[penguicon-general] A couple of thoughts about programming

[Molly de Blanc]

We did Fred, the megatokyo guy, before. It might not be a bad idea to try
and invite him again as a nifty. I think it's getting to the point of my
suggesting a Guests thread.

On 4/25/07, Catherine Olanich Raymond <cathy at thyrsus.com> wrote:
>
> On Wednesday 25 April 2007 4:02 pm, you wrote:
> > On Tuesday 24 April 2007 10:48 pm, Catherine Olanich Raymond wrote:
> > > On Tuesday 24 April 2007 10:15 pm, you wrote:
> [snip]
> >
> > Webcomic artists are perfect for us.  It's squarely between tech and
> fen,
> > they've got a built-in way to advertise their appearance to their fan
> base,
> > and they generally enjoy the con.
> >
> > (They're also generally not media types where you need to wave around
> > thousands of dollars to get their attention, but give it 5-10 more years
> > and we'll see the Scott Adams/Jim Davis types emerge.  The Penny Arcade
> > guys are already nosing into that territory, and you could sort of
> consider
> > Dilbert to be a webcomic in the right light...)
> >
> > I'd love to invite the guy behind Irregular Webcomic, but he's in
> > australia. Rich Berlew of the Order Of the Stick (
> http://www.giantitp.com/)
> > isn't, though...
>
> I'd like to see us invite the guy who does xkcd.  Rich Berlew isn't a bad
> match for us, either.  And how about the Megatokyo guy?
>
> --
> Cathy Raymond <cathy at thyrsus.com>
>
> "You've got to have the proper amount of disrespect for what you do."
> -- George Mabry
>
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-- 
Faithfully yours,

molly.
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