November 2005

The Exploit Boston event photo group at flickr is percolating and now has 33 members contributing photos they’ve taken at events around Boston. Here are a few recent additions that I like. Click on each image to see a larger image at flickr.

photo taken by antydiluvian.

photo taken by abbyladybug.

And here’s a gem from the past: Kristen Hersh of the band Throwing Muses, 1988 at the Paradise Rock Club.

photo taken by sidemouse.

If you take photos at Boston area events, why not join the group? At some point I’d like to more fully integrate photos contributed to the flickr group into Exploit Boston.

If you live within 100 miles of Boston, you really (really!) should purchase a ticket for one of Jane Siberry’s performances at Club Passim in Harvard Square. She is in town from Canada on Sunday, December 18th for a 6:00 PM show and a 9:00 PM show. Michael and I have tickets for the 9:00 PM show. I’m really surprised the show hasn’t sold out yet. It’s such a small venue to see her live. I’ve been a fan of her music since college when my pal Dave Eynon gave me Siberry’s 1989 Bound by the Beauty CD. She’s quirky, eccentric and brilliant.

Siberry recently decided to offer her music for sale via a self-determined model. All music is sold as 128kpbs digital MP3 files except as marked. You can pay four different ways: a gift from jane ($0), standard price (the old catalog price before the new model), self-determined: pay now, and self-determiend: pay later. The pay later option is set up so that when you return to her online shop and log into your account, you’ll be able to see the songs that you’ve purchased on the “pay later” plan. It’s an interesting way to go about selling music but I’m sure it wouldn’t work for everyone — maybe moreso for a musician like Siberry who has been around a while.

If you’ve never heard Jane Siberry’s music, I recommend purchasing the Jane 101 compilation.

I took a few photos at last night’s Boston Web Innovators Meetup that David Beisel organized at Tommy Doyle’s in Kendall Square. Boston has seemed so disconnected when it came to the web and tech community. I have always been jealous of friends in other cities like Seattle and San Francisco who are part of more of a community.

Last night was definitely different! It was great to see so many people come out last night to talk about their new projects and ideas. Of course I also think that everyone there last night should attend the South by Southwest Interactive Festival in Austin, too! There needs to be more of an East Coast presence at the conference.

About a half hour before I left for the event yesterday I checked the list of people who were going to be there. I clicked on all the links for everyone’s work and blog websites and noticed that a couple people from a company called LoudCity would be there. After checking out their website I decided that I really had to meet them. They’ve got a new business that handles internet radio station’s licensing fees and reporting for a monthly fee. I’ve been thinking about moving Exploit Boston Radio away from Live365 so needless to say, I was a little excited when I met Brandy Karl and she introduced me to Justin and Brandon from LoudCity. They were very nice about my enthusiasm to meet them though I’m sure it probably seemed a little odd since we just met.

If you’re wondering what else I thought about last night, just read Pete Caputa of WhizSpark’s blog. His entry about last night pretty much sums up a lot of my thoughts, too.

The November Boston Wi-Fi Meetup is coming up this Wednesday, November 9th at 7:00 PM. We’re meeting up at Between Hours, a cafe in Allston at 154 Harvard Avevenue. You can RSVP at meetup.com or send an email to info@bostonwag.org.

MBTA directions to Between Hours:
Take the Green Line’s “B” Train to the corner of Comm Ave and Harvard Ave. Walk down Harvard Ave so that McDonalds is on your right and Marty’s is on your left. Between Hours is a couple blocks ahead on your right. The internet cafe has free wi-fi.

If you’re driving, here are directions via Google Maps.