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-[[..:HeadOfProgramming]] for [[..:Penguicon2007]], [[..:MinisterOfCommunication]] for [[..:Penguicon2005]] and [[..:Penguicon2006]], [[..:Program Book]] for Penguicon 2004 through 2006
+[[..:HeadOfProgramming]] for [[..:Penguicon2007]], [[..:MinisterOfCommunication]] for [[..:Penguicon2005]] and [[..:Penguicon2006]], [[..:Program Book]] for Penguicon 2004 through 2006 [[..:.ConChair]] for Penguicon 2007.
-My first [[..:ScienceFiction]] convention was the first Penguicon. I've been helping to run it ever since, and have been a frequent panelist and presenter there in recent years. I'm on the board of directors of the [[..:AnnArborScienceFictionAssociation]] which runs [[..:ConFusion]], and cofounded the Macomb/Oakland Fandom Organization ([[..:MOFO]] for short). I am a transhumanist, speak Lojban (see LojbanPresentation), a coffee lover (see [[..:CoffeeRitual]]) and own too many back issues of WIRED Magazine to count.
+My first [[..:ScienceFiction]] convention was the first Penguicon. I've been helping to run it ever since, and have been a frequent panelist and presenter there in recent years. I presented the Lojban talk (see LojbanPresentation), and Coffee Ritual (see [[..:CoffeeRitual]]).
-Probably my most precious physical possession is my Palm Tungsten E, which you could almost call my [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exocortex|exocortex]]. I prefer to read Fictionwise ScienceFiction e-books on the screen of my handheld computer rather than buy them on paper. I'm a fan of [[CoryDoctorow]] and personally got him as a GoH for 2005, and fan of [[ChristinePeterson]] and [[CharlieStross]] who I got as GoHs for 2007.
+I have done desktop publishing for most of the ConFusion & Penguicon program books for the past decade. Frequent presenter/panelist/gamemaster. For the past ten years at Penguicon, variously: secretary, truck driver, GoH liaison, head of Programming, track head, Chair, assistant Chair, board member, and creator of website/signage/publications (usually multiple jobs at once). Past board member of the [[..:AnnArborScienceFictionAssociation]] which runs [[..:ConFusion]].
-I invented [[..:PanTropia]] and played it on a Hoberman Sphere at [[..:CafePenguicon]] and at Penguicon 2005. Speaking of games, I am also a fan of the 2006 Gaming GOHs from [[..:LooneyLabs]].
+I am heavily involved in i3Detroit, a hacker space (community workshop) in Ferndale which was a [[..:HackOfHonor]] at Penguicon. By specific request, time permitting, I can provide occasional publications, displays, flyers, web ads, banners, & other graphics. Also custom manufacturing of promo items with a laser cutter, adhesive vinyl plotter, 3d printer, & possibly a vacuum former.
-I do not come from the tech side of the convention, and have not programmed since I copied BASIC out of the back of Compute! Magazine in the eighties, but I know HTML and Cascading Style Sheets. I run UbuntuLinux on two desktops and a laptop (and I really like SymphonyOS a lot), but I also have one happy computer each of Windows and Mac, on which I run a lot of OpenSource software. You can take my FireFox for Windows, OpenOffice for Windows, and TheGimp for Windows, when you pry my MicroSoft computer from my cold, dead hands.
+I have expert-level knowledge of Photoshop, Illustrator, and In Design.
-I have expert-level knowledge of Photoshop, Illustrator, In Design, Quark X Press, and Macromedia Freehand. I've been using TheGimp more and more instead of Photoshop. I think InkScape and Scribus show promise as OpenSource replacements for Illustrator and In Design, but are not yet ready for prime time. In the meantime I'll keep playing with them and bug-testing them.
 At PenguiCon 2.0 in 2004 I was on the PanelDiscussions "Cyber-Age Mythology" and "The Future of the Divine" with SF author SarahZettel and a panel with CathyRaymond about creating a costume at the last minute called "Help! I Forgot My Costume." At PenguiCon 3.0 in 2005 I was on the PanelDiscussion "Collaborative Online Fiction" with SF authors CoryDoctorow and JohnScalzi.
-I recently wrote [[http://matt-arnold.livejournal.com/148281.html#cutid1|post on my blog]] about what open source software and science fiction might gain from each other at Penguicon.
+I prefer to read Fictionwise ScienceFiction e-books on the screen of my handheld computer rather than buy them on paper. I'm a fan of [[CoryDoctorow]] and personally got him as a GoH for 2005, and fan of [[ChristinePeterson]] and [[CharlieStross]] who I got as GoHs for 2007.
-[[http://www.nemorathwald.com|Matt's homepage]]
+I wrote [[http://matt-arnold.livejournal.com/148281.html#cutid1|post on my blog]] about what open source software and science fiction might gain from each other at Penguicon.
-[[http://www.nemorathwald.com/matt_arnold_links.htm|Matt's del.icio.us links]]
-[[http://www.nemorathwald.com/SFandF.htm|Matt's page about science fiction and futurics]]