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Geeks as the Media at Notacon

Posted by samzenpus on from the fair-and-balanced dept.

sinnergy writes "One of the Midwest's only remaining "hacker" cons, Notacon, will be happening April 8-10, 2005 in Cleveland. As an interesting subtext, an extraordinary amount of interest in independent media coverage for this event has been occurring. One project includes Jason Scott's Notacon Radio project. The Packet Sniffers are doing their own Notacon TV project. In addition, numerous other online media outlets, oline radio shows and bloggers have really picked up on the idea of events like these being truly valuable to the geek community. Even the local geek radio show is keen on the idea. Richard Thieme, one of the event's selected speakers, has promoted the hacker con as being one of the final bastions of open speech. Is this the birth of a new trend or is this simply geeks doing what they always do... spreading the word about something new and different going on in their world?"

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  1. Looking forward to it! by stephthegeek · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Shameless plug, I know, but I'll be speaking at NotACon on some of the more interesting aspects of the community I run, and other geeky pursuits. I'm betting this will be a huge opportunity to connect with others with similar interests.

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  2. My Pictures from Notacon 2004 by phiz187 · · Score: 1, Interesting

    http://crimethink.org/notacon1/notacon1.html

    Great People, great times.

    -PHiZ

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  3. Canada eh. by jefedesign · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Is anyone aware of a hacker con taking place in Canada? That would be awesome, although, I can't guess how many people would go... there aren't many of us up here. Its good to hear that hacker cons haven't been shut down.. although, it does beg the question: how long until they try to? Then what do we do?

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  4. "Final bastion of open speech"? Gimme a break... by sirwired · · Score: 2, Interesting

    ...one of the event's selected speakers, has promoted the hacker con as being one of the final bastions of open speech. Is this the birth of a new trend or is this simply geeks doing what they always do... spreading the word about something new and different going on in their world?"

    Guys, this is a hacker con, not Babylon 5 brought to life... "Birth of a new trend"? Um, it's shameless PR, and it isn't unique to geeks.

    SirWired

  5. Re:WTF? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    I love how people still refer to Cleveland as this only because it shows how little they actually know about the city. The phrase itself is now ALMOST 40 YEARS OLD and refers to situations that aren't relevant anymore.

    I mean, come on folks, you're referring to CB slang for cryin' out loud.