Advice for anime convention

I recently got email from someone who's starting an anime convention at a university. He hasn't asked for my advice, but I'm probably going to offer some anyway. In the interests of improving the odds of it being good advice, I'm checking with my flist.

The convention is planned for April, with the weekend not yet chosen. The intent is to do intensive publicity once they've got guests and dealers.

My reaction is to say "Oh my God! Choose a date and start publicity immediately!!11!!" However, there may be more slack for that sort of thing for university and/or anime conventions. Is there any slack left for when the publicity should start?

Advice for anime convention

I recently got email from someone who's starting an anime convention at a university. He hasn't asked for my advice, but I'm probably going to offer some anyway. In the interests of improving the odds of it being good advice, I'm checking with my flist.

The convention is planned for April, with the weekend not yet chosen. The intent is to do intensive publicity once they've got guests and dealers.

My reaction is to say "Oh my God! Choose a date and start publicity immediately!!11!!" However, there may be more slack for that sort of thing for university and/or anime conventions. Is there any slack left for when the publicity should start?

"Hard candy"

As we discovered recently, the bon bon is a very ill-defined candy, and probably needs a Venn diagram.

When I was talking about it with dcseain, it turned out that we don't mean the same thing by "hard candy". I specifically take that to be candy made almost entirely out of sugar which is usually sucked, while dcseain includes caramels and, I think, at least some of what I consider taffy-- candies which are a chewy and possibly stuck-on-teeth experience.

We may be able to pin down a regional/cultural variation for "hard candy". "Bonbon", on the other hand, seems more like a subject for a dessertation.

"Hard candy"

As we discovered recently, the bon bon is a very ill-defined candy, and probably needs a Venn diagram.

When I was talking about it with dcseain, it turned out that we don't mean the same thing by "hard candy". I specifically take that to be candy made almost entirely out of sugar which is usually sucked, while dcseain includes caramels and, I think, at least some of what I consider taffy-- candies which are a chewy and possibly stuck-on-teeth experience.

We may be able to pin down a regional/cultural variation for "hard candy". "Bonbon", on the other hand, seems more like a subject for a dessertation.

Panels at Arisia

I was huckstering and didn't get to much programming. There are two panels I especially regret missing: Greer Gilman's panel on myths and stories, and Ask A Geek.

If anyone would care to post about what was said at those panels, or any other Arisia programming, I'd be quite interested.

Panels at Arisia

I was huckstering and didn't get to much programming. There are two panels I especially regret missing: Greer Gilman's panel on myths and stories, and Ask A Geek.

If anyone would care to post about what was said at those panels, or any other Arisia programming, I'd be quite interested.