May 26 2008
Teargas City
The Atlanta-Athens-Atlanta-Seattle trip went off without a hitch. I have yet to be really annoyed by the airlines. I’m more amazed at the logistics of it all, quite frankly. On Friday my co-panelist and I woke up in Athens, Georgia, drove over to a parking garage at UGA, went to the student center, did our spiel, got back in the car, drove to Hartsfield-Jackson, had a few beers, got on a plane, and in six hours we were in a bar in Seattle. I guess other people are more used to this sort of thing, but I find it amazing.
In any case, I was going to post the Top 20 RSA Presentation Mistakes, until I realized that I don’t really see many bad presentations at RSA, and I really don’t remember one. Even the ones I disagree with are at least well presented; it’s usually a case of “That project would be so much more interesting if I was doing it,” as one of my buddies and I said a lot, but that means it’s interesting and smart enough to consider doing. I was pretty happy with the show, all told.
Probably the best one I saw was my co-panelist from C&W’s presentation at RSA. His stuff is always sharp, clever, funny, and smart, and I always learn a lot about my own work by speaking with him, especially because we fundamentally disagree on pretty important perspectives (production/consumption, etc.). Luckily, I had a chance to see two of his presentations this weekend, and we also had a good talk over beers at some college bar in Athens. I also had a chance to hang out with all the old cronies in Seattle, which was fun, as always.
Our watchwords for the weekend were as follows: fastpitch softball (mmm), eggroll (don’t ask, won’t tell); cheese-grinder (youch); beshat (which is to say, Biblically); DNA (as in, “The prosecutor will tell you, ladies and gentleman of the jury, that you can put blood in a magical machine that will tell you who committed a murder!”). You may find this confusing, but I can assure you that each of these terms was repeated on the order of 500 times, to much hilarity. Good times.
Anyway, while doing the flaneur thing in Teargas City, I came across these, probably a legal wall on 2nd and probably Lenora. These are just detail shots. I’ll probably post more on Friday. Enjoy.
Gas Mask Character, HEWS, Seattle (2nd and Lenora?)
Character, SNEKE, Seattle (2nd and Lenora)
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