Collecting advice for Gallifrey One attendees
Since searching Twitter isn’t that useful in the long run, I have decided to make a place to gather Gallifrey One attendee advice and hints. Anything reasonable and relatively neutral can be submitted and I’ll try to keep it somewhat organized.
Use any info here at your own risk… I can only assert the accuracy of my own contributions, and those may be tainted by a very long year since my last Gallifrey One convention.
Realtime chat about Gallifrey One can be found on Twitter with hashtag #gally
Note that this is not official or in any way associated with or endorsed by Gallifrey Conventions / Gallifrey One, or The Institute for Specialized Literature, Inc. (ISL), or any other organization or organized establishment or member/subscriber/shareholder thereof.
It’s just this one guy who goes by Gallifreyan on the Twitters who would like to help his fellow attendees and his own memory out.
If you do want the official word from Gallifrey One:
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/gallifreyone
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/#!/gallifreyone (organization)
and http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=110675018946666 (event)
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Veronica, 
España Sheriff 1:38 am on January 29, 2011 Permalink |
First thing that springs to mind that is not obvious unless you’ve been there is that the LAX Marriott has crappy reception in the convention area, so don’t rely on being able to get calls, text messages or 3G access while downstairs.
There are some spots where it works, but popping up to the lobby or outside is your best bet.
rsts11 5:12 pm on June 2, 2011 Permalink |
And remember that your phone or other cellular device will eat battery much faster when coverage is bad or non-existent. If you’re going to be in the depths of the hotel, you might consider airplane mode or turning it off during sessions.
rsts11 5:08 pm on October 26, 2011 Permalink |
So if you’re coming here from the GallifreyOne.com website or somewhere else, Welcome!
Note that there’s a lot more here than this page. Click on the page title above, or http://gallyhelp.wordpress.com/ to see the latest.
Aubrey 4:29 am on January 19, 2012 Permalink |
One suggestion that comes to mind, for new attendees, would be to find the Gallifrey CON-SUITE early on in the convention. There are plenty of Drinks and snacks to be had there, and basic foodstuffs like PB&J and Hot dogs. (Off and on.), This can save you a trip abroad or spending money in the hotel restaurants mid-day. I didn’t get wise to this for the first couple of years, But now I make regular Tea and snack runs there, during con. (Of course at the Marriott it always seems to be in the same room, so it’s pretty easy to find. It always seemed to be in a hard to find location when our con used to be held in the Van Nuys Airtel.)
rsts11 9:07 am on January 19, 2012 Permalink |
Yep. I think it’s been in the “basement” the last few years–you go up the escalator/elevator from the conference floor and past the registration desk, then down to the bottom floor of rooms. Helps that my room the last two years has been on the same floor
Thanks for the suggestion!
Veronica 11:57 am on February 7, 2012 Permalink |
What a GREAT site…..We, my 13 yr old and my 15 yr old will be attending for the 1st time this year……They will be THRILLED to peruse your links. Thank you so much for educating us newbies
oh 2:48 pm on October 7, 2012 Permalink |
It would be wise to configure a whovian Jabber ID for your mobile device and publish it here, and also have it and whatever other filterable contact information you would want to exchange preprinted
interweb search: public xmpp servers
http://jabber.me
is an excellent choice
be sure your XMPP client is OTR capable
https://guardianproject.info/wiki/Always_Secure_Messaging
XMPP will allow you to receive messages to ONE account on multiple devices logged in simultaneously. People can drop a note to your notebook in your room if you are not available at your mobile resource. Unlike other instant text communication XMPP provides excellent privacy management (you won’t be spammed to death if you post your Jabber ID in public). If you have secure internet access you can check for XMPP messages from free interweb clients like jappix or sparkweb.
Consider adding Glympse to your mobile (iOS, android, win, BB) to help people find exactly where you are, or for group migration to dinining areas or offsite events.
Bring extra mobile device batteries, a vehicle charger, and two wall chargers (one for room, and one for con)
Bring a bootable USB flash device to securely use public terminals or new “friends” devices. Boot safely into linux.
Bring a container for water and be hydration vigilant!
Bring extra snacks to share.