Thank you to all who contributed their KansasFest 2009 sessions to our Web site's archive!  We added more files this year than in several other years combined.  That, along with additional file formats for even greater accessibility to these sessions, quickly grew the KFest archive to unwieldy proportions.

We are happy today to unveil a completely redesigned file archive. This new layout is easier to read; is viewable with all major Web browsers, including Safari, Firefox, and Lynx; and is sortable.  Want to find all of 2005's files, or all of Eric Shepherd's presentations, or all HackFest entries, or all sessions available in PDF format?  Just click on the column header, and they'll leap to the top! (or bottom!)

Thanks again to everyone who has allowed their files to be converted, uploaded, and made available.

If you have any suggestions for this or any other aspect of KansasFest.org, please feel free to share.

In addition to yesterday's aural coverage of KansasFest 2009, several of this year's events were also captured on film. Sean Fahey of A2Central.com recorded the entirety of Jason Scott's keynote speech, up until the open Q&A afterward:

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:

For his efforts, Mark won a copy of the Welcome to Macintosh documentary:

Even better, the DVD was signed by Vince Briel, who was at KansasFest hosting a Replica-1-making workshop. Vince is featured in the documentary:

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.

Meanwhile, A2Central.com is posting daily news updates, and various reports are making their way to the comp.sys.apple2 newsgroup as well.

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:

webcal://www.kansasfest.org/?ec3_ical

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.)