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Looking forward: Presenting at Penguicon!

Penguicon is an open source / science fiction con mashup. Penguicon 5.0 will take place April 20-22, 2007, in Troy, Michigan. They’re estimating they’ll get about 800 attendees this year. Geekery will abound, from Nanotech Safety to Security and Psychology to Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream. Guests of Honor include Bruce Schneier, Christine Peterson, Steve Jackson, and Charlie Stross.

I’m not in their league, but I’ll also be giving a talk:

Knowledge Gardening, Saturday, 4-5:30 pm
How innovators can use open source social software to nurture knowledge and collaboration within an organization. Wikis, blogs, tagging and RSS feeds will be covered, along with reasons why you might choose to set up behind your organization’s firewall (at least initially). No special tech knowledge is needed to attend.

It looks like I’ll also co-panel Blogging Your Life Without Losing Your Job, Or Your Mind with Cathy Raymond (finalizing schedule). And, as I’ve done at a number of science fiction cons in the past, I’ll run (demo) some games. I’ve presented at a company conference (poster session), and I’ve sung solo in front of a crowd, but I’ve never done a presentation or panel like this before. I’m a little nervous, but also pretty jazzed.