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1-8-2008 (Tyger)
Drive Recovered!
We were able to recover the data from the drive that was deemed dead by our hosting provider. I will slowly be restoring pages to backups as appropriate. If a page doesn't load, come back later or pop an email to tyger-at-notacon-dot-org to let me know about it. I'm not sure how long the repair will take, since I've got a day job taking up most of my time. Remember kids, when in doubt back up those files!

1-4-2008 (Tyger)
Notacon Server Failed
We had a drive failure on the notacon server on 1-2-2008. It was at this moment that we learned that backups weren't working correctly, and this oversight has caused a bunch of lost man hours trying to get a new server up as fast as possible. The site has been rebuilt thanks to both google cache and archive.org. We're digging through older backups and we have received the dead drive from the hosting company to attempt to get the data off of it any way we can.
We've taken this opportunity to change how prereg works, registrations are now handled by our store which uses SSL. Also, the news rss feed will likely be moving to our new blog site. I'm going to do my best to either point the old feed at it somehow, or make sure this entry hits the old feed address, even though the details of that rss file are now gone.
Bear with us as we try to make lemonaid from these lemons and improve/enhance the features of our site.

12-31-2007 (Tyger)
Blockparty Invite Released
The invitation for Blockparty 2008 premiered at the Ultimate Meeting 2007 and got 6th place in the high-end demo category. It can be downloaded from the Blockparty site. Special thanks to everyone involved with the creation of this invite!

12-21-2007 (Tyger)
Notacon and Blockparty Speakers Posted
The first 7 speakers for Notacon and Blockparty have been posted on the speaker page. The Notacon page includes the Blockparty speaker list for easy lookup.
Want to see your name on this list? Submit a proposal! Also, don't forget to pre-register and book a room at the Holiday Inn.

12-20-2007 (Tyger)
Hotel Reservation Link Available
The URL to reserve your hotel room for notacon is now available! Remember, by reserving a room in the Notacon block you help defray the costs of the space which allows us to continue throwing Notacon! The number of the rooms in the block will be posted as soon as it is confirmed with the hotel.

12-5-2007 (Tyger)
Blockparty Unveils New Site
If you attended last year, you know that Blockparty organizer Jason Scott promised that he would hold 5 Blockparty events annually. Back for year 2, they have again decided to pair with us at Notacon! The Blockparty 2008 site just went live. It features the competition rules for Blockparty 2008 as well as their first speaker.

11-2-2007 (Tyger)
Phreaknic Followup
Our room party at Phreaknic was a roaring success. We left half of our bar in Nashville. Thanks to all of the people we spoke with there. Hope to see some of you at Notacon.

9-13-2007 (Tyger)
OLF Afterparty Sponsored by Notacon
For the 3rd year in a row, Notacon will be hosting the Ohio LinuxFest afterparty! This year we will be featuring Dual Core (As seen at Notacon 4). As a note, OLF admission is *free* (with an optional paid ticket which includes lunch and goodies).

9-3-2007 (Tyger)
Make/Share A Notacon Banner
We already have our first 2 website banners available, curtesy of Drew Ivan from Dial-A-Dork. Check out our section on Promoting and Publicity for these 2 banners. We also make available our fonts and logo for you to make your own banner.

8-1-2007 (Tyger)
Notacon 5 Pre-Reg and CFP Open!
As of August 1, the Call For Proposals and Pre-Registration are open for Notacon 5. We hope to see you there!

7-2-2007 (Froggy)
Celebrate the 4th with Notacon
Not only is July 4th a celebration of the birth of the US, this year it marks exactly nine months until the start of Notacon 5! That's right, we have selected the dates for next year.

Notacon 5
April 4-6, 2008
Holiday Inn Select City Centre Lakeside

Celebrate the 4th with the founders of Notacon with our new commercial, Nota4th.

4-25-2007 (Tyger)
Ride/Room Share Board
This is a quick reminder that the Notacon Forums have a ride and room share section. If you have any ride share space or room space available, please post to the forum. If you are looking for a ride or room share, please post to the forum. Thanks.

