FYI > -----Original Message----- > From: Ken Jordan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wed 1/12/2005 11:49 PM > To: Ken Jordan > Cc: > Subject: Planetwork Forum NY - Jan 19 > > *Innaugral Planetwork Forum in New York! > Jan. 19, 7pm at Location 1* > > > Come join us for the first Planetwork monthly forum > in New York on > Wednesday, January 19, 2005 at Location1 > <http://www.location1.org/index_qt.php>, 26 Greene > Street, a huge > gorgeous gallery space in SoHo, which features > digital art and research. > > Planetwork connects a network of people and projects > consciously using > information technology and the Internet to create a > truly democratic, > ecologically sane, and socially just future. For the > past two years we > have hosted monthly gatherings in San Francisco, > informal events designed to allow a growing > community to connect and > keep up with each other's work. The format is > generally a series of up > to seven very brief project presentations selected > from submissions made > over previous months. Following the presentations, > which take an hour > total, light refreshments are served. > > > Now Planetwork Forums come to New York, the third > Wednesday of every > month at Location 1. For more information go to: > http://www.planetwork.net/networking. > > Here's the line-up for next week: > > *Holmes Wilson--Downhill Battle - Blog Torrent* > http://www.blogtorrent.com > > Blog Torrent is free, open-source software that uses > p2p filesharing > technology to make it cheap and easy for anyone to > publish large video > files to the web. With Blog Torrent, it is practical > for the first time > for individuals and organizations to share large > video files with no > bandwidth cost. The software, an extension of Bit > Torrent, is very easy > to install on a website and adding new files to > share is simple and > intuitive. These improvements create a free video > publishing platform > for individuals, non-profits, and online > communities. Downhill Battle, > which develops Blog Torrent, is a non-profit > organization working to > bring positive change to the music industry and to > support a more > participatory culture. We're especially interested > in ways that software > tools can allow decentralized creators to compete in > the mainstream. > > *Clay Debevoise--ArtHop > > *http://www.ArtHop.com/ > > . What is ArtHop.com? ArtHop.com is an internet > search engine for all of > the arts and an open community for arts audiences > and professionals who > want more arts in their lives and in our societies. > Simple networks > connect members and personalize search results. . > What's different about > ArtHop.com? ArtHop.com is the only search engine > devoted to the arts > worldwide with free, open membership, networks and > other > community-building tools for the general public and > arts professionals. > By approaching the internet as a "public commons" > ArtHop aims to > integrate arts resources and strengthen arts > communities worldwide as > well as link to and provide the most complete local > arts listings. As a > search engine ArtHop is unique in its practical use > of low-cost > Announcements rather than less specific forms of > "paid inclusion" to > help arts professionals publicize their current > efforts. > > *Ben Discoe--VTP* > http://vterrain.org/ > > The goal of VTP is to foster the creation of free > and open software > tools for easily constructing any part of the real > world in interactive, > 3D digital form. 15 minutes should give enough time > for a quick > overview, live demo and questions. There was a > presentation of theVTP > given at the SF Forum before; this will give a > chance to the NY audience. > > *Bruce B Cahan--Urban Logic* > http://www.urbanlogic.org > > Bruce will present an overview of Sustainable > Resiliency(TM), a > methodology to fuse environmental, health, > infrastructure and hazard > performance benchmarks. Sustainable Resiliency(TM) > Finance offers a > major shift in how banks and insurance companies > finance and insure > cities. Technically is Sustainable Resilency(TM) > possible today. It > draws on augmented social networks, government > accounting standards, > environmental management standards and other > currently leverageable > components. The net-net is that Bruce's concept > would finance positive > change, as visualized at key points in the daily > process of building and > safeguarding our urban and natural heritage. > > *Gary Tomchuk--Ethical Marketplace* > http://www.ethicalmarketplace.com > > Ethical Marketplace� is a weekly financial lifestyle > magazine TV series > redefining success through a positive look at what > is possible. Real > examples of people, companies and organizations > illustrate the "triple > bottom line"; respecting people and the environment > while earning a > profit. The stories are visually compelling and > backed up with solid > financial and market data. The show launches > nationally on select PBS > stations, and explores the business assumptions that > affect the over 50% > of all US adults invested in the market, from fund > managers, corporate > executives, board members, small business owners and > employees, to > consumers, students, and the millions of involuntary > investors with > pensions, 401K plans, or other forms of indirect > investments. > > > *Planetwork Forum* > *7 pm Wednesday, Jan 19th, 2005 > Location One > 26 Greene Street (at Canal) > New York > http://www.planetwork.net/networking* > > > -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
