Readercon Semi-Report
Jul. 18th, 2008 03:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
julieandrewsSo the hotel at Readercon doesn't have free wifi. What the frell is up with that?
Since they charge from noon-to-noon, I wasn't going to pay 10$ this morning to have it for three hours, most of which time I'd be finding food or in panels. So I waited until after noon. Naturally, it wasn't a simple process to get connected. I had to call their tech support number and talk to them for 7 minutes while they let me through their little gatekeeper portal manually.
That isn't the only thing I dislike about the hotel. Here's a list.
1. No shuttle from the airport. Even though I didn't travel by air, I could've gone to the airport and gotten here faster on a shuttle.
2. No food within reasonable walking distance. There is a free shuttle that goes around the area, but you have to wait for it. Then call later for a pickup.
3. Our room smells funny.
4. My key card never works the first time. It's been taking on average three tries to get the door open.
5. They don't have their full complement of elevators working. We all know this is quite problematic for a con. Especially when the consuite is on one level and the other con stuff on another.
Here's another list, on why Readercon is cool so far:
1. Freebies! Good stuff on the freebie table.
2. Lots of writers whose names I know. I'm even starting to recognize people now.
3. Interesting panels.
4. All the events seem to be on one floor and in a relatively small area.
Hrm.. can't come up with a fifth to make it all even and level and stuff. Oh well.
There's no lunch or dinner break, so I'm not sure when I'm going to get something more to eat or what it'll be. I have plans to check out the consuite at some point.
More in a later post.
Since they charge from noon-to-noon, I wasn't going to pay 10$ this morning to have it for three hours, most of which time I'd be finding food or in panels. So I waited until after noon. Naturally, it wasn't a simple process to get connected. I had to call their tech support number and talk to them for 7 minutes while they let me through their little gatekeeper portal manually.
That isn't the only thing I dislike about the hotel. Here's a list.
1. No shuttle from the airport. Even though I didn't travel by air, I could've gone to the airport and gotten here faster on a shuttle.
2. No food within reasonable walking distance. There is a free shuttle that goes around the area, but you have to wait for it. Then call later for a pickup.
3. Our room smells funny.
4. My key card never works the first time. It's been taking on average three tries to get the door open.
5. They don't have their full complement of elevators working. We all know this is quite problematic for a con. Especially when the consuite is on one level and the other con stuff on another.
Here's another list, on why Readercon is cool so far:
1. Freebies! Good stuff on the freebie table.
2. Lots of writers whose names I know. I'm even starting to recognize people now.
3. Interesting panels.
4. All the events seem to be on one floor and in a relatively small area.
Hrm.. can't come up with a fifth to make it all even and level and stuff. Oh well.
There's no lunch or dinner break, so I'm not sure when I'm going to get something more to eat or what it'll be. I have plans to check out the consuite at some point.
More in a later post.
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Date: 2008-07-18 10:50 pm (UTC)Seriously, though--I envy you. Love that con.
JeffV
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Date: 2008-07-18 10:51 pm (UTC)Jeff
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Date: 2008-07-19 01:30 am (UTC)