SXSW and ICFA

[fleete]

This is my week for srs acronyms.  I spent the past weekend at the SXSW Interactive Trade Show, helping to pimp my friends, the wonderful guys at Monkey Wrench Design.  Being an academic, it was strange and exciting to see how the "real" businesspeople do business.  Really, except for the talk of profits and costs, it's not that different from an academic conference: panels, business cards, "what do you do?," and so on.  The difference, of course, was that I had to assemble 16 dancing robot monkeys, which were awesome, but still.  All I have to do at ICFA is click my Powerpoint forward. 

The Powerpoint which is still not finished.  I'm working on it now, but I want it to be fun and informative but not get in the way of my paper and yet really illustrate all of the fun and sexy things I will hopefully have to say.  I've never been to a real conference before, so I'm kind of nervous.  Especially since I'm on a panel with some amazing scholars.  Perhaps they will have advice on how one goes about making a career in fan studies. 

This was first my LJ entry after 10 years in fandom.  *waves at world*

Comments

[pslasher.livejournal.com]

*waves back at you* Welcome to LJ! I hope you figure out a way to do more fandom study, that would rock.

[htbthomas.livejournal.com]

Sorry for commenting here, but LJ wouldn't let me reply via PM!
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Yay for de-lurking!

I think the "study guide" sounds like an AWESOME idea. I'd love for you to be in charge of it - and then we can get others to do the other characters! Or you could do more of them...?

The other things happening that week are the comm_tv interview we did with Yvette, polls about favorite Shirley scene and episode, and a fanfic/fanart meme where people prompt and fill Shirley-centric stories/art.

Thanks for volunteering!

--htbthomas