Penguicon 2017

 

Cory Doctorow (craphound.com) is a science fiction novelist, blogger and technology activist. He is the co-editor of the popular weblog Boing Boing (boingboing.net), and a contributor to many magazines, websites and newspapers. He is a special consultant to the Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff.org), a non-profit civil liberties group that defends freedom in technology law, policy, standards and treaties. He holds an honorary doctorate in computer science from the Open University (UK), where he is a Visiting Professor; he is also the MIT Media Lab’s Activist in Residence. In 2007, he served as the Fulbright Chair at the Annenberg Center for Public Diplomacy at the University of Southern California.

His novels have been translated into dozens of languages and are published by Tor Books, Titan Books (UK) and HarperCollins (UK). He has won the Locus, Prometheus, Copper Cylinder, White Pine and Sunburst Awards, and been nominated for the Hugo, Nebula and British Science Fiction Awards.

His two latest books are IN REAL LIFE, a young adult graphic novel created with Jen Wang (2014); and INFORMATION DOESN’T WANT TO BE FREE, a business book about creativity in the Internet age (2014). His next novel, a book for adults, is WALKAWAY, which Tor Books will publish in April 2017.

His latest young adult novel is HOMELAND, the bestselling sequel to 2008’s LITTLE BROTHER. His latest novel for adults is RAPTURE OF THE NERDS, written with Charles Stross and published in 2012. His New York Times Bestseller LITTLE BROTHER was published in 2008. His latest short story collection is WITH A LITTLE HELP, available in paperback, ebook, audiobook and limited edition hardcover. In 2011, Tachyon Books published a collection of his essays, called CONTEXT: FURTHER SELECTED ESSAYS ON PRODUCTIVITY, CREATIVITY, PARENTING, AND POLITICS IN THE 21ST CENTURY (with an introduction by Tim O’Reilly) and IDW published a collection of comic books inspired by his short fiction called CORY DOCTOROW’S FUTURISTIC TALES OF THE HERE AND NOW. THE GREAT BIG BEAUTIFUL TOMORROW, a PM Press Outspoken Authors chapbook, was also published in 2011.

ARR! Come join the Nearly Useless Entertainment Team as they host the first ever Penguicon Escape Room.  You and a crew of ye friends will get to test ye skills in a series of puzzles to acquire a vast treasure.  Designed for a crew of five to ten participants ages 14 and up, ye will have 45 minutes to solve all the puzzles and beat the room.  Sign up at ye crew of buccaneers at Ops and see if ye can escape the room.  Be sure to have ye crew arrive 5-10 minutes before ye schedules time, for a briefing on the rules and scenario.

Tommy Edison, who has been blind since birth, is the Blind Film Critic reviewing movies from his point of view, the host of The Tommy Edison Experience on YouTube and Amazon where he uses humor to answer the most popular questions about living without sight, and worked in radio for 25 years as a disc jockey and traffic reporter. Ben Churchill is the producer and director of The Tommy Edison Experience and Blind Film Critic series and a documentary filmmaker focusing on pop culture and unique lifestyles.

https://www.youtube.com/user/TommyEdisonXP

See them at:
Media Litter Sandwich with the Blind Film Critic
Q/A About Online Video with the Blind Film Critic Team
Finding Your Creative Niche

The DIY Track is focused on doing things yourself. Whether it be a new craft or odd jobs around the home or even running your own business, DIY wants to help you learn. Our panels will give people an opportunity to pick up new tools to use in their daily lives, a new hobby, or even an interest in a new branch of creativity.

This year, attendees will be breaking out their time turners as they attend panels in both the Fiber and Craft labs.

Panels like:

Homemade Ghostbusters PKE Meter on Raspberry Pi 2 —http://sched.co/A25s

Frankenstuffies (this is a return of a popular panel last year) — http://sched.co/A25p

Muscle Testing: Human Lie Detection and More — http://sched.co/A25u

How to Change a Tire — http://sched.co/A25y

An Experiment in Collaborative Art…with math n stuff — http://sched.co/APCa

We also have a slinky sound forest made by the mad genius and Featured Guest, David Erik Nelson.

http://www.davideriknelson.com/

Hi folks, your friendly head of programming here! I just want to make sure everyone is aware that the schedule that was made public on Sched a few weeks ago is still a work in progress. There are going to be many changes made to it over the next week or so in order to address conflicts in the schedule such as the same presenter being scheduled for two events at the same time. I’d like to apologize for any confusion or issues this early release of the schedule may cause. I will be sure to let everyone know when the finalized version of the schedule is available, which I expect will be by Thursday April 13th. Thanks for your understanding!