KeyCon 2013

[Sifo]

Uhm... I'll pay for my pizza. A large for just me please. I'm sure everyone knows here I kill pizza

Been to pizza jail too many times

[CPTBadAss]

Idk who's what age or anything but is the after party all ages or 21+?

[jcrouse]

Idk who's what age or anything but is the after party all ages or 21+?

Please refernce the post about "ban kids from restaurants" .....


Just kidding. I have no clue.

I too will gladly chip in for pizza. How about drinks? Is there a convenience store close?

[mashby]

It's a Gastropub, so although it may not be suitable for children, I don't think you have to be 18 to enter. Yelp Reviews.

[Xenderwind]

Uhm... I'll pay for my pizza. A large for just me please. I'm sure everyone knows here I kill pizza

Been to pizza jail too many times

Idk...I have a feeling a large Chicago style deep dish might be a lot more than you realize.  Hope everyone has fun, I look forward to hearing CPT's opinion on all the boards he tries .

[Sifo]

Even if it's 18+ I can just use CPT's ID. We're all Sifo afterall

[mkawa]

I HAVE A CHANGE TO MAKE SIRS

[8/13/13 4:34:20 PM] ming: binge should give a sculpting demo at keycon
[8/13/13 4:34:31 PM] ming: and then he should sculpt sifo @ keycon @ keycon
[8/13/13 4:34:39 PM] ming: the sculpture will be named sifo @ keycon
[8/13/13 4:34:43 PM] ming: @ keycon

[inlikeflynn]

I tried but could not make things work out so that I could make the drive out to attend keycon

Who is from IL that is attending and not leaving for it until Saturday morning so that I could priority mail out a bunch of the F&F/M3/SmallFry caps for people in attendance?

[SpAmRaY]

I tried but could not make things work out so that I could make the drive out to attend keycon

Who is from IL that is attending and not leaving for it until Saturday morning so that I could priority mail out a bunch of the F&F/M3/SmallFry caps for people in attendance?

Couldn't you send them to boiler?

[keymaster]

I filled out the form. It might be a good idea to add it to the OP so more people who are attending can see it easily.

[dante]

dante confirmed.

looking forward to testing sifo's dt35!

[Sifo]

oh ****... I'm bringing my DT35? okay

[dante]

oh ****... I'm bringing my DT35? okay

That's what you said back here: http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=44762.msg978080#msg978080

[Sifo]

OH right! okay

[dante]

OH right! okay

Up to you really.  Basically everyone claims it is a generic rubber dome feeling board; only those who actually type on it actually seem to really enjoy it.

[Binge]

I HAVE A CHANGE TO MAKE SIRS

[8/13/13 4:34:20 PM] ming: binge should give a sculpting demo at keycon
[8/13/13 4:34:31 PM] ming: and then he should sculpt sifo @ keycon @ keycon
[8/13/13 4:34:39 PM] ming: the sculpture will be named sifo @ keycon
[8/13/13 4:34:43 PM] ming: @ keycon

I would be more than willing to speak about my experience casting and sculpting provided a whiteboard is available?

Aside from doing a live demonstration and explaining techniques having the ability to present ideas with a whiteboard and some markers could really give people some idea of the work that goes into making some homebrew caps.  It would be good for other people too during show & tell   Maybe a game of pictionary then? xD

[tjcaustin]

Ok, form filled, plane ticket bought.  Chicago better be ready.

[CPTBadAss]

So ok, I don't have anything prepared and but I will have a 3D printed ABS and titanium piece. I can show those off and do a Q&A session about anything more on the mechanical side: materials, machining, 3D printing, etc. For those who don't know, I've been learning how to operate my FDM 3D printer at work. And I need to deal with materials and machining/processing methods daily so I can talk shop off the top of my head.

If you guys wanna prepare some questions and do a Q&A that could work. Or I could just be available all day to talk about whatever. I'm not sure what the interest is but it seems like there's a bit of it.

[mkawa]

Ok, form filled, plane ticket bought.  Chicago better be ready.

YYYEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSssssssssssssss......... (tiny ses)

[Sifo]

okay DT-35 is ready

[mkawa]

IT IS OFFICIALY, BINGE IS GOING TO SCULPT SIFO TRYING TO CONVINCE DANTE THAT THE DT-35 IS NOT A PIECE OF CRAP

the sculpture is going to be called "whalebro fail" @ keycon

[Sifo]

IT IS OFFICIALY, BINGE IS GOING TO SCULPT SIFO TRYING TO CONVINCE DANTE THAT THE DT-35 IS NOT A PIECE OF CRAP

the sculpture is going to be called "whalebro fail" @ keycon

Whalebro is not coming. Too dangerous

[mkawa]

I tried but could not make things work out so that I could make the drive out to attend keycon

Who is from IL that is attending and not leaving for it until Saturday morning so that I could priority mail out a bunch of the F&F/M3/SmallFry caps for people in attendance?

yes, please send them to boiler. i have another address you can send them to that is where i will be staying as well. email me if you want it. boiler is probably the safest bet though.

[mkawa]

IT IS OFFICIALY, BINGE IS GOING TO SCULPT SIFO TRYING TO CONVINCE DANTE THAT THE DT-35 IS NOT A PIECE OF CRAP

the sculpture is going to be called "whalebro fail" @ keycon

Whalebro is not coming. Too dangerous

i would kill you if you tried to take whalebro. KILL YOU

edit: GIRLSHARK WILL BE THERE






IT WON'T BE SAFE

[jcrouse]

Anyone gonna be out on the town in Chicago Friday night? I think the wife and I are heading to Navy Pier around 9:00PM for the fireworks and a few adult beverages.

John

[i3oilermaker]

Updated OP with some raffle prizes!  If any other vendors see this and want to donate prizes, PM me!

[CPTBadAss]

Mashby and I probably won't be in until around 2330 Friday or 0000 Saturday.

[mashby]

I would be more than willing to speak about my experience casting and sculpting provided a whiteboard is available?

Aside from doing a live demonstration and explaining techniques having the ability to present ideas with a whiteboard and some markers could really give people some idea of the work that goes into making some homebrew caps.  It would be good for other people too during show & tell   Maybe a game of pictionary then? xD

So ok, I don't have anything prepared and but I will have a 3D printed ABS and titanium piece. I can show those off and do a Q&A session about anything more on the mechanical side: materials, machining, 3D printing, etc. For those who don't know, I've been learning how to operate my FDM 3D printer at work. And I need to deal with materials and machining/processing methods daily so I can talk shop off the top of my head.

If you guys wanna prepare some questions and do a Q&A that could work. Or I could just be available all day to talk about whatever. I'm not sure what the interest is but it seems like there's a bit of it.

It's unclear what the A/V situation. All we know is the room has "a decent AV setup". It's unclear if that means a whiteboard or not, but given that it's a university, it is a possibility.

I'm hoping they'll have an LCD Projector, so I will have my laptop and connections. If you want to bring your own laptop, or just bring a thumb drive of photos and/or slides, you're more than welcome to use my laptop.

[CPTBadAss]

White board is more than fine in my opinion. I prefer to do presentations with no PowerPoint if I can. Detracts from me talking. People nitpick pictures instead of talking to me or paying attention to what I'm saying. And I get distracted easily.

[i3oilermaker]

My iPad has a mobile hotspot, so if there are any internet issues, we can connect to it.

[mashby]

My iPad has a mobile hotspot, so if there are any internet issues, we can connect to it.

Do we know if their is public wifi there? I ask because there was some talk of video streaming and I don't think you'd want your iPad used for that. :-)

[HoffmanMyster]

My iPad has a mobile hotspot, so if there are any internet issues, we can connect to it.

Do we know if their is public wifi there? I ask because there was some talk of video streaming and I don't think you'd want your iPad used for that. :-)

In my experience, many universities have "guest" wifi networks with throttled bandwidth.  Hopefully we can use that and hopefully it'll be sufficient for streaming.  If not, we don't need to bombard i3oiler's iPad connection and use all his bandwidth.  I guess we'll have to think on our feet once we arrive in order to get it worked out.

[i3oilermaker]

I have 5GB of data so I'm fine with some heavy usage, but I would assume there will be some WiFi there that we can use.

[The_Beast]

My iPad has a mobile hotspot, so if there are any internet issues, we can connect to it.

Do we know if their is public wifi there? I ask because there was some talk of video streaming and I don't think you'd want your iPad used for that. :-)

In my experience, many universities have "guest" wifi networks with throttled bandwidth.  Hopefully we can use that and hopefully it'll be sufficient for streaming.  If not, we don't need to bombard i3oiler's iPad connection and use all his bandwidth.  I guess we'll have to think on our feet once we arrive in order to get it worked out.

