By bluerasberry on 2019-08-30
The 2019 Wikimania reception was Sunday 18 August in the Nordic Museum. The theme was Nordic Culture and the conference organizers had prepared for us to have a traditional blot, or animal sacrifice, in the lobby of the museum. The organizers announced none of this in advance. I only came to realize what was happening […]
Posted in animal, festival, museum, religion, Stockholm | Tagged blood, vegan, Wikimania
By bluerasberry on 2019-08-14
On Wednesday 14 August 2019 I talked with Lodewijk about Wiki Loves Monuments. He asked me to avoid saying anything firm about the project before talking to others, and to ask Multichill in particular. What follows are messy notes! Avoid quoting, and assume that there are errors here! A tenth anniversary is special. A ninth […]
Posted in art, tour, Wikipedia | Tagged contest, monument, Wikimania
By bluerasberry on 2019-08-14
Arrival at university Talked with Abhinav, Indrajit, and ?? from Bhopal, Kolkata, and Delhi. Lane committed to join the South Asian Meetup. Talked with Mike Peel and Joseph Seddon re GLAM and Wikibase. Both of them want federated Wikibase instances to completely catalog the collections of all museums. Lane asked about the “limits of wikidata” […]
Posted in Stockholm, Wikipedia | Tagged Wikimania
By bluerasberry on 2019-08-13
Wikimania Sweden was Thursday 14 – Sunday 18 August 2019. I often type to take notes. Some notes are more organized and some are less so. I frequently take notes about the ideas which people and communities have. I wish that I could communicate more, as of course if I see the notes, then I […]
Posted in Stockholm, Wikipedia | Tagged Wikimania
By bluerasberry on 2018-07-25
Wikimania Cape Town was 18-22 July 2018. Fabian and I went to South Africa early for tourism and to be together. We arrived in Johannesburg on Monday 9 July and he stayed till 18 July, at which time he returned to New York as I began my conference. I left at the end of the […]
Posted in rights, South Africa, Wikipedia | Tagged discrimination, Wikimania
By bluerasberry on 2016-07-16
Sometimes I do not find time to journal all the things that I wish I could record to remember. Here are some scatted notes and thoughts – I felt exhausted in Milan. I had been consuming maximum culture. Fabian paces himself and kept up his energy. We stayed in a bnb in a cheap neighborhood. […]
Posted in Italy, Wikipedia | Tagged conference, Wikimania
By bluerasberry on 2012-07-25
I attended Wikimania 2012 in Washington DC. It was a very productive experience and I made a lot of friends there. On Thursday 12 July I gave my presentation, “Research institution collaboration”, as part of a panel. I was in the conference track sponsored by the Office of e-Diplomacy in the Department of State. Both […]
Posted in DC, education, Wikipedia, work | Tagged conference, Wikimania
