Convention Season
I’m thinking a lot about conventions lately. This is the first year where not only am I not going to Podcast Expo but I never for a second even considered going. I was scheduled to speak last year but when it came down not only was my day job so crushing at the time but [...]
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Tags: dragoncon, heroescon, orycon, podcastexpo, realitybreakpodcast, smallpressexpo, xconRecordings and SF Conventions
Tom Spurgeon points out that the panels he moderated at Heroes Con were recorded for posterity by the Dollar Bin guys. I’ve been listening to these and really appreciate them since I wanted to go to the convention this year and couldn’t. This brings up a point I’ve been meaning to blog about for years [...]
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Tags: dollarbinpodcast, heroescon, oryconOrycon Interview Table of Contents
Just as a convenience for the Portland SF fans, I thought I’d prepare this summary article for the Orycon Interview shows. As I publish new shows, I’ll keep this post updated with fresh pointers. All the skiffy interview goodness you could want in one place!
Orycon Interviews Part One
Orycon Interviews Part Two
Orycon Interviews Part Three
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Tags: orycon, podcastingEGC Clambake for May 20, 2007 - “Orycon Interviews Part Three”
Here is the Bittorrent link and direct MP3 download for the EGC clambake for May 20, 2007.
This is the third of the Orycon episodes. I play music from Tom Smith and have interviews with Debbie Cross, Jerry and Kathy Oltion, and representatives from Rose City Costumers, Camarilla, and Ansalon MUD.
You can subscribe to this podcast [...]
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Tags: ansalonmud, camarilla, jerryoltion, kathyoltion, orycon, rosecitycostumers, susancpetrey, tomsmith, wrigleycrossbooksPanel Rundown: The Myth of the Intelligent Machine
Place: Orycon 2006
Saturday, 6 PM
Panelists: Rick Lindsley, Michael A. Martin, Me
Moderator: David W. Goldman
This was one of those panels that has a stacked premise in the title, “The Myth of the Intelligent Machine.” That panel more or less as one rejected that stackedness. David G, with whom I had shared the panel on computers in [...]
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Tags: oryconOrycon Panel Writeups
I have thus far gotten zero feedback on any of my Orycon stuff - not the podcast interviews nor the panel writeups. Nonetheless, I’m going to push through and try to finish up the remaining three panel recaps today. I should have closed those out weeks ago before the fine details faded from my memory [...]
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Tags: oryconEGC Clambake for November 30, 2006
Here is the Bittorrent link and direct MP3 download for the EGC clambake for November 30, 2006.
This is the first of the Orycon episodes. I tell a little about my background with the convention; I play some Xmas Solstice music from the HP Lovecraft Historical Society; I play interviews with James Fiscus about the Endeavour [...]
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Tags: endeavouraward, hplovecrafthistoricalsociety, jamesfiscus, ladyjaynesbooks, oryconPanel Rundown: Computing Science Fiction
Place: Orycon 2006
Friday, 3 PM
Panelists: L. Pierce Ludke, Frank Hayes, David W. Goldman (Michael Ehart scheduled, couldn’t make it)
Moderator: Me
[Enough time has elapsed that my memory is starting to get shaky. Correct me if you catch a technical inaccuracy. I might correct some if this from listening to the recording of it later. ]
This was [...]
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Tags: oryconPanel Rundown: Computer Viruses Then and Now
Place: Orycon 2006
Saturday, 5 PM
Panelists: Ben Yalow, Frank Hayes, Michael Ehart, Me
Moderator: Michael Pearce
So I’ll be honest about this panel. There was nothing wrong with it, it was a fine panel but it was a subject that I just ain’t that worked up about. I ended up hanging out with Michael the moderator at other [...]
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Tags: oryconWhat’s in Your Duffel Bag?
Since Dom asked, I’ll pull a Thomas Pynchon and write out some big honking lists of stuff to serve as characterization.
I had two bags at Orycon that were almost always with me. This might seem like a ridiculous amount of stuff for a weekend trip (and this doesn’t include the suitcase with clothes) but I [...]
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Tags: oryconBack to Normal Life
I’ve been back home for almost 48 hours and I’m still a little tired and my voice still sounds like Tom Waits. Three days of solid talking, much of it in loud rooms, will do that to a person. I’m delighted I went to Orycon. I hadn’t really been planning on it until they invited [...]
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Tags: oryconPanel Rundown: The Great Writers Blog
Place: Orycon 2006
Sunday, 12 PM
Panelists: Cory Doctorow, Jay Lake, Mary Robinette Kowal
Moderator: Me
Jay and Mary were both people that I met as we sat down at the table and people that I liked quite a bit. I had a chance to talk to both in hallways later on and carry on the conversation a little [...]
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Tags: corydoctorow, jaylake, maryrobinettekowal, oryconOrycon Day 3
More panels, one I moderated and one on which I was along for the ride. Both were good, a little bit of profundity was talked at each. I said some smart things on both and also some dumb on both. In short, it was a lot like life. I’m in the wind down stage and [...]
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Tags: oryconOrycon Day and Night 2
Things are going pretty swimmingly. I got to see a lot of my friends from the PDX last night, and even bridged the gap from conventioneers to mundanes by taking my friends around to room parties last night. I got to see my former vice-president of publishing for whom I worked hanging out at the [...]
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Tags: oryconOrycon Night 1
Dinner and drinks at Rock Bottom Brewery with Jon Groff, followed by a short stint of party hopping and then in bed pretty early for a convention. I slept from about midnight to 8 AM PST, which is pretty long for me. I went to the Pirates of the Columbia party, in which they had [...]
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Tags: oryconSend Me Your Podcast Schwag
In two weeks I’ll be in Portland Oregon for Orycon with Cory Doctorow, Ellen Datlow and others. Some people have rightly noted the flaw in taking lots of schwag to PME in Ontario, California when mostly you are promoting to other podcasters. That’s true enough, so if you have leftover schwag and want to get [...]
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Tags: orycon, pme, podcastingPros and Cons
I’ve had to decline a heartbreaking number of invitations to come to conventions and/or conferences this year. In several cases, I was invited to speak or lead sessions and I just couldn’t do it. Being in a job situation without vacation contributed a lot, where I would have to not only pay my way plus [...]
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Tags: balticon, convergesouth, dragoncon, orycon, podcastercon2006, podcastexpo, portablemediaexpo, vloggercon
