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branchandroot) wrote2021-10-08 01:01 pm
branchandroot) wrote2021-10-08 01:01 pm
One down
I have survived my first conference of the month! This one was actually pretty decent. Got in on Tuesday, spent Wednesday networking, caught a few sessions, holed up in my room Thursday with my travel video kit and my travel bar kit, presented today. And now I am back in DCA, and have had actually a quite good meal (yay for middle eastern food kiosks) and a not-utterly-pathetic drink.
National Harbor (apparently in the process of being re-branded from MGM National Harbor; I suspect it used to be a company town) is geared toward conferences and conventions. The convention center is actually really nice, and the “interior” rooms face a huge, glassed in atrium and have tiny slices of balconies overlooking the lounge and ‘park’ area, looking out over the river. It would even be a pretty nice vacation spot. The ‘town’ is about six square blocks and stuffed full of quite good restaurants and little shops. Also a Ferris wheel right on the river. Which I did not ride, but appreciated the pretty lights of, at night.
Presentation was well received, and my long-distance co-presenter zoomed in without interruption. (Message of my half: students need reliable network, hardware, and software all provided if they don’t have it already, here’s how.) Given it was morning of the last day, I was impressed we actually got a double-handful of attendees!
Also, Wednesday dinner featured five women all bonding over fanfic and paganism while the lone man hid behind his daiquiri. It was kind of hilarious, and I’m pretty sure at least three of them actually went to go read Avalanche right away.
I doubt the second conference will be this good. Oh well. One out of two is a solid score for the year.
National Harbor (apparently in the process of being re-branded from MGM National Harbor; I suspect it used to be a company town) is geared toward conferences and conventions. The convention center is actually really nice, and the “interior” rooms face a huge, glassed in atrium and have tiny slices of balconies overlooking the lounge and ‘park’ area, looking out over the river. It would even be a pretty nice vacation spot. The ‘town’ is about six square blocks and stuffed full of quite good restaurants and little shops. Also a Ferris wheel right on the river. Which I did not ride, but appreciated the pretty lights of, at night.
Presentation was well received, and my long-distance co-presenter zoomed in without interruption. (Message of my half: students need reliable network, hardware, and software all provided if they don’t have it already, here’s how.) Given it was morning of the last day, I was impressed we actually got a double-handful of attendees!
Also, Wednesday dinner featured five women all bonding over fanfic and paganism while the lone man hid behind his daiquiri. It was kind of hilarious, and I’m pretty sure at least three of them actually went to go read Avalanche right away.
I doubt the second conference will be this good. Oh well. One out of two is a solid score for the year.
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(That hotel hosts Katuscon and the gazebo is such a coveted photoshoot location it has become a meme, practically)
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Yeah weddings is probably why it's there, lol. It's not even good for every cosplay ever but it's become such a thing anyway.