Talks

2009

Next Agenda, Mayacamas Ranch:

Interoperability Between Collaborative Knowledge Applications (August 6, 2002): At Extreme Markup Languages 2002 in Montreal, Quebec, G. Ken Holman presented my paper (PDF) on graph-based data models for representing hyperdocuments and enabling interoperability between knowledge applications.
Teamsphere Case Study: Behind the Numbers (June 11-12, 2002): Discussed the results from my paper, "Rearchitecting a Software Platform: A Beginner's Case Study" (PDF) at Hypertext 2002 Workshop on Facilitated Hypertext in College Park, Maryland.
An Epistemological Introduction to the Open Hyperdocument System (January 24, 2002): An introduction to the Open Hyperdocument System via Doug Engelbart's underlying epistemology -- his conceptual notions of "knowledge," "links," "documents," and so forth. Presented at the Computers and Philosophy 2002 conference in Corvallis, OR. (video) (slides)

Purple Numbers: What, Why, and How (October 25, 2001): Presentation on "purple numbers" for Bootstrap Alliance volunteers at Mei Lin Fung's house in Palo Alto, California. (slides)
Software Patents, Licenses, Open/Closed Source: Legal Issues Important To You (June 26, 2001); Participated on a panel discussion at the Embedded Linux Expo & Conference in San Jose, California.
OHS Launch Community: An Introduction (June 14, 2001): Introduced the charter and structure of the new OHS Launch Community at SRI in Menlo Park, California. (slides)
Collaboration and Cooperation in Open Source (April 18, 2001): Participated on a panel discussion at the Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy (BRIE) and Open Source Development Network (OSDN) Symposium, "Rethinking Business in Light of Open Source" in San Francisco, California.

OHS/DKR: Proposed Plan of Action (March 30, 2000): An early organizational proposal for building the Open Hyperdocument System, presented at SRI in Menlo Park, California. (slides)

The Fall and Rise of Free Software (October 2, 1999): Delivered a lecture describing the early history of free and commercial software, and discussing why free software is such a popular topic today. Presented at Vintage Computer Festival 3.0 in Santa Clara, California. (slides)
Progress Report on Apache (June 30, 1999): Moderated panel discussion at the Ziff-Davis Open Source Forum in Austin, Texas.
Programmers Wanted: From the Inside Out (May 11, 1999): Moderated panel discussion at the Software Development West conference in San Francisco, California.
Keeping Linux Unified: To Fork or Not to Fork (March 3, 1999): Participated on panel discussion on forking open source software at LinuxWorld in San Jose, California.
Y2K: The Armageddon of Business? (January 31, 1999): Moderated panel discussion for the Outdoor Retailers Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Open Source in Business (November 19, 1998): Moderated panel discussion for Stanford BASES in Palo Alto, California.
COM versus CORBA (April 18, 1998): Moderated debate between Roger Sessions and Andreas Vogel, sponsored by Computer Literacy Bookstores in San Jose, California.
Programming Skills: Preparing for Tomorrow (February 10, 1998); Moderated panel discussion on software careers for the Software Development West conference in San Francisco, California.

Workplace Transitions: From Classrooms to Careers (October 1, 1997): Moderated panel discussion on software careers for the Software Development East conference in Washington, D.C.
CGI Programming (May 9, 13, 1996): A mini-seminar on CGI programming for the Harvard Computer Society. (slides)
Taking Advantage of the 'Net (November 16, 1995): Presented at the Harvard Internet Fair. A seminar targeting organizations (especially student organizations). Discussed strategies and tools to best take advantage of the Internet. (slides)
Publishing on the World Wide Web at Harvard (October 24, 1995): Presented at the ABCD WWW SIG meeting. Introduced basic strategies and tools for starting and maintaining a World Wide Web site at Harvard. (slides)