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And KansasFest attendee Bruce Baker captured a few minutes here and there of four of the sessions:
A concerted and official effort will be made to record future KansasFest sessions. In the meantime, our thanks to the above volunteers for providing us with this media.
During this year's KansasFest, Earl Evans of the Retrobits podcast interviewed KansasFest attendee Ken Gagne about the event (iTunes). The episode, published this week, was recorded last Thursday, halfway through KansasFest 2009. Among the general info about the conference's history and traditions is a look at this year's sessions, attendees, and keynote speaker.
Also recorded live at KansasFest was A2Unplugged (iTunes), hosted by Ryan Suenaga and co-hosted by Juiced.GS associate editor Andy Molloy.
Ken also appeared earlier this summer on the RetroMacCast podcast (iTunes), where he talked about how he got involved in KansasFest and how it differs from larger shows like Macworld Expo.
Each year, KansasFest encourages its attendees to compete in a number of silly contests. One of those contests is the Door Sign contest, in which entrants decorate the door of their dorm room. This year's winner was Mark Frischknecht, who created a Breakout-theme design, which was adapted to film by KansasFest organizer Tony Diaz, with help from Mark, Ivan Drucker, and Paul Zaleski:
In addition to our live Twitter feed, KansasFest.org offers many vicarious experiences for those who want to attend but cannot.
In our photo gallery is a link to Ryan Suenaga's photos, which he is regularly updating. And our file archive has many downloadable sessions that have been presented this week, with more to come.
KansasFest 2009 begins today! We have many sessions, workshops, presentations, and contests being held this week. You can find the full schedule online. If you use a calendar program such as iCal or Outlook, you can add these events to your schedule by subscribing to this feed:
KansasFest 2009 begins tomorrow! As a variety of activities and announcements occur, you can keep tuned to this Web site for updates.
Kirk Mitchell, who traditionally provides on-the-scene coverage of KansasFest in his posts to the comp.sys.apple2 newsgroup, will this year also be reporting live via the microblogging service Twitter. You can follow his updates on KansasFest's official Twitter feed.
If you're on Twitter, please join the discussion! When Twittering about KansasFest, be sure to use the event's official hashtag, which is #KFest. We've set up a live Twitter feed right here on the Web site for anyone's tweets that feature the #KFest tag.
If you are flying into or out of the Kansas City International Airport and need a ride to or from Rockhurst University, we're happy to provide! Carl Knoblock's Peikop Endroprov taxi service will get you where you're going. Just fill out the attached form with your travel dates, times, airlines, and flight numbers, and we'll coordinate for you to get to and from KansasFest. (This service is provided by KansasFest attendees to other KansasFest attendees. Contributions to offset gas and car rental costs are not expected but are appreciated.)
The KansasFest Early Bird registration rate expired on June 1st, but for those who have not yet signed up to attend this event, there's still an incentive: Anyone who registers before July 14th at the currently advertised rates gets a free 2009 subscription to Juiced.GS, the last remaining Apple II publication still in print. Such a deal! You need not jump through any hurdles or apply any special discount codes; just register per usual, either online or off, and your first two issues will be waiting for you in Kansas City. (Offer not valid to current subscribers.)
