fediverse follow-up to a #worldcon question i want to continue to explore...

in this world of very inexpensive, llm-driven content generation, trusted curation is going to matter a lot! who/what are the editors, writers, zines, sites, etc. you recommend that curate the SF/F you like to read? (i like to flex my reading muscles, so i'm ideally looking for written content over podcasts, etc.)

There’s more space under the umbrella of interactive fiction than I knew, coming from the Zork corner of that universe.

I’ve been a fan of the puzzle-style games as long as I can remember. I always keep a bunch of Andrew Plotkin’s games (and other authors) in Frotz on my phone for spare moments.

The panelists’ advice for getting started was simple: try writing a choose your own adventure game in Twine. Just give it a try!

They highlighted an excellent example of modern interactive fiction: The Writer Will Do Something.

No one mentioned MUDs, MOOs, and other multiplayer text-based games. Maybe those games are not literate enough? 🤔

Justin Bortnick, Tina Connolly, Langley Hyde, Andrew Plotkin, Stephen Grande

#worldcon #interactivefiction

Several very different points of view on the panel. Let’s hope this stays civil.

Neil Clarke, Dr. Corey Frazier, Jason Sanford, Emily M. Bender, Cassie Alexander

#worldcon #writing #ai

i got a custom made shirt for next week!

#worldcon

upcoming plans:

• WorldCon, Seattle, Aug. 13–17, 2025
• Dragon Con, Atlanta, Aug. 28–Sep. 1, 2025

i pains me to miss Gen Con this weekend, but it would be three cons in ~5 weeks!

i think my whole family may make it to dragon con this year—it started out as our annual family vacation, so it's very nice when that still works out.

#worldcon #dragoncon #gencon

i ordered a shirt a while ago from the second weaving of the Worldcon 2024 tartan. it has arrived!

#worldcon #tartan

I've been on the Fediverse since January 2017. I initially ran a single-user instance of Mastodon. In March 2020 I started to write Ktistec, my own implementation of an ActivityPub server in Crystal (a language with the ergonomics of Ruby but the speed of Go) because I wanted something more supportive of writing. This #introduction was written and published on Epiktistes, my Ktistec instance.

I'm an Engineer by training but now I run teams for companies in climate-tech.

I love #music, #sciencefiction and #fantasy literature (yes, I'm an R. A. Lafferty fan), attend fan conventions like #worldcon and #dragoncon, and do regular #weightlifting. I am also learning to play the #bagpipes, and I'm (re)learning #japanese.

the impact of my fan/gaming convention schedule on my open source contributions this year...

#worldcon #dragoncon

worldcon glasgow had a registered tartan created for the event called "landing zone glasgow". unfortunately, they sold out of the first weaving before i could order.

i found out a few days ago that they are taking preorders for a second weaving. this is amazingly great news! a vest is in my future!

#worldcon #glasgow2024 #tartan

only two weeks between #worldcon and #dragoncon