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A conference of ten-minute talks about the joy, excitement, and surprise of computing!! Est. 2014 in NYC. Not affiliated with BTS. 실망스럽겠지만, 우린 BTS와 연관이 없습니다!

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Hey everyone! !!Con is BACK this year for one last event! And our call for talk proposals is open! Also, we're not on Twitter any more, so please find us here: 💜💜💜
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Oh hey! @bts_bighit (not us!) is holding another virtual BTS concert: BANGBANGCON on April 17! Announcement: 💜 We (not BTS!) are holding virtual tech conference !!Con on May 15-22! More info: ‼️
Hello! We're not affiliated with BTS and #BANGBANGCON . For the BTS concert, check out @bts_bighit . We are a tech conference in NYC: . 실망스럽겠지만, 우린 BTS와 연관이 없습니다! 방탄소년단 콘서트를 찾고 계신다면 BTS 공식 트위터를 확인해주세요 @bts_bighit .
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We're sold out of tickets for today! We'll have more available tomorrow at 10pm eastern. Shoutout to all the BTS fans for being cool about the name mixup! Enjoy the BTS BANG.BANG.CON concert this weekend!!
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Hello! We're not affiliated with BTS and #BANGBANGCON . For the BTS concert, check out @bts_bighit . We are a tech conference in NYC: . 실망스럽겠지만, 우린 BTS와 연관이 없습니다! 방탄소년단 콘서트를 찾고 계신다면 BTS 공식 트위터를 확인해주세요 @bts_bighit .
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Ok so even though there isn't a !!Con 2023, there *is* apparently a #BangBangCon2023 and it's happening RIGHT NOW. So if you came here looking for the joy, excitement and surprise of BTS, you can watch at 💜
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We just wanted to make sure nobody got confused!💜 Everyone's been super nice about it. There were even some BTS shoutouts and references during today's talks!
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Tia∞⁷ needs 7 🥢! 🔍⍤⃝🔎💜⁷⟭⟬ ⟬⟭
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Guys, we might have traumatized BangBangCon people! 😂💜👇 #BTSARMY @BTS_twt
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@searching4blue @bts_bighit We did make our t-shirts purple this year, you know, just in case...
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@AdorableRMe @bts_bighit For sure! Programmers sometimes pronounce "!" as "bang", (shorter than "exclamation point"). We're very excited about computers, so: "!!Con" 😄
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Also, alas, nobody from @bts_twt has reached out to say hi (our DMs are open!!!)
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(Some history: We've been around since 2014, but in 2020 we released our tix the same week BTS announced the first #BangBangCon ! We got some ppl asking our twitter acct about tix, so we added some clarification to our site!)
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The *only* downside is that it's pretty impossible to find our content using "bangbangcon" here and on YouTube, so we're using #virtualbangbangcon this year. Also all of our YouTube stuff is linked from , so it's no big deal 😄
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@Floati_corn @bts_bighit No problem :) We're just trying to make sure nobody ends up buying a ticket they don't want. I hope you enjoy the BTS concert!!
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@MrsTOH2O @bts_bighit @BTS_twt Everyone's being understanding, so it's no problem! Enjoy the BTS concert!!
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!!Con ticket release announcement!! (Not BTS!) Tickets will be available in two batches: - April 15 at 10 a.m. Eastern - April 16 at 10 p.m. Eastern ‼️ ‼️ ‼️ ‼️ ‼️ ‼️ ‼️ ‼️ ‼️ ‼️ ‼️ ‼️ ‼️ ‼️ More info + link at ‼️ ‼️ ‼️ ‼️ ‼️ ‼️ ‼️ ‼️ ‼️ ‼️ ‼️ ‼️ ‼️ ‼️
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@AjDreole @bts_bighit !!Con/BANGBANGCON overlap was definitely one of the highlights of 2020 for me - glad you enjoyed it as well (and thanks for buying a sweater!!)
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🎉 Our 2018 call for talk proposals is live!! We're a conference in NYC about the joy, excitement, and surprise of computing. Submit a proposal for your ten-minute talk by March 4!
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Due to COVID-19, !!Con 2020 will be a remote/virtual conference. We'll post more information on Monday, March 16.
