Penguicon

[steuard]

This weekend, Kim and I are going to Penguicon, a "Science Fiction and Open Source Software Convention" near Detroit. I've never actually been to a con before, so it should be a fun experience. This one's a little unusual with its "open source" aspect, but Kim figures that's a plus for me: if there's a time when the sci-fi side of things doesn't match my interests, I can go hang out with a bunch of Linux geeks and pretend I never abandoned them for a Mac. :) (I've still got at least some open source cred, since I've contributed a few bits of code to Firefox in the past.)

Any advice for how to have an enjoyable con experience? (I wonder if I should try to perform my Silmarillion-inspired Simon and Garfunkel parody at one of the Open Filk nights. Hmm.)

Comments

[kirin]

Oh, by all means, not stressing doesn't preclude telling people being dumb-asses to knock it the hell off. As event warrant.

At most large cons, I wouldn't always count on the con quite being easy to access. That does sound like an awesome con suite, though. And huh, Pengiuncon looks pretty darn substantial now that I glance at the web page. Say hi to Tom Smith when you stop by the filk room!

[chalgaryn.livejournal.com]

I would have invited you to join us if it was any other weekend :-)

And, apparently, Tom Smith lives in Michigan so he comes to all the cons up here. Yay!