Penguicon 7.0

Giles Orr gilesorr-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org
Thu Feb 12 13:44:58 UTC 2009


I recommended this convention last year, without having gone: now I'm
recommending it after having been there.  I'm not affiliated with the
convention in any way.

http://www.penguicon.org/

Penguicon is a mix of science fiction and open source software (mostly
Linux as you might gather from the penguin) for a weekend (May 1-3) in
Romulus, Michigan - right next to the Detroit airport.

Imagine a guy walking around the parties in the evening with a large
canister of soda on his back, dispensing Open Cola (or some Open soda,
I don't remember) for free.  Imagine large Tesla coils set up on the
lawn for an evening display - evidently they "sing" as well as put on
a light show, unfortunately my presentation happened at the same time
as the Tesla coils.  Speaking of which ... while I highly recommend
the convention, I don't particularly recommend presenting there.  For
my presentation, I received ... nothing.  Not even a thank you.  I was
told you have to do three presentations to be comped a membership
(which is ~$40 US).  Since I put in about 60 hours of work on my
presentation, I was unimpressed.  Still, my presentation was very well
received: and you know they're hardcore when they're staying after a
presentation about Window Managers on a Saturday night.  There we a
lot of knowledgeable and interesting people there.

When I booked a room a couple days ago the hotel said they had nearly
sold out the convention block.  Book soon!

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