Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Help! We need a VCF East keynote speaker
Hello all, Jason Scott and I would like to recommend Ed Smith, if he is available and willing to talk. He can be contacted through Benj Edwards. Here is an article about him written by Benj: http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/1230/ed-smith-interview Thanks, Eric
Hello all, Jason Scott and I would like to recommend Ed Smith, if he is available and willing to talk. He can be contacted through Benj Edwards.
Here is an article about him written by Benj: http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/1230/ed-smith-interview
Thanks, Eric
I'm aware of him, but as I told Jason privately, Ed would not good for this role. The Imagination Machine is way too obscure to be the subject of a keynote address.
I know I'm an outlier, as far as geography and attachment to the group, but that does not seem like a decision that can be made by one person.
Not made by one person, I just happen to be the person leading VCF East efforts.
I would assume there is a planning team, loosely defined though it may be that would consider such options.
Correct.
It may indeed be that this presentation is too obscure to be of any general value, but I can see instances where an obscure technology and the story behind it has general implications.
Sure. Ed certainly has a compelling story. But we aim for mainstream appeal in a VCF keynote. I feel compelled to also mention that it would be fantastic to have women and minorities as speakers. Ruth Lewart gave a great VCF East talk and so did Jeri Ellsworth. More would be awesome -- for I'd like to get Margaret Hamilton, but I don't know if Mark Dean would travel from Tennessee. Keep in mind that the speakers participate on their own dime (pretty much -- we've covered a hotel room here and there.)
On Thu, 22 Feb 2018, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
I feel compelled to also mention that it would be fantastic to have women and minorities as speakers. Ruth Lewart gave a great VCF East talk and so did Jeri Ellsworth. More would be awesome -- for I'd like to get Margaret Hamilton, but I don't know if Mark Dean would travel from Tennessee.
Wasn't Margaret Hamilton melted? https://tinyurl.com/y9owl8ur Mike Loewen mloewen@cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/
I have not been reading the whole thread, but yes there is a planning board for every festival we hold. corey cohen uǝɥoɔ ʎǝɹoɔ
On Feb 22, 2018, at 3:58 PM, RETRO Innovations via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
I know I'm an outlier, as far as geography and attachment to the group, but that does not seem like a decision that can be made by one person.
I would assume there is a planning team, loosely defined though it may be that would consider such options.
It may indeed be that this presentation is too obscure to be of any general value, but I can see instances where an obscure technology and the story behind it has general implications.
JIm
On February 22, 2018 at 3:16 PM Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
Hello all, Jason Scott and I would like to recommend Ed Smith, if he is available and willing to talk. He can be contacted through Benj Edwards.
Here is an article about him written by Benj: http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/1230/ed-smith-interview
Thanks, Eric
I'm aware of him, but as I told Jason privately, Ed would not good for this role. The Imagination Machine is way too obscure to be the subject of a keynote address.
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