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@elliotsang Ok, if you REALLY want one we have a web store: But we'll say it again just to make sure: this is NOT BTS Merch! It also doesn't actually say BANGBANGCON on it anywhere - it's just our logo :)
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@92OT7 BTS Fans + !!Con Fans = 💜
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@MaryAMI720 @bts_bighit They're not on sale yet, but we did make them purple, just in case 💜
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Whether you're waiting for BTS #BANGBANGCON21 or (virtual tech conf) !!Con 2021, pass the time with talks from !!Con 2020 -- Last year's videos are all on YouTube for free 👉👉👉
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@Jojo09623888 @bts_bighit Not canceled - we just want to let people know that this twitter account is unrelated (but has the same name). Enjoy the concert!
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!!Con-line 2021 will be May 15-22: an ✨ ENTIRE WEEK ✨ of short !!Con sessions! 💜 You 💜 should submit a talk proposal!!
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We're delighted to announce our !!Con 2018 keynote speakers: Mimi Onuoha and Liz Fong-Jones! Who else is speaking? Maybe you! Our call for 10-minute talk proposals on the joy, excitement, and surprise of computing: .
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@sopeluver @bts_bighit Enjoy the concert! 👋
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‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️ !!CON GLOBAL 2021 will be this May - online! Dates and details TBA next week. ‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️ Follow us here or sign up for the mailing list at for updates and more information. Tell your friends! (Still not affiliated with BTS, sorry army!)
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🎉 Our 2019 call for talk* proposals is now live!! We're a conference in NYC that celebrates the joy, excitement, and surprise of computing. Submit a proposal for your 10-minute talk* by Sunday, March 3!
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🎉 Our 2020 call for talk proposals is live!! We're a conference in NYC about the joy, excitement, and surprise of computing. Submit a proposal for your ten-minute talk by March 1!
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💜 We're not BTS, but of course we are tuned in to #BANGBANGCON21 for the #BANGBANGCON21PARTY , wearing our !!Con t-shirts, no less! 💜 I am always SO impressed by BTS's choreography. 💜 Hoping the ARMY loves the show as much as we do. 💜
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⚡️!!CON 2018 DATES AND LOCATION ANNOUNCEMENT!⚡️ !!Con 2018 will be held on May 12-13, 2018 at the wonderful @AppNexusEng event space. Stay tuned for details about our call for talk proposals and more!
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Our livestream is free for anyone to watch. You can find the link at . It'll go live around 10:30AM Eastern on Saturday and Sunday. Shoutout to @confreaks for running the stream! We'll also be providing live captioning (thanks @stenoknight )!
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We've had captioning since 2014. It costs less than $2000 for the weekend. Every conference should do it! If you're a conference organizer, hire a pro like @stenoknight or @stanographer and make your conference better! ❤
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🔑🎶 announcement!! We're thrilled to announce our amazing !!Con 2021 keynote speakers: Angie Jones ( @techgirl1908 ) and Kate Temkin ( @ktemkin )! Who else is speaking this year? Maybe 💜 YOU 💜! Submit a proposal for a 10-minute talk by April 8:
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We're not BTS but we hope everyone enjoys #BANGBANGCON21 in ~2 hours!! 💜
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... but, any BTS fans that want to join us for our conference about the joy, excitement, and surprise of computing ought to join us this year!
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@minimooni_ @bts_bighit All those tickets have been looking super cool! I hope you enjoy the BTS concert :)
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All the !!Con 2018 videos are up on YouTube now!! Looks like the most-viewed video so far is @jpotisch 's "UX for Cats and Dogs!"
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Our second batch of tickets is on sale now! . (note: we're not BTS, we're a NYC tech conf 💜💜💜)
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‼️ ‼️ An update on !!Con ‼️ ‼️ We're taking a break in 2023. THEN: ONE LAST !!CON, Summer 2024! Start brainstorming your !!Con-est ideas! Details still TBD, but hoping for in-person (+livestream) outdoors 🏖️ More to come over the next months — stay tuned 💖
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Thanks, everyone, for another fantastic #bangbangcon ! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 Thanks especially to our 32 fantastic speakers. Videos from @confreaks will be up by the end of the month -- stay tuned!
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Looking for talk recordings from this past !!Con? We've posted them up on our site here: 💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥 💥 💥 💥 💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥 💥
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Animal Crossing is the new venue for conference swag <3 look at this cute shirt @bseverin0 designed!! #virtualbangbangcon #AnimalCrossingDesign
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Announcing our 2018 speaker lineup! Join us May 13-14 in NYC (or on our live stream) to hear about the joy, excitement, and surprise of computing from these cool people.
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!!Con is starting soon, and our stenographer @stenoknight is helping to make the event all the more accessible! Check out her open source steno app, @plover . For live captions, visit: and our livestream here:
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@MicheBangtan we are all learning more and more about BTS, 💜 all around!!
