[kwlug-disc] Cory Doctorow tickets!

Mon Dec 4 23:53:09 EST 2017

I'd go but Waterloo is kinda far from me.

On Sat, Dec 2, 2017, 5:18 PM Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc <
kwlug-disc at kwlug.org> wrote:

>
> Last I heard they had reserved 308 out of 400 tickets. Could you
> help with the final push? Surely you know some people interested in
> technological issues but who are not members of KWLUG? Do you have
> friends and/or family who would benefit from hearing Doctorow speak?
> Invite them to attend the talk, or maybe drag them along.
>
> - Paul
>
> On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 02:27:51PM -0500, Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc wrote:
> >
> > Cory has posted about his talk to Boing Boing:
> >
> > https://boingboing.net/2017/11/28/formerly-berlin-ontario.html
> >
> > If you are on Facebook/Twitter you could use the Share/Tweet links at
> > the bottom of that post to spread the word. This is a good post
> > because it has both events on one page.
> >
> > If you are morally opposed to tweeting that post here is an existing
> > tweet you could retweet:
> >
> > https://twitter.com/WaterlooMath/status/935248131255685122
> >
> >
> > Somebody has posted the link on Reddit at /r/uwaterloo:
> >
> > https://redd.it/7gbd0a
> >
> > That could use some upvotes. In addition if somebody could post to
> > /r/kitchener and /r/waterloo that would be great.
> >
> > - Paul (who has no idea how to effectively promote events in this
> >   dystopic future)
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 05:44:27PM -0500, Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc
> wrote:
> > >
> > > So it seems that Doctorow tickets are not going as briskly as the
> > > organizers hoped. The last I heard they had given away about 150 of
> > > the 400 tickets. So if you have contemplated abstaining so other people
> > > could attend, you should just come out. (However, only get tickets if
> > > you actually plan to attend. No-shows don't help anything at all.)
> > >
> > > Could you help spread the word about these events on your social
> > > medias, with your friends, and in your other user groups? I feel
> > > confident that lots of people in this region would be delighted to see
> > > Doctorow speak if they knew he was coming, but I worry that people
> > > don't know that he is coming. It will be embarrassing if we cannot
> > > pack a 400 seat theatre to see him.
> > >
> > > - Paul
> > >
> > > On Tue, Nov 21, 2017 at 10:13:41PM -0500, Paul Nijjar wrote:
> > > > Hey ho,
> > > >
> > > > So it looks as if there are tickets available for both the evening
> > > > event (which will be a lecture) and the afternoon event at the KPL
> > > > (which is mostly a book signing). Tickets are free, but please get a
> > > > ticket only if you will come. No-shows are a pain to deal with, and
> > > > the organizers want to have a full house.
> > > >
> > > > Here is the ticket link for the full talk:
> > > >
> > > > https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/cory-doctorow-tickets-39834896247
> > > >
> > > > The talk is now open to the public, so you do not need to be a UW
> > > > member to attend (and you may let others know as well).
> > > >
> > > > Here is the link for the KPL talk (which links to Eventbrite):
> > > >
> > > > http://www.kpl.org/85-queen-afternoon-cory-doctorow-ticketed-event
> > > >
> > > > Also: there might be some people needed to help volunteer at the
> event
> > > > (registering ticket holders, getting a queue of people without
> tickets
> > > > so that they can attend if there is space, etc). Is anybody available
> > > > Monday evening to help with this? I do not know for certain that they
> > > > need help but it is plausible. Having a laptop or tablet that you can
> > > > use for registrations would be helpful.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Here is the abstract for Doctorow's talk:
> > > >
> > > > ------------------------------------------
> > > > Dead canary in the coalmine: we just lost the web in the war on
> general
> > > > purpose computing
> > > >
> > > > This is the decade in which the unstoppable temptation to solve your
> > > > problems by breaking everyone else's computers really starts to
> chomp on
> > > > our collective butts. The World Wide Web Consortium just gave in to
> > > > Netflix's demand to break every browser in the world in order to
> make it
> > > > incrementally harder to pirate TV shows, while this year at a summit
> in
> > > > Ottawa, the Australians demanded that all the world's crypto be
> > > > sabotaged to make it incrementally easier to conduct mass
> surveillance.
> > > >
> > > > The general purpose nature of computers, capable of running any
> program
> > > > that anyone can conceive of, is an iron law of nature, not a fetish
> of
> > > > mulish nerds who refuse to acknowledge the importance of catching bad
> > > > guys or watching TV in the proscribed manner.
> > > >
> > > > The technical nature of this problem, the complexity of its contours,
> > > > and the awful fallout from ill-conceived "solutions" make for a toxic
> > > > brew. Any time you have a  problem that is boring, complicated and
> > > > important, you have big trouble (this is the origin of the climate
> > > > change crisis!).
> > > >
> > > > Computer scientists and technical people have a solemn, urgent duty
> to
> > > > drag their less-informed peers into this debate, before it's too
> late.
> > > > After all, a car is computer you put your body into, and so is a
> campus
> > > > building, a skyscraper, and a Bombardier CS300. A pacemaker is a
> > > > computer you put in your body, and so is a cochlear implant and an
> > > > implanted defibrillator. A phone is a computer before whose cameras
> you
> > > > parade naked, while speaking your most sensitive secrets and living
> out
> > > > your most private moments.
> > > >
> > > > If we don't get computers right, everything else will go terribly,
> > > > horribly wrong.
> > > > ------------------------------------------
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I have not publicized the talk on kwlug.org but I might do so later
> > > > this week. The people at UW want to get their own posters up for the
> > > > event too.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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