From: Michele McGinnis (mm@kk.org)
Date: Thu Sep 16 2004 - 10:20:47 PDT
Message-Id: <a061104b4bd6f79aaa333@[192.168.0.2]> Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 10:20:47 -0700 From: Michele McGinnis <mm@kk.org> Subject: Fwd: Northern Californians FYI Cybersalon Sept. 19 on Search
I'm forwarding this along with the permission of Sylvia Paull.
thanks, michele
>
>Berkeley Cybersalon: Searching for the Perfect Search Engine
>
>6:00 - 8:00 p.m., Sunday, September 19, 2004
>Hillside Club, 2286 Cedar (at Spruce), Berkeley
>$10 donation at door for light refreshments
>
>People have been dreaming about the perfect
>search engine since Vannevar Bush described an
>imaginary device called the Memex in his piece,
>"As We May Think," which appeared in The
>Atlantic Monthly in 1946. Although, to date,
>Google has produced a search engine most closely
>approximating the Memex, there's a world of
>other interesting, viable, or useful search
>toolsŠas you'll discover from our panelists
>Sunday:
>
> Doug Cutting, a primary developer of
>two open-source search projects, Lucene and Nutch
> Scott Rafer, CEO, Feedster
> Andreas Ramos, author of the Insider's
>Guide to Search Engine Optimization
> Dave Sifry, CEO, Technorati
>
>Doors open at 6:00 and a $10 donation is
>requested for light refreshments. The panel
>discussion starts at 7:00 p.m. and audience
>participation is always encouraged. You don't
>even need to know the difference between a
>search engine and a good reference librarian to
>come, and everyone is welcome.
>
>Directions: An easy walk from Downtown Berkeley
>BART: walk north on Shattuck, and then east on
>Cedar St. If you're driving from Oakland or the
>Bay Bridge, get off at the University Ave. exit
>in Berkeley and make a quick RIGHT under the
>freeway and onto the frontage road; turn RIGHT
>at the 4RENT sign, which is Cedar Street, and
>drive up 2 miles past Shattuck. Park. If driving
>from the Richmond Bridge on Highway 80, get off
>at Gilman St., exit east, turn RIGHT on San
>Pablo for a few blocks; and LEFT on Cedar, up
>1.5 miles past Shattuck, and park.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Whoisylvia [mailto:sylvia@sylviapaull.com]
>Sent: Mon 9/13/2004 4:23 PM
>To: Melissa Riley
>Cc:
>Subject: Cybersalon Sept. 19 on Search
>
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