Or instead of streaming, maybe just record video and upload it later?

I  might be making some prizes today, but I'm not quite sure

[Krogenar]

My iPad has a mobile hotspot, so if there are any internet issues, we can connect to it.

Do we know if their is public wifi there? I ask because there was some talk of video streaming and I don't think you'd want your iPad used for that. :-)

Hacked in realtime! Seriously, though, I hope this gets streamed, that would be pretty cool. Someone bring rotting vegetables for Ming's presentation. 

[mashby]

It's going to be a "best effort" scenario since we don't have any information ahead of time. There are just too many unknowns at this point. Proxy settings, port blocking, bandwidth restrictions, etc.

Livestream consumes approximately 700Kbps of upload bandwidth. Mobile devices tend to be very bursty with their bandwidth, so even if you have 1MB of upstream bandwidth, it's not consistent. Additionally, if the entire conference is streamed, you're looking at 1.5GB of bandwidth being consumed.

I'm going to have a small setup with me and if we can get it to work then that'll be awesome, but I don't want to raise anyone expectations too high. 


Who Else Is Bringing Video Gear?
Anyone else brining equipment? Anyone want to volunteer to record it for posting later?

[mkawa]

UIC shoudl have a guest wifi network. boiler, can you ask chris?

[HoffmanMyster]

Who Else Is Bringing Video Gear?
Anyone else brining equipment? Anyone want to volunteer to record it for posting later?

I'm bringing my laptop and Binge is bringing an external webcam and external mic.  I see that you are also bringing your laptop, Mashby.  Maybe we could get two streams going??    We can hope!

[mashby]

I'm bringing my laptop and Binge is bringing an external webcam and external mic.  I see that you are also bringing your laptop, Mashby.  Maybe we could get two streams going??    We can hope!

We can try. 1.5MB up may be asking too much, but we can see. Sounds like we'll have options, which is good, so if one setup doesn't work, then we can try the other. Or, run both!

I'm brining an iPhone 4 setup that'll stream directly to Livestream and I have an iSight Firewire cam I'm brining as well as a backup if we use the laptop. No external mic though, so your setup my be better overall.

[rknize]

I can do a Verizon hotspot as well.  Data usage is not a concern.

[HoffmanMyster]

Yeah 1.5MB up would be a bit much.  Hopefully we can experiment and find a good solution to let all the kind folks who aren't able to attend see what's going on.    Might be fun to stream the introductions too?     But then everyone will know our true identities.

[CPTBadAss]

I think it'd be cool to post a video of everyone swag when we're there. If no one has a nice video camera to do it, I'll do it in true YouTube fashion and use my cell phone

[i3oilermaker]

Guest WiFi info added to OP.

80" TV and Projector will be available in room.

[mashby]

Guest WiFi info added to OP.

80" TV and Projector will be available in room.

Perfect, thank you i3oilermaker.

Also, I forgot to mention that I'll be bringing my AppleTV as well. So if you have an iOS or Mac device, you'll be able to use AirPlay.

[HoffmanMyster]

I think it'd be cool to post a video of everyone swag when we're there. If no one has a nice video camera to do it, I'll do it in true YouTube fashion and use my cell phone

I'll be bringing my camera that can record high-def video.     And maybe others will be too.

[Binge]

The setup hoff and I will are going to rig up will be able to record video for upload later

[i3oilermaker]

I will be unveiling "Project Praiano"

If I missed anyone that wants to present something let me know and I will add it to the itinerary in the OP


Also, if the timing works, and someone wants to Skype in a presentation that could work too!

[HoffmanMyster]

The setup hoff and I will are going to rig up will be able to record video for upload later

How much space might a full KeyCon take up on harddrive?  I will bring an external just in case, but an estimate would be nice too. 

[i3oilermaker]

The setup hoff and I will are going to rig up will be able to record video for upload later

How much space might a full KeyCon take up on harddrive?  I will bring an external just in case, but an estimate would be nice too. 

I would suggest only recording presentations...I'm not sure how everyone will feel about being recorded for the entire event.

[HoffmanMyster]

The setup hoff and I will are going to rig up will be able to record video for upload later

How much space might a full KeyCon take up on harddrive?  I will bring an external just in case, but an estimate would be nice too. 

I would suggest only recording presentations...I'm not sure how everyone will feel about being recorded for the entire event.

Good call.  Maybe stream the presentations and a walk-through showing everyone's gear?