www.getmiro.com/ > > About the Participatory Culture Foundation (PCF): > Participatory Culture Foundation is a 501c3 non-profit based in > Worcester, MA. It was founded in 2005 with a mission to build tools and > services that give people more ways to engage in their culture. Miro is > its core project. > http://participatoryculture.org/ > > About the Greater London Linux User Group: > GLLUG is a diverse group of people from all walks of life who just > happen to share an interest in the GNU/Linux operating system. > We communicate mostly using a mailing list and discuss all aspects of > using and promoting Linux and open source software in general. GLLUG > organises regular meetings for members to get together. > There is no formal membership, just join the mailing list, come and chat > on the IRC channel, or turn up at a meeting. Everybody's welcome. > Although the name says London, we have members situated in many places > outside London, even outside the UK. > http://www.gllug.org.uk/ > > > For further information, contact John Levin, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > John Levin > http://www.technolalia.org/blog/ > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ >
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