I ended up juggling two conventions: Con of the North (a gaming con, and so "side gig" work) and Boskone. The latter was lovely--tons of strong panels. One thing I liked: having two channels for audience participation: a Q/A where you can ask questions of the panel, and a chat for geeking out. "Comments" are not annoying when they don't interrupt and you can engage with them asynchronously, including after the panel is done. That being said, I think Arisa had more sense of "community".

So no 'Thon for me, though I did get a chance to catch Have Your Seen My Movie "at" the Brattle, an neat experiment that creates a narrative about watching a movie by editing together the almost endless amount of footage that exists across film of people attending movies: buying tickets, walking the red carpet, working the projection booth, making out in the dark, and so on. Not for everyone, but a really interesting way to examine how editing can conjure meaning out of a jumble of separate sequences. Also a lot of nostalgic power at a time when we can't attend a theater.