I would like to go. I have no earthly idea what my employment situation will be, though. I should have saved up a day or two of vacation again by that date.<div><br></div><div>Christie<br clear="all">_______<br>Getting to the bottom of the hill is convenient. The view from the top of the hill is stunning. Where would you choose to live?<br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 4:28 PM, aestetix aestetix <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:aestetix@gmail.com">aestetix@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Figured I should chime in on this.<br><br>I've been to Notacon five times (missed the first year for personal reasons). You should all have a little background:<br><br>Froggy and Tyger, the founders, created Notacon because they wanted a conference that worked to embrace technology and arts. Not only are they heavily involved in the "hacking" scene (I've run into them at HOPE, DefCon, Toorcamp, Shmoocon, etc), but they're also former ravers, and have been to Burning Man. They fucking rock.<br>
<br>The first year I went, the most common phrase going around was "This is what it was like at DefCon 2." One year I went, someone created a hookah bar in his hotel room, just to get people to come in and chat with him. Another year, we experimented with dry ice vodka.... which didn't work as well as we'd hoped, but it was lots of fun. Lots of good stories, some I will only share privately ;)<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im">On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 10:52 AM, Steve Dee <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mrdomino@gmail.com" target="_blank">mrdomino@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></div><div><div>
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Notacon's [1] coming up! It's happening April 15--18<br>
(after the midwest has thawed), and the early registration<br>
deadline [2] is Feb 1. There's a discount rate for groups<br>
of 6 or more people; it'd be awesome if we could get<br>
a Noisebridge contingent of at least that size going.<br>
<br>
So, reasons to go:<br>
- Me and nthmost are running a track of talks [3] on memetics<br>
this year that is going to be awesome, and also sweet. (Submit<br>
a talk! [4] Deadline's Jan 31.)<br>
- It's full of great people -- think DefCON but without the<br>
assclowns.<br>
- It's Cleveland -- WHAT MORE YOU NEED? [5]<br>
<br>
So sign up [2] and come hang with us for a weekend.<br>
<br>
Links:<br>
[1] <a href="http://notacon.org/" target="_blank">http://notacon.org/</a> (Notacon homepage)<br>
[2] <a href="http://notacon.org/prereg.html" target="_blank">http://notacon.org/prereg.html</a> (Registration page)<br>
[3] <a href="http://memehacking.com/conference" target="_blank">http://memehacking.com/conference</a> (MemeHacking symposium)<br>
[4] <a href="http://notacon.org/cfp.html" target="_blank">http://notacon.org/cfp.html</a> (Call for proposals)<br>
[5] <a href="http://i.imgur.com/MTwCt.jpg" target="_blank">http://i.imgur.com/MTwCt.jpg</a> (Yes, I live here.)<br>
<br>
P.S. if anyone needs help with accommodations, let me know; I've<br>
got a couch and some friends who have couches.<br>
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