Westercon schedule
Jun. 28th, 2007 12:44 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sharanSince I'm going to be on programming, I figured I'd post my schedule here:
6/30/2007 13:00 Synergy 5 R U Real? Wanda Marie Kurtcu (M), Bobbie Diane DuFault, Justin Lloyd, Sharan Volin, Derek McCaw
What is life like in a massively multiplayer virtual reality like Second Life or even World of Warcraft? Are you yourself? Is there more than one of you? Do you do things that you might not in Real Life? When you become friends in virtual worlds, do you still like the person in Real Life? What is Real and what is Virtual?
7/2/2007 13:00 Synergy 2 Geek Grrrls Love Gadgets Kathryn Daugherty (M), Laura Majerus, Kathe Gust, Heather Stern, Sharan Volin
Do you want FRY’S with that?
7/2/2007 17:30 Connect 6 The Twilight of the Dice? Douglas Berry (M), Kevin Andrew Murphy, Sharan Volin
Are traditional tabletop RPGs a dying breed? A look at the changing demographics and business models as the hobby nears its fortieth birthday.
7/3/2007 14:30 Synergy 5 What to Read Now Kent Brewster, Teresa Edgerton, Diana Sherman, Sharan Volin, Berry Kercheval
There is so much new science fiction, fantasy and other unclassifiable works being published now. How can you tell the gold from the dross? Who are authors to watch out for?
7/3/2007 17:30 Synergy 5 Will Game Developers Be the First To Develop AI? Justin Lloyd (M), Sharan Volin, Chris Dolley
Game engines are getting larger and larger. They have to push billions of pixels and think faster than the people playing them. Are they liable to be the first computer programs to develop artificial intelligence?
I'm not sure how much I can say about RPGs since I haven't really played them in years, but I did recently pick up the Buffy RPG (and then there are computer RPGs like WoW, LOTR: Online, and Oblivion, which I have played).
I will have to bring lots of goodies to the gadgets panel, including both my watches (my palm os one which started working again after the battery went dead and it got an enforced hard reset, and the new Swatch Paparazzi MSN Direct watch I bought on Amazon when I thought the wrist pda touch screen was dead).
BTW, the private wine and chocolate party we're planning on having at Westercon almost got canceled on account of car electrical problems (my Camaro doesn't have much space for luggage much less party supplies), but it looks like we'll be having it anyway. E-mail invites should go out soon (if they haven't already) to people we know who'll either be at the con or are in the Bay Area, and we'll probably bring printed invites to give out there. If we missed anyone here let me know:).
6/30/2007 13:00 Synergy 5 R U Real? Wanda Marie Kurtcu (M), Bobbie Diane DuFault, Justin Lloyd, Sharan Volin, Derek McCaw
What is life like in a massively multiplayer virtual reality like Second Life or even World of Warcraft? Are you yourself? Is there more than one of you? Do you do things that you might not in Real Life? When you become friends in virtual worlds, do you still like the person in Real Life? What is Real and what is Virtual?
7/2/2007 13:00 Synergy 2 Geek Grrrls Love Gadgets Kathryn Daugherty (M), Laura Majerus, Kathe Gust, Heather Stern, Sharan Volin
Do you want FRY’S with that?
7/2/2007 17:30 Connect 6 The Twilight of the Dice? Douglas Berry (M), Kevin Andrew Murphy, Sharan Volin
Are traditional tabletop RPGs a dying breed? A look at the changing demographics and business models as the hobby nears its fortieth birthday.
7/3/2007 14:30 Synergy 5 What to Read Now Kent Brewster, Teresa Edgerton, Diana Sherman, Sharan Volin, Berry Kercheval
There is so much new science fiction, fantasy and other unclassifiable works being published now. How can you tell the gold from the dross? Who are authors to watch out for?
7/3/2007 17:30 Synergy 5 Will Game Developers Be the First To Develop AI? Justin Lloyd (M), Sharan Volin, Chris Dolley
Game engines are getting larger and larger. They have to push billions of pixels and think faster than the people playing them. Are they liable to be the first computer programs to develop artificial intelligence?
I'm not sure how much I can say about RPGs since I haven't really played them in years, but I did recently pick up the Buffy RPG (and then there are computer RPGs like WoW, LOTR: Online, and Oblivion, which I have played).
I will have to bring lots of goodies to the gadgets panel, including both my watches (my palm os one which started working again after the battery went dead and it got an enforced hard reset, and the new Swatch Paparazzi MSN Direct watch I bought on Amazon when I thought the wrist pda touch screen was dead).
BTW, the private wine and chocolate party we're planning on having at Westercon almost got canceled on account of car electrical problems (my Camaro doesn't have much space for luggage much less party supplies), but it looks like we'll be having it anyway. E-mail invites should go out soon (if they haven't already) to people we know who'll either be at the con or are in the Bay Area, and we'll probably bring printed invites to give out there. If we missed anyone here let me know:).
