Speaking of "Twitter my Jetpack", did anyone else follow Astro_Mike on Twitter? He was twittering from the space station in May. In case you missed it, another astronaut, Mark Polansky, now has a twitter feed and will be posting tweets from Endeavour (if they ever stop being postponed!)
You can follow him here: http://twitter.com/Astro_127 From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 9:58 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Astronomicon-11--call for workshops and presentations I would definitely go to a panel about the surprises and disappointments of technology. And I love the title, Alicia! Nancy In a message dated 6/17/2009 7:57:30 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: How about "Twitter My Jetpack! Future Technologies - Expectations, Disappointments, and Surprises" Alicai On Jun 13, 2009, at 11:54 AM, Rick Taubold wrote: Nancy, Thanks for the suggestion. This sounds wonderful! I'll bring it up at our con meeting today and let you know. I suspect we'll want to do it. Rick Taubold www.ricktaubold.com <http://www.ricktaubold.com/> ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2009 9:54 AM Subject: Re: Astronomicon-11--call for workshops and presentations Dear Rick, I do have a suggestion for you. This is a workshop that was done years ago at Astronomicon, was a great success, and then somehow never got repeated. It was called "Maim 'Em Right," and it featured medical personnel answering questions from the audience, all writers and aspiring writers, on the real consequences of various injuries, operations, and future alterations to the human body. The idea was that writers could get help with realistic details for the mayhem they were causing to their fictional characters. If you decide to go with this, I know at least one nurse-practitioner (with a lot of emergency room experience) who would probably consent to be on the panel. And maybe we could dig up a doctor from somewhere? Best, Nancy Kress In a message dated 6/13/2009 9:39:05 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Hi, everyone. As some of you know, I'm doing the programming for Astronomicon-11. I'm looking for people interested in giving workshops or presentations. My goal at this Con is to provide a good variety of programming for everyone. We're only doing two tracks of programming this year, so I want to make every time slot count. I want attendees to have a difficult time choosing what to go to because they're all good, not trying to decide between the lesser of two evils. I also want more workshops and presentations than we've had in the past. People should come away from this Con feeling that it was time and money well spent and that they gained something from it in addition to having a great time. If I do my job right, no one will be bored. So, if you have an idea for workshop or presentation that you'd like to give or that you'd like to see done, please let me know. I'd especially like more activities for writers, since we have a lot of them in the area. Rick Taubold www.ricktaubold.com <http://www.ricktaubold.com/> <BR --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
