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The invite for Blockparty 4 has been published on their website. Go watch it!

Filed by Tyger at 4:50 am under Announcements, Blockparty
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It’s that time of year again! Notacon is right around the corner and Notacon Radio will be returning bigger and better broadcasting live from the Hippodrome in the fabulous Wyndham at Playhouse Square, April 15th through the 18th.

We need volunteers that want to host a show, debate a topic, interview a speaker, explain their passion, recite a poem, read Fox in Socks, or just have a good time. Even if you have an idea for a discussion panel–we’ll make it happen!

Without you, Notacon Radio ceases to exist so be sure email us today at radio@notacon.org if you’re interested and we’ll be sure to add you to the lineup! No idea too small, no time slot too big–all are welcome!

The Notacon Radio Team

Filed by Tyger at 5:26 am under Announcements, News, Notacon
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The first wave of registration codes went out to everyone registered for Notacon 7. If you don’t see it in the near future, please check your spam folder (for some reason people report it ends up there sometimes. How sad!). If you do not receive your registration codes by this weekend, pop us an email and we’ll look into it for you.

What? You haven’t registered for Notacon yet? What are you waiting for?!?

Filed by froggy at 3:12 am under Announcements, Notacon
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It has been brought to our attention the the Wyndham hotel, which we contracted with last year and are in contract with for Notacon 7, was recently hacked again, potentially releasing confidential and personal information of Notacon participants who have booked rooms.

We have already expressed our displeasure to the hotel. While we cannot take responsibility for their screw ups, we certainly understand the frustration and concern on the part of our community in this matter.

An active search for a new venue for Notacon was already well underway when we heard about this breach. This additional issue only highlights our need to accelerate our search for other alternatives.

Please practice due diligence as usual with your credit information and please contact the Wyndham or your credit card carrier for further assistance.

Filed by froggy at 10:11 pm under Announcements, Notacon
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Today we formally accepted the bulk of the presentations for Notacon 7. The full list is available on the speakers page and the Events, Games, Performances and Workshops page. Invited speakers are still being wrangled and will be added to the site as they are confirmed. Scheduling will begin in March.

Congratulations to everyone who had their proposals accepted. To those we unfortunately could not accept, make sure to try again next year!

Filed by Tyger at 3:35 am under Announcements, News, Notacon
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We are in the process of ordering items for our Premiere Registration Package. Now is your chance to have input on the types of items we supply to our premiere registrants. Please fill out our survey and perhaps influence our order!

Filed by Tyger at 4:52 am under Notacon
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Due to weather conditions, the Makers’ Alliance Meeting was canceled tonight. It has been rescheduled for February 16th. See the website for more information.

Filed by Tyger at 4:47 am under other events
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For numerous reasons, we are extending our Call for Proposals submission deadline one week, to Sunday, February 7th, 2010.

In addition, tomorrow is the last day to take advantage of our discounts for early registration (including the $50 group rate, which goes up to $60 on February 2nd).

So get your registration in now and your proposal in by next week!

Filed by froggy at 8:43 pm under Announcements, Blockparty, Notacon
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The next Makers’ Alliance meeting will be held on Tuesday, February 9th, 2010 @ the Burning River ProtoStudio space.

Filed by Tyger at 3:16 am under other events
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Tonight I had the pleasure of hearing former Notacon Speaker and CSS Celebrity Eric Meyer speak about the future of the web at Tri-C West Campus. A brief bio of Eric from tonight’s talk can be found here.

In the presentation Eric covered the current and future of web browsers and programming. The primary focus of the presentation was HTML5 and CSS3 and how much these technologies have changed to become what they are today. Eric also talked about what he believes the future of HTML and CSS will be.

Here are three specific examples that he used to illustrate HTML5 and CSS3:

I look forward to seeing many demos coded in HTML and CSS. I also recommend following Eric Meyer and Complex Spiral Consulting and seeing Eric talk if you have a chance.

Also, if you are involved in web design and haven’t heard of A List Apart, allow me to introduce you to a treasure of a resource. Also check out the An Event Apart conference. Look for one in your area, or make a vacation out of it!

Filed by Tyger at 5:15 am under other events
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