4-22-2007 (Froggy)
Pre-Registration Closed
Tickets will be available at the door for $80. To those of you who didn't get a chance to register for our discounted rates, we hope to still see you at Notacon.

4-20-2007 (Froggy)
Pre-Reg Deadline Extended
Due to popular demand and recent publicity, the deadline for pre-registering for Notacon is now Sunday, April 22nd at 9pm. Please take advantage of this extended opportunity to pick up a cheaper registration. Sorry, due to time constraints only PayPal payments can be processed. However, you do not need a PayPal account to pay with credit card!

4-18-2007 (Vitruvius)
Ingenuity Featured Artist
During Notacon, you'll be able to get a sneak preview of some stuff planned for this summer's Ingenuity Festival. James Levin will be talking a little bit during Notacon's opening ceremonies on Friday, and Kasumi will be demonstrating some of her amazing artistic talent (we may be adding to that lineup as well, so stay tuned).

4-17-2007 (Tyger)
Jam Session and Notacon Video Project
Two more new events have been added to Notacon this year.
The first is the Jam Session, our attempt at a "freeform participatory audio experience." The jam session will take place Friday night after the Talent Show. Every Notacon participant is invited to bring "something that makes noise", whether it be a musical instrument or something completely outrageous. All skill levels are welcomed. Think of a mix of musical performance, noise, and craziness. It promises to be a fun time.
The second is the Notacon Video Project. The idea is based on the NPR Story Corps project. We will have a video camera set up to record anyone who wants to express themselves. The contents of the recording will be edited together and shown at Ingenuity, and will also be available for download once complete.

4-12-2007 (Tyger)
Maps
We've added a couple of interactve maps that feature local attractions both around the hotel and around the greater Cleveland area using the My Maps feature from Google Maps. We hope this will be helpful in planning food and electronics runs for all of our attendees.

4-10-2007 (Tyger)
Updates and Reminders
The official room block for Notacon closed today. If you have not yet booked your room, secure one now. There are likely still rooms available, but we cannot guarantee the conference rate. You will need to work with the hotel directly.
If you have not yet registered for Notacon, pre-registration will close on April 20th at 9pm. After that time, any remaining registrations will be available at the door for $80, so save yourself some cash!
Blockparty competition information is available. All registered Notacon attendees are invited to participate! (Let's just say that Blockparty has some really great prizes.)

4-2-2007 (Tyger)
Notacon Ad Released
Froggy created our first full motion Notacon ad! You can see it on YouTube or get the better quality version from our Publicity section.

3-31-2007 (Tyger)
Notacon 3 A/V Recordings Released
True to form, the audio and video recordings from Notacon 3 are up just in time for Notacon 4! We strive to get them out earlier next year. Due to some technical difficulties, we are still processing just a few files, but wanted to release those that are complete at this time.

3-27-2007 (Tyger)
$50 Registrations Sold Out
Last night the last $50 registration was sold. We still have a good number of the other price brackets available, so get yours today!

3-20-2007 (Tyger)
New Events Posted
We have added two more new events to this year's Notacon. First, the winner of last year's talent show, int eighty (of Dual Core), will be opening for the talent show with music from his brand new album. Second, the Lock Picking Pagoda hosted by the Packet Sniffers where participants can learn more about physical security measures.
Stay tuned as we continue to add more information to the site.

3-15-2007 (Tyger)
Speaker Schedule Posted
The speaker schedule for Notacon 2007 has been posted. We will soon be filling in the rest the schedule with our planned events.

3-14-2007 (Tyger)
BlockParty Invite Released
The BlockParty Invitation Demo, created by Northern Dragons is now available for download. This demo was the second place winner in the Demos Newskool category at Numerica.

