Parisoma Innovation Loft

Please check out the following proposals for the South by Southwest conference. Vote for them (click “thumbs up”) if they intrigue you. Both are central to what PariSoMa’s all about.

State of the Coworking Nation – In just a few years, Coworking evolved from an obscurity practiced by a few odd freelancers, to a network of thriving spaces in more than 40 countries. Coworking leaders discuss and debate the movement’s biggest strides over the past year, its biggest challenges, and where it’s all headed from here. Vote here.

Kill Your Cubicle: The Future of Work – This is about the Breakout! Festival, where a guerrilla crew of urban planners, architects, designers, coders and rabblerousers are using wii-fi, guts and a little duct tape to break hundreds of office workers out of their cubicle prisons in Manhattan, Paris and Barcelona – and how you can do the same thing in your city. Vote here.

Thanks!

– Sean

UPDATE: Presentation slides are now linked below. Thanks Allison!

Below are mp3 recordings of the talks from last week’s Creative Commons Salon SF at PariSoMa. Thanks to Lee-Sean for recording and posting this audio.

• Chris DiBona, Open Source Program Manager at Google. Audio | Slides (PDF)
• Evan Prodromou, founder of Identi.ca. Audio | Slides (PDF)
• Nathan Yergler, CC’s Chief Technology Officer. Audio | Slides (Slideshare)

Interaction designers: come meet up with the IxDA board, have your say and help us build a better global and local network!

The IxDA Board will be in town for a strategic planning retreat from 6-9 pm August 15. They want to hear your take on some of the issues and opportunities facing our young and growing network.

Join us for a drink and to meet, brainstorm and discuss what’s important to you as a member of IxDA.

Please share your thoughts with the group at the meeting.. We are anxious to here from you!

Here’s some topics we will consider…
* How do you sustain a global volunteer network and local
groups?
* How can we lower the barriers to participation?
* What does it mean to be a member of IxDA?
* How can we engage with other kinds of organizations
(professional, educational, community etc)

Please RSVP here.

At August’s salon we’ll discuss Creative Commons and open source technology with three inspiring presenters:

* Google’s Open Source Program Manager, Chris DiBona.
* WikiTravel cofounder Evan Prodromou.
* Creative Commons’ Chief Technology Officer, Nathan Yergler.

It happens Wednesday August 12, 2009 from 7:00pm – 9:00pm at PariSoMa.

Refreshments will be provided, and we’ll be accepting donations for CC at the door.

Please RSVP here.

Tuesday September 8, 2009 from 6:00pm - 8:00pm

NetSquared is a nonprofit initiative that pursues Web-enabled progressive social change by mobilizing individuals and communities, providing Web-based tools, and awarding financial support to leverage social action projects. Every month, the NetSquared community comes together offline at Net Tuesday events to mix, swap stories and ideas, build new relationships, and collaborate. These gatherings provide a chance to connect for all those interested in the intersection of social technologies and social change, whether you’re part of a nonprofit organization or a for-profit organization, a funder or a consultant, a developer or an entrepreneur.

This month’s agenda: Spotlighting tools and causes

Socialbrite will first show some of the things they do, including their Sharing Center and community widgets. For the second half of the evening we’ll showcase some other community-focused organizations with a strong social media component, most likely a 5-minute talk for each followed by 5 to 10 minutes of questions from the audience. (more…)

PariSoMa will host an iPhone Boot Camp from 7-9 pm Sept. 24 on the topic “What does iPhone OS 3.0 mean commercially for developers?” This will be a free event and anyone can attend, but admission will be on a first come first serve basis. There will be drinks available and cash donations for drinks are appreciated.

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Talk starts around 56 minutes…

The recent protests over the elections in Iran showed that social media can be a force for good — and a target for misinformation and censorship. How can technologists build tools for freedom, and defend Net users around the world?

Join the EFF and PariSoMa Monday night to tackle Iranian Protests And Digital Media, with Danny O’Brien, the EFF’s International Outreach Coordinator; tech journalist Cyrus Farivar; and entrepreneur Austin Heap.

Learn more and RSVP here.