Yes, this will rock. Our Berkman lunch talks are always Tuesday, but worth the trek out :) The provided lunch is decent too.
+SJ On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 1:56 PM, Adam Hyland <[email protected]> wrote: > +1 to what Alex said. I won't be able to make it--noon on a Tuesday, > really harvard? :)--but anyone who can swing it and is interested in > grokking Wikipedia ought to go. > > -Adam > > On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 12:27 PM, Alex Stinson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Aaron is a really inspiring speaker! I would highly recommend meeting him >> if you can get a chance: he understands (and can articulate) very well how >> technology and social activities intersect in Wikimedia projects to create >> amazing impacts. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Alex Stinson >> >> On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 11:44 AM, Amanda Rust <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> New England Wikimedians may be interested in this upcoming talk at the >>> Berkman Center in Cambridge. It will also be livestreamed for those (like >>> myself) that can't make it. >>> >>> Amanda / User:AmandaRR123 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> *2/2 - Engineering Open Production Efficiency at Scale* >>> *12:00pm, Berkman Center for Internet & Society * >>> Wikipedia, largely used as a synecdoche for open production generally, >>> is a large, complex, distributed system that needs to solve a set of "open >>> problems" efficiently in order to thrive. In this talk, computer scientist >>> Aaron Halfaker uses the metaphor of biology as a "living system" to discuss >>> the relationship between subsystem efficiency and the overall health of >>> Wikipedia. >>> >>> https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheons/2016/02/Halfaker >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimedia-boston mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-boston >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-boston mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-boston >> >> > > > -- > > Adam Hyland > Data Hacker > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-boston mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-boston > > -- Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266
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