3-7-2007 (Tyger)
Michael DeAloia to Keynote Notacon 4
The "tech czar" for the City of Cleveland, Michael DeAloia, will be the keynote speaker at this year's Notacon, April 27th-29th in downtown Cleveland. Mr. DeAloia will be delivering an address on the development of the creative economy in Cleveland...
Read the whole Press Release

2-23-2007 (Tyger)
Meet the Bloggers Interview Posted
The re-recorded interview of Froggy, Tyger, Vitruvius, and Muchomas had made it on-line. We sat around on February 21st, and now you can hear it. Check it out on the Meet the Bloggers site. And see the Meet the Bloggers crew at Notacon.

2-12-2007 (Tyger)
Meet the Bloggers Interview Rescheduled
Due to technical difficulties the Meet the Bloggers interview was not able to be posted. As such, we are redoing the interview on February 21st.

2-10-2007 (Tyger)
Tshirt Design Contest Extended
After looking at our schedule we've decided to extend the tshirt design contest to close on March 1, 2007. Please see the Contest Rules for more information.

2-1-2007 (Tyger)
CFP Is Closed
The Notacon 2007 CFP is now closed. Stay tuned to the site as we post the finalized speaker list and start working on our schedule. Thank you to everyone who submitted a proposal.

1-31-2007 (Tyger)
Prizes For AbE Announced
This year's Anything but Ethernet Competition prizes have been added to the Notacon wiki page. We are pleased to have 2 new prize sponsors this year for AbE: EAE Sales and Serial Wombat. Information about the prizes is available on the wiki.

1-10-2007 (Tyger)
Meet the Bloggers Interview
Froggy, Tyger, Muchomas, and Vitruvius were interviewed for the Meet the Bloggers podcast. Stay tuned to their site to hear the one hour interview.

1-7-2007 (Tyger)
Notacon Public Wiki
The Notacon Wiki, previously only available at Notacon, is now online! We've opened up the public wiki as a location to store information about the ever changing rules of Anything But Ethernet, as well as N4C the new Notacon Special Event HAM Radio Station.
The wiki also includes information like places to eat in the Downtown Cleveland area, and information from the Notacon Website about getting involved. Feel free to participate in stocking the wiki for Notacon 2007.

1-6-2007 (Tyger)
CFP Extended
Back by tradition, we are extending our Call For Proposals nearly 4 weeks to February 1, 2007. Our proposals committee has been really busy over the holidays, and we now have 3 Blockparty speakers and 9 Notacon presentations slated. Check our our Speaker Page as it continues to grow.

12-17-2006 (Tyger)
First 3 Speakers for Notacon 4
Our first 3 speakers for Notacon 4 are now listed on the Speaker Page. Talk topics include Wikipedia, 3D graphics on vintage hardware and a posthumous phone presentation. We hope to have another round of selected speakers added to the site shortly.

12-15-2006 (Tyger)
Meet the Bloggers at Notacon
Cleveland group Meet the Bloggers will be interviewing Froggy and Tyger on January 10th for their podcast. They will also have a table at Notacon where they intend to conduct interviews.

12-7-2006 (Tyger)
Special Event Station at Notacon 4
New to HAM radio? Want to interact with others interested in radio? Then this Notacon is for you! For the first time at Notacon we will have our own special event station, N4C, set up for the duration of the con. To get involved with N4C email Bunsen (callsign KC2PIT) at [callsign]@notacon.org.

11-10-2006 (Tyger)
Blockparty@Notacon Update
Our parter organization this year, Blockparty, has posted a smattering of new information about what they'll be doing for their demoparty.

10-13-2006 (Froggy)
Blockparty @ Notacon
Ever been to a demoparty? No? Well, if you attend Notacon in 2007, you'll get your chance. This year Notacon will combine forces with a new demo party in North America called Blockparty. Get more information!

10-1(2)-2006 (Tyger)
Tshirt Contest now open
We have opened the Tshirt Design Contest for 2007. This year the specifications and rules have changed slightly, partially from some small bugs with last year. If you have questions, feel free to email the submission address listed in the contest rules to get clarification.

