Since the Twitter search function officially stinks, I’m collecting my Worldcon 75 commentary in a blog format for better archiving.
First, I wrote a series of initial tweets thanking just some of the people building…
Organizing my @Worldcon75 thoughts will take time. In the meanwhile, below are some well-deserved thanks.
— Playfully Grownup (@PGH_by_Eppu) August 18, 2017
First and foremost, thank you @Eemeli_Aro for spearheading both the @helsinkiin2015 & @helsinkiin2017 bid. #Worldcon75
— Playfully Grownup (@PGH_by_Eppu) August 18, 2017
Thank you everyone who volunteered for both #Worldcon75 bids and spread the word; thank you @Saija_Aro for bid work & co-chairing…
— Playfully Grownup (@PGH_by_Eppu) August 18, 2017
…thank you @crystalvisits – there wouldn't be a Finnish worldcon w/out your tireless work! https://t.co/efPp81HUBQ
— Playfully Grownup (@PGH_by_Eppu) August 18, 2017
Thank you @jukkahoo for chairing and @kartsi & @yesTHATColette for vice-chairing #Worldcon75.
— Playfully Grownup (@PGH_by_Eppu) August 18, 2017
Thank you @drkarenlord for your masterful, mindful, world class performances as toastmistress. #Worldcon75
— Playfully Grownup (@PGH_by_Eppu) August 18, 2017
Thank you @nwbrux for administering the Hugo Awards for #Worldcon75. So. Much. Work you, Kathryn Duval & al. did!
— Playfully Grownup (@PGH_by_Eppu) August 18, 2017
…and/or working at the con.
A very special thanks to registration. Fastest, most convenient event registration ever. Kudos! #Worldcon75
— Playfully Grownup (@PGH_by_Eppu) August 18, 2017
To top it off, I heard through the grapevine that the registration dept heads had never handled this large an operation before. #Worldcon75
— Playfully Grownup (@PGH_by_Eppu) August 18, 2017
If other worldcons could learn only one thing from @Worldcon75, smooth registration is my pick.
— Playfully Grownup (@PGH_by_Eppu) August 18, 2017
For dealing w more crowd control & queue management than anyone was able to foresee, TY @worldcon75 security (Turva). Much appreciation!
— Playfully Grownup (@PGH_by_Eppu) August 18, 2017
Thank you design & devops for a beautiful job, and programming for rocking it! #Worldcon75
— Playfully Grownup (@PGH_by_Eppu) August 18, 2017
Also, sincere thanks to @worldcon75 tech support, AV & listeners for improving the members' con experience.
— Playfully Grownup (@PGH_by_Eppu) August 18, 2017
…and/or putting together wonderful panels.
Next, a few personal panel favorites & thanks. #Worldcon75
— Playfully Grownup (@PGH_by_Eppu) August 18, 2017
TY Johanna Sinisalo, Kelvin Jackson, Cenk Gokce @clundoff @john_chu for perceptive Pronouns, Who Needs Gender Pronouns panel. #Worldcon75
— Playfully Grownup (@PGH_by_Eppu) August 18, 2017
Also TY to @ThoraiyaDyer @KameronHurley @carolinehooton @katsudonburi @neilwilliamson for In Defense of the Unlikeable Heroine. #Worldcon75
— Playfully Grownup (@PGH_by_Eppu) August 18, 2017
Non-binary Representation in Fiction: 2 panelists unable to attend; @D_Libris & @ninocipri kept discussion interesting. Kudos! #Worldcon75
— Playfully Grownup (@PGH_by_Eppu) August 18, 2017
Thank you @JeanJAuthor, S.J. Groenewegen, Walter Jon Williams & audience for all the rec:s in Military SF by Women Authors panel #Worldcon75
— Playfully Grownup (@PGH_by_Eppu) August 18, 2017
Thank you Baron Dave Romm for Art of the Snapshot & Mark Halmagiu for To Boldly No: Realism in Space Sci-Fi panels. #Worldcon75
— Playfully Grownup (@PGH_by_Eppu) August 18, 2017
Older Women in Genre Fiction: thanks to @clundoff @deliasherman w/ Liisa Rantalaiho & Helena McCallum for thoughtful discussion. #Worldcon75
— Playfully Grownup (@PGH_by_Eppu) August 18, 2017
TY @CherylMorgan @ThomasArnfelt @BluejoWalton @GillianPolack @scottlynch78 for instructive, astute Gender & “Realistic History” #Worldcon75
— Playfully Grownup (@PGH_by_Eppu) August 18, 2017
Also, for the most considerate & thoughtful panel moderation I've seen at a con, thank you @scottlynch78 / Gender and “Realistic History”.
— Playfully Grownup (@PGH_by_Eppu) August 18, 2017
Loved comments by @nniskanen @aliettedb @emmi_elina @kyliu99 @JakobDrud at Pullantuoksuinen – Writing While Multilingual panel. #Worldcon75
— Playfully Grownup (@PGH_by_Eppu) August 18, 2017
TY @CoraBuhlert @shaunduke @tnielsenhayden @SFF180 for keeping Book Blogs panel chipper at 10am on the last day of a 5-day con. #Worldcon75
— Playfully Grownup (@PGH_by_Eppu) August 18, 2017
History as Worldbuilding = such a fantastic panel to finish my #Worldcon75 with.
— Playfully Grownup (@PGH_by_Eppu) August 18, 2017
Sincere thanks, @ThomasArnfelt @JaceyBedford @heatherosejones @BluejoWalton @GusWatson, for History as Worldbuilding. #Worldcon75
— Playfully Grownup (@PGH_by_Eppu) August 18, 2017
#Worldcon75 History as Worldbuilding panel tidbit: a word existed for 'turd wrapped in newspaper and tossed over your neighbor's fence'.
— Playfully Grownup (@PGH_by_Eppu) August 18, 2017
Re: that History as Worldbuilding tidbit: languages are awesome! Too bad I missed who shared the detail (and where & when it was used).
— Playfully Grownup (@PGH_by_Eppu) August 18, 2017
Last but certainly not the least:
Finally, THANK YOU @worldcon75 fans and voters. Thank you GoHs, volunteers & staff. We literally *couldn't* have a con without you. Kiitos!
— Playfully Grownup (@PGH_by_Eppu) August 18, 2017
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