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!!Con 2020 is just five days away! Check out our schedule of events at We'll be posting our public livestream link here when we have it ready. SO EXCITED!!
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@Jojo09623888 It's ok! We probably should have clarified in the tweet that we're not BTS :) The BTS concert is free on Bangtantv youtube channel.
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!!Con goes live in two hours! Get ready to experience the joy, excitement, and surprise of computing!✨ 💬 If you bought a ticket, make sure you join the Discord so you can say hi! 🎥 If you didn't buy a ticket, that's ok - is free to watch!
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We're pleased to announce that @stenoknight will be captioning the talks at !!Con again this year! 🎉 You can hire her to caption your conference, too!
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Hello, friends. We have some good news: !!Con is ON for May 6-7, 2017 in NYC. Stay tuned for more details!
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@liveinWassaland @bts_bighit It's all good! Everyone's being very understanding. Enjoy the BTS concert!!
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We're so excited for !!Con today!! Our livestream will start this morning at 10 EST! Thanks to @confreaks for producing it :) Tune in to the link below for today's livestream: ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨
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5 more days to submit a talk proposal to !!Con 2021! ⚡ 10-minute talks only! 💻 Any computing topic... ‼️ ...as long as it excites you! 💰 We pay speakers and cover A/V expenses! 🔑 Keynote talks from @techgirl1908 and @ktemkin ! ⏳Deadline of April 8!
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@cypherluscious BTS Army welcomed us with a ton of kindness and support too💜
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Thank you for all your talk* proposals! We've closed the form. Final count: 235! Next, we'll hold our Big Talk Selection (BTS) meeting, and send out acceptances and rejections on Apr 18th - more timeline info on
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Dear !!Con community, !!Con is looking for an event space in NYC in May 2020! Our usual space won't be available, due to construction. Any leads on a space where we can host our 250+ attendees? Get in touch with us via DM, or email board @exclamation .foundation. Thank you! <3
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*drumroll* Announcing !!Con 2016: May 7-8 in NYC! More details to be announced in the very near future! :D
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@hopeandhobi as far as inconveniences go, this one is full of positive energy, we 💜 the BTS community
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thank you for coming to !!Con 2020! we are so happy with how well it went! ‼️ amazing speakers ‼️ ‼️ wonderful community ‼️ ‼️ generous sponsors ‼️ ‼️ excellent A/V and streaming ‼️ ‼️ inclusive live-captioning ‼️ #virtualbangbangcon
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Our 2018 program is up! Get ready to hear about the joy, excitement, and surprise of computing from all these folks on May 12-13, in person or on our live stream.
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‼️ ‼️ ‼️ ‼️ ‼️ ‼️ ‼️ ‼️ ‼️ ‼️ ‼️ Our second batch of !!Con tickets goes on sale at 10pm Eastern time today! ‼️ ‼️ ‼️ ‼️ ‼️ ‼️ ‼️ ‼️ ‼️ ‼️ ‼️ Event Schedule: (This is the NYC tech conf - Not BTS! 💜 to our BTS followers though!!)
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Our 2019 program is up! 💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥 💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥 Get ready to hear about the joy, excitement, and surprise of computing from all these folks on May 11-12, in person or on our live stream!
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Yesterday, we wrapped up reviewing over 250 proposals. We read through so many amazing ideas, and we're excited to send out talk acceptance emails soon!
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Announcing !!Con 2015: May 16-17 in NYC -- exactly three months from now! :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
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Why are non-native English speakers forced to think in English when programming? @anoniscoding says it's not inherently necessary, of course, and that there's a powerful sense of belonging from having programming syntax in your mother tongue
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And that's a wrap for #bangbangcon 2019! Thank you everyone for attending!!
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Yessss! Videos of all the !!Con talks are up!! http://t.co/uuMLSaL01e
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We'll be live streaming our conference this weekend at . Tune in! The schedule (in NYC time):
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#bangbangcon attendees, the Lego store is basically across the street from our venue. Just sayin'.
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‼️Our 2017 call for talk proposals is open! Submit your proposal by March 20!
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5... 4... 3... 2... 1... and we're live!
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Need some !!Con swag to wear to #BANGBANGCON21 ? We're not BTS (really!), but you can buy our similarly-named online tech conference's merch (in purple 💜). ➡️➡️➡️ ⬅️⬅️⬅️ (But: if you're attending the conf, a t-shirt is included with your ticket!)
