ARGFest 2010- Maureen McHugh keynote! where I'd like to be!

via 2010.argfestocon.com

Lots more detail on site but here's a teaser:

"Maureen McHugh to Keynote ARGFest

We are extremely pleased to announce that Maureen McHugh will be delivering the keynote this year. Maureen is an award winning science fiction writer who, for almost a decade now, has been exploring what it means to write in a transmedia environment. She has been a writer and/or managing editor behind some of the most popular and critically claimed experiences to date including I Love Bees (Halo 2), Why So Serious (The Dark Knight), and Year Zero (the Nine Inch Nails album of the same name).

Credits aside, Maureen has an incredible grasp how to write and deliver a story across mediums in a way that draws people in. She understands how to work with designers, producers, and technology in a way that brings a story to life for the audience without the technology or complexity becoming a barrier. It’s a tricky balancing act and one that few can do as well.
We hope that you will join us on Friday, July 16 for what is sure to be an evening filled with insights & fun stories from the trenches.

Connecting the dots

Have you heard of a dotmocracy? It’s a pretty cool concept… you write an issue or idea on a piece of paper and folks can fill in a little bubble indicating how much they agree or disagree with the statement. It’s not only a great way to get a feel for how a group is thinking about things, but it starts conversations. And it’s something that we’re going to be doing at ARGFest this year.

We’ll have posters up throughout the conference where you can add your thoughts and even elaborate on them if you want. Friday, right before the last session of the day, we’ll quickly flip through the posters and let everyone know some of the results, talk about some of the controversies (or lack thereof), and see how we compare with the folks participating online. After the Fest, we’ll post the results for all to see.

The thing is… we need ideas & issues to put on the posters. That’s where you come in! Tweet your ideas, using the #argfest hashtag, and we’ll put the best dozen or so up for the dotmocracy. Don’t tweet? Then leave a comment!
Here are a couple examples to get you started:

There will never be a mainstream ARG.

All media will become transmedia.

Puzzles are pointless!"

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