http://craftcon.org Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:21:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Below you will find a description for each conference session, plus supplemental materials and audio files from the conference. Craft Con 2008: Welcome & Introduction Introduction and welcome speech by Craft Con 2007 organizer, Rachel Hopodar of Medium Reality and Pandora's Trunk. Audio: « Welcome & Introduction CraftCon Session: HANDMADE Starring: « Emily Howes, craft researcher (moderator) « ... http://craftcon.org/2008/07/22/craft-con-2007/ Whew, what an action-packed weekend! To judge based on those of you that we spoke with afterwards everyone had a great time and learned TONS. Please post any blog wrap-ups or press in the comments and we will be sure to add them to the list! Special thanks again ... http://craftcon.org/2008/04/12/wrap-up/ So you want to see the city? Well let us birds of a feather flock together and check out some of the cool and crafty sights in San Francisco. Tour will start at 3 pm at La Boulange, 500 Hayes St (between Laguna St & Octavia St). We'll make our ... http://craftcon.org/2008/04/03/fridays-mixers/ Here is the info on what the final order of things has turned up to be - and final details on Friday's activities. All sessions will be held at Brava Theatre 2789 24th St SF. Craft Con 2008 Complete Schedule http://craftcon.org/2008/04/03/final-schedule-for-the-weekend/ Here are all of the organizations that have sponsored us! We want to thank them for helping to make this event possible. Maker Faire We love Maker Faire not only for helping to make the conference possible, but also because it is just so freaking fun! What could be better ... http://craftcon.org/2008/03/31/thank-you/ The SF Bay Area online transit hub is here: http://transit.511.org The theatre (where all sessions will be held) is a pleasant walk through a flat and sunny neighborhood from 24th and Mission St BART, for those coming from East or South. People traveling within the city will be pleased to know that SF ... http://craftcon.org/2008/03/30/transit/ Hotel and hostel options have been discussed on the yahoo group here;  if people are also willing to post things that have been suggested there into the comments here too it would be helpful I bet! http://craftcon.org/2008/03/29/where-to-stay/ This list will be updated on a rolling basis. We will continue to accept applicants provisionally until the venue has filled. What does this mean? The official application period for attending Craft Con 2008 has closed. But, do not despair! You may apply on a ... http://craftcon.org/2008/03/25/attendee-roll-call/ Crafty Style Gala Live art and fashion construction by Onerary and Architect G from Pandora's Trunk Live ambient soundscapes quartet with Mika Pontecorvo electric cello, guitar/flute, electronics/percussion and drumsFree photobooth (play dress-up) DIY craft station (make yer own souvenirs) Food and drink (attending this gala is free for all conference attendees) What is this revolution all ... http://craftcon.org/2008/03/25/gala/ It has come to our attention that some applications are not going through. We have attempted to pinpoint the problem, and it seems Mac users browsing in Firefox are a common denominator. Unfortunately, there's no time to work out the bugs, so we have replaced the website based form ... http://craftcon.org/2008/03/19/application-alert/