Else-If-Then

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  • Tiny update on a European meet-up

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    So now I’ve been talking to Paweł about this plan, because everyone (well, ok, all three people) I spoke with from SFRA about European members said “you should ask Paweł about that.” Of course I could have guessed that already, but he was away. I didn’t guess that he would be the only person… but…

  • European Science fiction meet-up

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    Ok, so my going to SFRA 08 is not looking so good, unless I get major grant money. But we’ll see. I and my partner in crime have had several discussions about investing in our own research, so maybe… In any case, I’ve been talking a bit to Sandor Klapcsik (who doesn’t seem to have…

  • Conference scheduling conflicts. Bleah.

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    I don’t travel all that much, and because of that I generally only attend conferences about intersections of tech and culture, so you’d think it would be fairly easy to avoid conflicts… but no. Having just joined the SFRA, I was happy to learn that the 2008 conference, which is held during summers, would be…

  • SLSA 2007 — Thursday Evening plus Friday Panels

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    Ok, time to catch up a little. Thursday evening I went to eat with Anthony (my roomie and former colleague from MIT), Paweł (see previous post) and Christian Ulrik Andersen who was in the audience. We had a pretty good dinner and excellent beer at (I think) 3 Dollar Dewey’s. Everyone was pretty tired (though…