DIGRA Conference

Vancouver, 2005


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I arrived in Vancouver early in the afternoon, and was, as always, taken in by the scenery.

 

 

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En route (at O'Hare Airport) a woman ran over my shoe with her "wheelie bag" and broke it - so the first thing I did after checking in to the hotel was to get it fixed.

The repair shop was steps from the hotel, super fast, friendly and cheap. It was located in a nifty underground shop row, where everyone smiled. Vancouver really is just super nice.

 

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Down on the water, near the civic center, they are building a new music shell and park. I watched this crew pump concrete into tubes below the bay's surface for about an hour, while eating a pannin I'd picked up next to the shoe repair place.

I kept imagining what it feels like to pass a building and think "I laid the foundation for that!"

 

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After lunch, I walked around town some more, just to see the sights and people.

 

 

 

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Opening night at DIGRA - Ian, Andrew and I played Organum with Jane.

 

 

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 DIGRA is actually the Dreadlocks Infrastructure and Goatee Research Association.

 

 

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Henry's panel at the Wosk Center for Dialog.  My session was here too, and it was freaky.

At one point, when we were all standing around chatting, post-talk, Matteo stood up and turned on a mic, announced that aliens had landed and were taking over the planet, and asked for a vote on the use of nuclear weapons to take them out. It was priceless!

 

 

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IGDA meeting where developers and academics had a chance to mingle. Or... something.

 

 

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Obligatory long exposures after drinks.

 

 

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James giving his talk on the closing day - which made me look forward to GLS!