10-1-2006 (Tyger)
Ohio LinuxFest Followup
Thanks to all of you who chatted with us at Ohio LinuxFest. We had a great time running our booth and really enjoyed throwing the party and hanging out with all of you. I hope you had a good time as well. We hope to see some of you at Notacon in April.

9-14-2006 (Tyger)
Notacon Hosting the Ohio LinuxFest Afterparty
As we did last year, Notacon will again have a booth at Ohio LinuxFest, and we will be providing the music for the afterparty. If you have any questions about Notacon, you can speak with a representative in person there, or contact us one of the many other ways. Hope to see you there.

8-3-2006 (Froggy)
Notacon 4 Call for Proposals now open
The Call for Proposals is now open for Notacon 4, April 27th trough 29th, 2007 at the Holiday Inn City Centre in Cleveland Ohio. Those interested in getting involved must submit their proposals by January 6th, 2007. Please see our website for the most up-to-date information.

7-20-2006 (Froggy)
Notacon 4 pre-registration open!
Pre-registration is now open for Notacon 4, April 27th trough 29th, 2007 at the Holiday Inn City Centre in Cleveland Ohio. We are doing things a bit differently this year by opening all price-levels at once. This is an effort to better support the needs and desires of our attendees and supporters.

Each price level has an attendance limit and once a level is sold out, it will be closed. Our anticipated cost to run Notacon this year is between $65 and $70 per person. If you are a poor college student or otherwise financially strapped, please take advantage of our cheaper registrations. If you have the means, please consider leaving the cheaper registrations available for our financially strapped attendees.

We are really stoked about doing another Notacon and will have many other exciting details available soon! Look for us at HOPE in New York City this weekend! Many Notacon staff and attendees will be present and participating!

6-15-2006 (Tyger)
NAC2 (2005) video available for download
The video files from Notacon 2 are now online! The audio and video files can be downloaded from the 2005 media page. We still have a ways to go before Notacon 3 content is available, but just because it's the "off season" doesn't mean we aren't working and planning for next year.

I am also cleaning up our archives to make them more intuitive and working out the bugs. Hopefully this will make it easier to browse our history.

6-1-2006 (Tyger)
NAC4 dates chosen
The dates for Notacon 4 have been chosen. It will take place April 27-29th, 2007 at the Holiday Inn Select Cleveland - City Center Lakeshore located in downtown Cleveland, Ohio. For those of you who have been to previous Notacons, this is the same hotel.

I spent some time archiving the old site today and making sure the current page links are at least more correct for Notacon 4, but it will of course take time to get things really going for next year.

I hope to soon be able to announce the opening of pre-regristration, as well as post our first fliers for 2007.

5-5-2006 (Tyger)
NAC3 shirts available online
The shirts from Notacon 2006 are now available from the FTS Conventures Notacon Store. Also available are the two parody shirts we had for sale at Notacon.

5-5-2006 (Tyger)
Poll for Notacon 4 dates
We've been in touch with the hotel regarding possible dates for Notacon 4 in 2007. Due to the lack of early April availability, we're have a set of dates in March, April, and May. We have set up a poll on the main site. Please vote on what weekend you would prefer. We of course have our own thoughts on the issue, but want to hear from our audience, because Notacon is all about the community.

4-16-2006 (Tyger)
Notacon 3 rocked!
Sorry for the delay of this news item. This seemed to be a great success this year. We know there are bugs to work out, but we're definately planning on having Notacon 4! Pre-reg will open as soon as we have a date and location!

Until then, we have a bunch of writeups and picture galleries featured on the main site. Also, I know Jason Scott has been working his butt off getting all of the content for Notacon Radio online.

And as a final plug, don't forget to check out all of our sponsors from Notacon 3.

Archived news from Notacon 3

Audio Visual rentals provided by Rentech Solutions

notacon 5

Creativity, Community and Technology

April 4th - 6th, 2008

Cleveland, Ohio

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