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''week of 2/16/09:''
''week of 2/16/09:''
* minor revisions to the wiki, upload old bibliography
* minor revisions to the wiki, upload old bibliography
** result: completed. See [https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/team/wiki/Economics_of_IP_Bibliography Here]
** result: completed. See [Here]
*** Carol feedback 02/24: please, insert links for papers or its abstracts  
*** Carol feedback 02/24: please, insert links for papers or its abstracts  
* write blog post on defining the commons
* write blog post on defining the commons
** result: completed. See [http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/cooperation/2009/02/18/looking-hard-at-the-commons/#comments Here]
** result: completed. See [Here]
*** Carol feedback 02/24: Thank you. For now the blog is not a priority anymore.  
*** Carol feedback 02/24: Thank you. For now the blog is not a priority anymore.  
''week of 2/23/09:''
''week of 2/23/09:''
* read up on Neil Fligstein, Pierre Bourdieu, and Actor Network Theory.  
* read up on Neil Fligstein, Pierre Bourdieu, and Actor Network Theory.  
** result: completed. See [https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/team/wiki/Actor-Network_Theory Here]
** result: completed. See [Here]
***Carol feedback 02/24: I had a meeting with Yochai today and we will focus exclusively for the next month on field study. Thus, the follow-up task here is develop a skeleton in the wiki to be addressed by the RAs in each field. This skeleton will guide the RAs and me in our field-research. Neil Fligstein and Pierre Bourdieu may be helpful in this activity. We should schedule a call to discuss this. My agenda allow a call tomorrow afternoon afternoon. You should call me as soon as you can, after 2pm.
***Carol feedback 02/24: I had a meeting with Yochai today and we will focus exclusively for the next month on field study. Thus, the follow-up task here is develop a skeleton in the wiki to be addressed by the RAs in each field. This skeleton will guide the RAs and me in our field-research. Neil Fligstein and Pierre Bourdieu may be helpful in this activity. We should schedule a call to discuss this. My agenda allow a call tomorrow afternoon afternoon. You should call me as soon as you can, after 2pm.
* send comments on Case Coding system
* send comments on Case Coding system
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** perform technorati search - find list of blogs to watch
** perform technorati search - find list of blogs to watch


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Revision as of 12:36, 26 February 2009

Resume:

Brendan Ballou is a research assistant at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society, focusing on the Institutional Cooperation Project. Previously he has worked on the Open Net Initiative and Jonathan Zittrain's Future of the Internet blog. Beyond the Berkman Center, Brendan has been involved with Public Knowledge, Free Culture, and One Laptop Per Child. Brendan is also an avid runner, a terrible cook, and an okay stand-up comic.

Contact data:

  • Brendan Ballou - brendan.ballou(at)gmail.com
  • Phone - 917 684 3900


Role in the team:

  • Primarily assist Carol shaping the methodology and finding and cataloging relevant bibliography.

Weekly tasks and results:

week of 2/16/09:

  • minor revisions to the wiki, upload old bibliography
    • result: completed. See [Here]
      • Carol feedback 02/24: please, insert links for papers or its abstracts
  • write blog post on defining the commons
    • result: completed. See [Here]
      • Carol feedback 02/24: Thank you. For now the blog is not a priority anymore.

week of 2/23/09:

  • read up on Neil Fligstein, Pierre Bourdieu, and Actor Network Theory.
    • result: completed. See [Here]
      • Carol feedback 02/24: I had a meeting with Yochai today and we will focus exclusively for the next month on field study. Thus, the follow-up task here is develop a skeleton in the wiki to be addressed by the RAs in each field. This skeleton will guide the RAs and me in our field-research. Neil Fligstein and Pierre Bourdieu may be helpful in this activity. We should schedule a call to discuss this. My agenda allow a call tomorrow afternoon afternoon. You should call me as soon as you can, after 2pm.
  • send comments on Case Coding system
    • status: completed
  • Build a site map for our wiki, since it is expanding a lot.
  • transfer site contents to public wiki, once it is established
  • Create a "Google documents" accessible by our group, where we can share and see documents that are being produced and are too complex (in terms of formatting) to insert in our wiki. Send link, user and password for ICP working team participants. Create a "neutral" user with "neutral" password that we can give to Yochai or visitors.
  • begin working on biotech project:
    • define entities
    • develop list of links
    • begin working on bibliography
    • perform technorati search - find list of blogs to watch

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