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How it's Going...
Aug. 6th, 2024 01:58 pm It's going okay, I will say.
SO FAR.
Two days into my super-busy week and I'm still upright! Plus, I just had an incredibly informative session with the Glasgow WorldCON Online folks that is making me feel pretty confident about my ability to navigate all the technology. I'll be writing con reports once everything starts up on Thursday, but it's going to be interesting for those of us participating as well as attending online. There are THREE ways, technologically-speaking, that I'll be interacting with the con. One is just Zoom. For the hybrid panels, they'll be zooming us into the live event, like is typical. The other one that online participants will be dealing with is a program called Steamyard--which, remembering the complicated Chicago WorldCON interface, I was really nervous about. But, unlike that one, in Steamyard I only have to master exactly three buttons, so I think I'm good, honestly.
The other one, which is mainly for attendees who aren't on programming, is called RingCentral. I'm actually going to spend some time exploring that one today, because that's where I can decide which panels I want attend as an audience member, etc. It's got all the virtual hangouts and things like the table talks.
It's a lot? But, it's only Tuesday. I have some time to settle in and figure everything out.
I cancelled my usual podcast recording this morning (it's okay, it would have put us ahead by one, not behind), so that I could spend some time going shopping and making a delicious lunch. I decided to stop by my nearest Asian market, Shanghai Market, to pick up some fun stuff for the upcoming week. I mention this because my first panel is going to be on Food in Anime. I had been complaining to Mason that one of the questions they want the panelists to answer is: what food have you tried that you learned about in an anime. I was, like, "What the heck? I have not done this!" Luckily, Mason reminded me that I sought out taiyaki at our local Obon Festival because it was supposedly Renji (from Bleach)'s favorite food.
And do you know what they had at Shanghai market?? Frozen taiyaki! So, I ate a serving size as pictured above as a desert after a soba stir-fry that I made up with veggies that I had around.
I'm trying to think if I've ever tried anything else specifically after having seen it on an anime. A lot of what I've tried, if I recall correctly, mostly came out of the research I did into Japanese food while writing my mega tons of Bleach fanfic. Things like kakigori, tsukemono, and tonkotsu curry, are all things I'm pretty sure I discovered that way. I guess some people on the panel have actually tried following recipes from the actual manga they've watched! I'll be fascinated to hear how that turned out for them.
Last night's programming committee meeting for ConFABulous was... oh boy. Let's just say I solved one problem by offering my Zoom pro-license for the next meetings. I am comforting myself with the fact that these are early days yet, and it might not be as dire as it seems if I'm the most organized person in the room. I am stealth competent, after all. I just don't normally play competent on TV, as it were. (Also, mostly people go to ConFABulous to play games, not go to paneling. It will be FINE.)
So, yeah, generally good so far.
How about you?
SO FAR.
Two days into my super-busy week and I'm still upright! Plus, I just had an incredibly informative session with the Glasgow WorldCON Online folks that is making me feel pretty confident about my ability to navigate all the technology. I'll be writing con reports once everything starts up on Thursday, but it's going to be interesting for those of us participating as well as attending online. There are THREE ways, technologically-speaking, that I'll be interacting with the con. One is just Zoom. For the hybrid panels, they'll be zooming us into the live event, like is typical. The other one that online participants will be dealing with is a program called Steamyard--which, remembering the complicated Chicago WorldCON interface, I was really nervous about. But, unlike that one, in Steamyard I only have to master exactly three buttons, so I think I'm good, honestly.
The other one, which is mainly for attendees who aren't on programming, is called RingCentral. I'm actually going to spend some time exploring that one today, because that's where I can decide which panels I want attend as an audience member, etc. It's got all the virtual hangouts and things like the table talks.
It's a lot? But, it's only Tuesday. I have some time to settle in and figure everything out.
I cancelled my usual podcast recording this morning (it's okay, it would have put us ahead by one, not behind), so that I could spend some time going shopping and making a delicious lunch. I decided to stop by my nearest Asian market, Shanghai Market, to pick up some fun stuff for the upcoming week. I mention this because my first panel is going to be on Food in Anime. I had been complaining to Mason that one of the questions they want the panelists to answer is: what food have you tried that you learned about in an anime. I was, like, "What the heck? I have not done this!" Luckily, Mason reminded me that I sought out taiyaki at our local Obon Festival because it was supposedly Renji (from Bleach)'s favorite food.
And do you know what they had at Shanghai market?? Frozen taiyaki! So, I ate a serving size as pictured above as a desert after a soba stir-fry that I made up with veggies that I had around.
I'm trying to think if I've ever tried anything else specifically after having seen it on an anime. A lot of what I've tried, if I recall correctly, mostly came out of the research I did into Japanese food while writing my mega tons of Bleach fanfic. Things like kakigori, tsukemono, and tonkotsu curry, are all things I'm pretty sure I discovered that way. I guess some people on the panel have actually tried following recipes from the actual manga they've watched! I'll be fascinated to hear how that turned out for them.
Last night's programming committee meeting for ConFABulous was... oh boy. Let's just say I solved one problem by offering my Zoom pro-license for the next meetings. I am comforting myself with the fact that these are early days yet, and it might not be as dire as it seems if I'm the most organized person in the room. I am stealth competent, after all. I just don't normally play competent on TV, as it were. (Also, mostly people go to ConFABulous to play games, not go to paneling. It will be FINE.)
So, yeah, generally good so far.
How about you?
