This report tells us. Interestingly, “Look for info on a hobby” and “Look for info about movies, books, or other leisure activities” ranked pretty high, with 21 and 13 percent of Internet users, respectively, doing so on a daily basis.
And that’s BEFORE events@stanford…

Here are the proposed layouts for the Blender space:
First and Second Floors of the Nitery:

Individual Rooms:
Large Room, old furniture
Large Room, new furniture
Large Room, new furniture, alternate layout
Open Area
Small Room, old furniture
Small Room, new furniture
Furniture Items (legend)

An interesting article on group dynamics and writing social software… I don’t have time to excerpt it right now, and it’s a bit long, but check it out if/when you get a chance… If I get a chance later, I’ll add commentary.
http://www.shirky.com/writings/group_enemy.html

I’ve been a big proponent of discussion links attached to event postings. This would allow people to post comments both anticipating the event and commenting on it after the fact. My concept of this functionality is much like the discussion on Slashdot
This was the site I ran across today which implements i treasonable well:
Ars Technica: […]

An article in the NY Times describes Steve Wozniaks WozNet, based on little GPS/radio transmitters. Put them on your dog, your kid, your key chain and you can keep track of them at all times, be notified when they are in particular places, etc. Here’s the article: Apple Co-Founder Creates Electronic ID Tags

The Drums of War could be easily converted to “Drums of Action”–imagine a cacophony of drumming leading you to the cool stuff on campus.

We should work with this guy on the groups@stanford project–since it’s his job and all…
Stanford Blog Project

Download file
The current executive summary in .pdf format.

Reputations may be something to include in a future, personalized version of Events at Stanford. With that in mind, here’s a link to an excellent site on the topic, Paul Resnick’s Sabbatical Musings

More prototypes…