good stuff happening near you

good stuff on the horizon:

• this book series (conveniently pdf'd by professional-lurker) looks really, really interesting - deadline for abstracts: april 28, 2006.
  
• this conference looks really, really cool - convened by the volunteer-run journal first monday, the university of illinois at chicago (UIC) university library, and the maastricht economic research institute on innovation and technology, may 15-17, 2006.
  
• and this conference looks really, really great, too - sponsored by man medium machine [M3] and the school of communication, technology & design at södertörn university college, september 14-16, 2006.