Title: Kilkenomics 2012 Post by: elvizzzzzzz on September 08, 2012, 08:19:38 AM Hi All,
I'm planning to attend the Kilkenomics festival, at Kilkenny in November 2012. http://www.kilkenomics.com/ If anyone is interested in meeting up to discuss Bitcoin informally, I'd be happy to try to put some sort of structure together. If you intend going, please add a comment, just so I get some idea of the interest :-) Title: Re: Kilkenomics 2012 Post by: Monkey1 on September 08, 2012, 09:03:25 AM What is this? The link has last years details?
Title: Re: Kilkenomics 2012 Post by: elvizzzzzzz on September 08, 2012, 10:54:59 AM What is this? The link has last years details? Last year's festival seemed quite successful, judging by the number of people staggering about at 3am ;-) On that basis, I'm assuming something will happen this year also, and with the London Bitcoin Conference happening in September, this seemed a good time to test interest in Kilkenomics. The festival is an idea of David McWilliams on the theme that if you didn't laugh at what was happening in the Irish Economy, you would cry. Cue presentations by panels of stand-up comedians and economists. I'm not connected with the festival in any way, and have no details of their plans for this year, other than the text on their website. Title: Re: Kilkenomics 2012 Post by: lonelyminer (Peter Šurda) on September 08, 2012, 03:45:55 PM I'm leaving Ireland in October, talk about bad timing.
Title: Re: Kilkenomics 2012 Post by: BitTech on September 08, 2012, 05:32:31 PM wheres the 2012 program details?
could only find 2011 :-[ Title: Re: Kilkenomics 2012 Post by: elvizzzzzzz on September 11, 2012, 09:00:50 AM wheres the 2012 program details? could only find 2011 :-[ The programme will run from Wednesday Oct 31st to November 4th The full programme details will be online "before the end of September" Title: Re: Kilkenomics 2012 Post by: elvizzzzzzz on October 05, 2012, 08:33:15 AM The www.kilkenomics.com website has been updated with this years program details etc.
Seems that the dates have reduced to Thursday 1st through Sunday 4th November, with most activity on the Friday and Saturday. I'd asked about Bitcoin, but no response yet on that. If anyone is interested in modelling a Bitcoin economy, maybe some kind of workshop, let me know. Title: Re: Kilkenomics 2012 Post by: elvizzzzzzz on October 09, 2012, 07:00:51 PM SNIP I'd guess the festival organisers have invested lots of time and reputation to convince the local Kilkenny retailers to accept the Marble. In their shoes, I would not put that at risk by introducing somenting new, and to them, perhaps unknown. Like many festivals they are issuing their own vouchers/currency called the Marble, which you can spend in local businesses and get a 10% discount. SNIP I would be willing to do the leg work and cold calling, if someone else could help with the technology side. I live near kilkenny and I have some free time this month. The New Mexico Tea Company has several posts on the Trading Discussions Form explaining the problems and risks retailers may face when adding Bitcoin commerce to their business. Their views may help with your preparations for your legwork. Title: Re: Kilkenomics 2012 Post by: elvizzzzzzz on October 28, 2012, 10:41:07 AM Looking at the programme of events, Saturday seems quite full, Sunday is probably too late, Thursday may be too early, so Friday seems the best option.
The first show on Friday kicks off at the Ormonde Hotel at 6pm. I'm suggesting a meeting at 5pm in the Ormonde Hotel reception area. (Saturday morning seems the next best alternative.) If thousands indicate they may turn up, we'll have to tweak that a little ;-) Title: Re: Kilkenomics 2012 Post by: elvizzzzzzz on November 04, 2012, 11:03:14 PM It was good to meet a fellow bitcoiner, we managed to cover a lot of topics very quickly,
and I discovered that there were different 'styles' of bitcoining. I attended several shows over the next few days, but the format never really offered the opportunity to pitch bitcoin there as a solution to problems. Where I had the opportunity to mention bitcoin in one on one situatons I found that either there was no curiousity re that area, or I found myself putting together a five minute explanation of bitcoin - usually referred to as the "elevator pitch." There is a huge gap between that pitch and explanations of fiat currencies, privacy, and legal issues such as censorship, all of which might be needed to encourage the wider use of bitcoin for events like Kilkenomics. Borrowing from Dr Michael Hudson, if you find that anything you might have done would have produced a worse outcome, you have reached an optimal solution. |