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#bangbangcon 2017 has concluded! Thanks, everyone, for being part of it. <3
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Hello!! We said we were holding !!Con in July but we're not anymore — we're now holding !!Con 2022 on 📅 Nov 12-13, 2022 📅 So go un-mark and then re-mark your calendars I guess??
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!!Con 2021 Talk Recordings are online! Check them out at 🎥 🎥 Thank you again to @confreaks for making it happen!
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Here's how to register for !!Con 2018! 🎟️ Tickets will be available on Eventbrite () in two batches. Batch one will open up Thursday, April 5 at 10pm NYC time, and batch two will open up Friday, April 6 at 10pm NYC time.
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@Jojo09623888 We're not the BTS concert - we're a tech conference in NYC with the same name. See our profile for more information. Sorry for the confusion!
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🚨🚨🚨 Two days until !!Con 2018!! Get hype!! 🚨🚨🚨
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!!Con 2016 keynote speaker @cattsmall is writing a ten-part series on how to become a public speaker. Check it out:
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Our closing keynote speaker this year is hardware hacker @ktemkin , here to tell us about "The Joy and Excitement of Forbidden Computing"! 🍿
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Anyone interested in organizing !!Con West? There's demand!
@gwenshap
Gwen (Chen) Shapira
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I wish there was an SF event. I can't justify the travel to NYC for 10-min talk :(
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‼️ 💥 ‼️ 💥 ‼️ 💥 ‼️ 💥 ‼️ 💥 ‼️ 💥 !!Con tickets (batch 1) are available! ‼️ 💥 ‼️ 💥 ‼️ 💥 ‼️ 💥 ‼️ 💥 ‼️ 💥
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Last talk for today: @wilkieii talks about floppy disks... or, as it turns out, DOOM, which seems to be a trend in #virtualbangbangcon this year!! 💾‼️💾‼️💾
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Working on our 2017 website! :D
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Looking for a conference that's kinda like !!Con, but in ✴️✴ CHICAGO ✴️✴️? Perhaps is what you're looking for! "This conference was forked with 💜 from our friends at !!con." :D
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‼‼ VERY EXCITED to announce our first slate of !!Con 2022 speakers!! ‼‼ Looking forward to hearing from @lethalbit , @anjanavakil , @marlene_zw , and @nicolehe in November! And the second slate will be announced very soon...
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Thinking about submitting a talk proposal to !!Con? You have just over two weeks! Looking for ideas? Here's a thread from @b0rk with some kinds of talks that have been given in the past:
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Talk type 1: Software you think is SUPER COOL Examples of talks like this: Ayla Myers' "The joys of PICO-8 token crunching!!": Evy Kassirer's "Reverse engineering your mouth!"
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what a great way to start !!Con! @techgirl1908 brings an incredible dose of kindness and compassion as she takes a critical view of the history of how computers were advertised, and how we can (blamelessly!) rewrite a better future of who we bring into technology💜
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Just over a week to submit a 10-minute talk proposal for our 2018 conference on the joy, excitement, and surprise of computing! Paid travel for speakers from outside NYC, and a chance to share a stage with keynote speakers @thistimeitsmimi and @lizthegrey .
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Buttons have arrived! A preview of swag we'll have this weekend:
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Thanks for all your wonderful talk proposals for !!Con 2018! Submissions are now closed. We got...*drumroll*...296 proposals from 252 unique submitters -- the most we've ever had, on both counts!
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We have an update on registration for !!Con 2019: Tickets will be available on EventBrite👉 Tickets will be released in 2 groups: 🕙🌃 Monday, April 1st at 6:00 PM (EST) 🕚🌄Tuesday, April 2nd at 12:00 PM (EST)
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Tickets for !!Con 2018 are officially sold out; as of now, len(waitlist) == 95. Thanks, everyone, for your incredible enthusiasm for !!Con! ❤️ If you didn't get a ticket, please tune into the live stream on May 12-13!
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Close to @UWaterloo ? Check out @starconUW , a new conference inspired by @helloconTO and !!Con! 🌟
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Very excited to announce our speaker lineup for !!Con 2019 ↘️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️↙️ ➡️ ⬅️ ↗️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️↖️
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Announcing our third slate of speakers for !!Con 2022 🔊🔊🔊 Please get VERY EXICTED to hear from the amazing: @sailorhg , @operaqueenie , @ashleemboyer , @rsnous , @theavalkyrie , and @designjokes ! More about them at: 🌐
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