[games_access] GDC S.F preparation, status.

[Mark Barlet]

Sure, I can see what I can do with number 4

Mark

Sent from a handset.

On Aug 1, 2008, at 6:45 AM, "d. michelle hinn" <hinn at uiuc.edu> wrote:

> Thanks Thomas!
>
> What a relief! Thank you so much! I've been getting pumped full of  
> IV antibiotics and all kinds of stuff to try and get this under  
> control. There's a rather alarming documentary on the disease at:
>
> http://www.openeyepictures.com/underourskin/index.html
>
> I could hardly watch the trailer because I am so freaked out that we  
> didn't catch it early enough (every day matters with this thing).  
> So, Thomas, I absolutely don't mind you stepping in to assist AT  
> ALL. Perhaps you could help sort out some ideas beyond where I am  
> now (see below). I think that I have three solid ones that I think  
> will get accepted but I need some people to commit to those sessions  
> now so that I have descriptions of EXACTLY what tech talk solutions  
> we'll have, etc etc. So people -- now is not the time to ignore the  
> call -- these are our GDC passes for this next year!! Please let  
> both Thomas and I know, off list, which ones you want to help out  
> with as I'll need to get bio info, etc for when I put them into the  
> system.
>
> Thomas -- I'll send you my files sometime today or tomorrow so that  
> people can read and give feedback on them. Luckily I have three that  
> are almost done (see below) before this happened so I feel pretty  
> confident that we'll be able to get this done with no one spending  
> days at a time awake (me..hehe).
>
> So...
>
> To be brief (since I still can hardly type), my plan was to put in  
> the (1 Accessibility Arcade again only updated, (2) put together an  
> Accessibility 101 session where people could get a "crash course" in  
> an hour (I'm basing this on the feedback we are now getting that  
> people want us to explain accessibility more after seeing the  
> arcade), and (3) a "tech talk" panel on solutions for programmers  
> (this is the Advanced course for accessibility for those who  
> complain that we don't give them solutions). So those are the three  
> that I am focusing in on for my part of the writing and planning and  
> they are mostly done - just need editing.
>
> What other suggestions do people have for other sessions?
>
> What suggestions do people have for "must haves" in the arcade this  
> year (companies to sponsor us, devices to show, etc)?
>
> Who wants to be on the "tech talk" panel and what will you talk  
> about? This should be about 3-4 people giving super fast "solutions  
> that work" demos along with the technical bits behind it.
>
> For a fourth option, we could try to put together a "community"  
> panel with those with disabilities talking about their experiences,  
> etc.
>
> This last one is going to be hard to get accepted so if there's  
> enough interest in it from the list, we need to really make that  
> write up spectacular. I said this because I know now how  
> conservative GDC is becoming the bigger it gets. But if someone  
> wants to take the community idea and have a go at putting it  
> together, we definitely should. I can help on that one but I'm  
> hoping someone else (Mark Bartlet? This might be up your alley!) can  
> sketch out the plan (who would be a part of it, why it's an  
> important session to be at, etc, etc).
>
> Ok, back to not typing. That was an impressive amount for me given  
> my track record lately...
>
> M
>
>> Hello Michelle and all,
>>
>> I want to help out preparing for GDC but I don't know the status of  
>> the content so far, i.e what people have submitted to Michelle  
>> (have asked Michelle but I guess the Lyme disease is stopping her  
>> writing)
>>
>> (Michelle, I hope you don't mind I take some action managing this,  
>> I just want to do something so you don't end up doing it yourself,  
>> especially now with the disease).
>>
>> Putting stuff on the wiki came up earlier this week (or last week?)  
>> and as Michelle has the Lyme disease I have offered to help out  
>> editing the wiki.
>>
>> I suggest that we all put our stuff up on the wiki so Michelle  
>> won't have to manage it all by herself. I have begun to do so  
>> myself (sketchy version up right now, easier to write offline). If  
>> we all follow the GDC guidelines for submissions it should make the  
>> process smooth. I have yet to do so for my stuff :).
>
>>
>> Final deadline is August 11, so if all could please upload texts by  
>> August 6 it gives me a few days to edit. Thank you.
>>
>> Have a nice weekend,
>>
>> Kind regards
>> Thomas
>>
>>
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