Jennifer McGaffey

Reader, crafter, a thousand interests.

Sessions in which Jennifer McGaffey attends

Friday 24 May, 2019

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)

12:00 PM

Opening Ceremonies

1 hour, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Convene 1

Gary Villarreal, Method EXP (Participant)

David Brin (Participant)

JC Arkham, The NerdVana Podcast (Participant)

Dr Wanda, H Pleasant (Participant)

1:30 PM

Twisty Little Passages

1 hour 30 minutes, 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 4

Prof. David McGaffey, InterConsultGlobal; St.Mary's College of California; Holy Names University (Moderator)

Ric Bretschneider, Fanboy Planet (Participant)

Colin Fisk (Participant)

Saturday 25 May, 2019

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)

10:30 AM

Science Make and Takes

2 hours, 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 2

11:30 AM

Telling Good Science from Bad

1 hour 30 minutes, 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 3

Ctein (Moderator)

Vanessa MacLaren-Wray, RPG Power Systems (Participant)

G. David Nordley, ERPS (Participant)

Pat MacEwen (Participant)

There are all kinds of bad science out there — simple errancy (cold fusion), crackpottery (HIV doesn't cause AIDS), fraud (vaccines cause autism), ...

1:00 PM

Magic & Science

1 hour 30 minutes, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 4

LJK Oliva, LJK Oliva Books (Moderator)

Mark Gelineau, Gelineau and King (Participant)

CPTJG Timothy Simpson GCE, The Royal Manticoran Navy (Participant)

S.P. Hendrick, Pendraig Publishing (Participant)

A writer's perspective on how human beings have explained and interacted with the world around us, starting with magic, moving into science, then c...

2:30 PM

Meet Brianna Wu

1 hour 30 minutes, 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Strategy

Brianna Wu, Special Tech Guest (Participant)

4:00 PM

Beginning Finger Loop Braiding

1 hour, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 2

7:00 PM

Super Awesome Advice Panel!

1 hour 30 minutes, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 3

Eric "in the Elevator" Z Zuckerman, Kosher Ham Studios (Moderator)

Linden Tarr, PhotoBOMBincorporated (Participant)

J.L. (Jim) Doty, Bourgeois Capitalist Establishment (Participant)

Prof. David McGaffey, InterConsultGlobal; St.Mary's College of California; Holy Names University (Participant)

8:00 PM

Open Singing Saturday

5 hours, 8:00 PM - 1:00 AM

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 5

Sunday 26 May, 2019

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)

9:00 AM

Medieval Breaking-of-the-Fast

3 hours, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - ConSuite

Come enjoy a Medieval Breaking-of-the-Fast: medieval-ish breakfast food, medieval music, and for early bird ConSuite guests, medieval - themed ...

10:00 AM

Hat Making

1 hour 30 minutes, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 2

Altered Beast

1 hour 30 minutes, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 4

Kevin Andrew Murphy (Moderator)

Lillian Csernica, Sense of Wonder Press (Participant)

Pat MacEwen (Participant)

11:30 AM

Evolution: What It Is, What It Isn't, and What Mistakes are Prominent

1 hour 30 minutes, 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Engage

Jacob Fisk (Moderator)

Jay Freeman, Me ... organized? (Participant)

Kathleen, Self-employed (Participant)

Ellen, Makers Workshop (Participant)

The Importance of Being Arthur

1 hour 30 minutes, 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1

S.P. Hendrick, Pendraig Publishing (Moderator)

Ms Diana L. Paxson (Participant)

Jeremy Erman (Participant)

Michael Schulkins (Participant)

Prof. David McGaffey, InterConsultGlobal; St.Mary's College of California; Holy Names University (Participant)

A minor character in the Welsh Mabinogi has become one of the largest heroes in folklore and mythology. From Mark Twain to Richard Wagner to Broadw...

1:00 PM

Of Their Time

1 hour 30 minutes, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 3

Derek McCaw, Fanboy Planet (Moderator)

Bradford Lyau, Community Guest of Honor (Participant)

Synita Luckey, Variety Show (Participant)

Ms Fara Otterbeck (Participant)

Studios and writers have been working to find new ways to inject life into 19th and 20th century franchises that depended on a cultural ignorance w...

2:30 PM

From Alice Grove to xkcd: The Internet as a Platform for Comic Creation and Comic Reading

1 hour 30 minutes, 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5

Jon Chaisson (Moderator)

Ctein (Participant)

Jacob Fisk (Participant)

Amanda Taylor-Chaisson (Participant)

Star Trek Jeopardy

1 hour 30 minutes, 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 1

4:00 PM

Advanced Finger Loop Braiding

1 hour, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 2

7:30 PM

Concert: Kristoph and Margaret

30 minutes, 7:30 PM - 8:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Engage

Margaret Davis, Margaret Davis Calligraphy & Design and Flowinglass Music (Participant)

Kristoph Klover, Flowinglass Music (Participant)

8:15 PM

Concert: Taunya, Beckett and Paul

30 minutes, 8:15 PM - 8:45 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Engage

Taunya Gren, 5Rainbow Productions (Participant)

Beckett Gladney (Participant)

Paul Kwinn (Participant)

9:00 PM

Coloring Fort and Quiet Time - Adult Only .

1 hour 30 minutes, 9:00 PM - 10:30 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 2

10:30 PM

Open Singing Sunday

5 hours, 10:30 PM - 3:30 AM

San Mateo Marriott - Engage

Monday 27 May, 2019

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)

10:00 AM

Should I Hire a Freelance Editor?

1 hour 30 minutes, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 1

Rebecca Inch-Partridge (Moderator)

J.L. (Jim) Doty, Bourgeois Capitalist Establishment (Participant)

Jennifer L. Carson, Freelance (Participant)

Many agents now ask authors pitching novels to them if they have had the manuscript professionally edited. I work as a freelance editor and find th...

Ebooks, Audio, and Good Old Fashioned Paper

1 hour 30 minutes, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 3

Kathleen, Self-employed (Moderator)

Mx Sarah Williams, Merrie Pryanksters (Participant)

Marjory Kaptanoglu (Participant)

Dr Wanda, H Pleasant (Participant)

How many hundreds of books do you keep in boxes? And yet, does your heart belong to e-books? If yes, why? If no, why not? Is there a future for mix...

11:00 AM

Handspinning

2 hours, 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 2

Learn the ancient craft of handspinning. Come learn to make a drop spindle from simple materials and then learn to make yar...

11:30 AM

Urban Legends in Science

1 hour 30 minutes, 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 3

J.L. (Jim) Doty, Bourgeois Capitalist Establishment (Moderator)

Deborah J. Ross (Participant)

Kathleen, Self-employed (Participant)

Salt causes high blood pressure. We only use 10% of our brains. Vaccines cause autism. Where does this stuff come from, and why do these fallacies ...

Archetypes and Mythologies: What's New and What's on the Way Out?

1 hour 30 minutes, 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Engage

Sandra Saidak, Silicon Valley Authors (Moderator)

David Brin (Participant)

Jay Hartlove, JayWrites Productions (Participant)

While the European fairy tales may have finished their run in modern pop culture (Once Upon a Time, Grimm, Maleficent and Disney live-action remake...

1:00 PM

By Any Other Name

1 hour 30 minutes, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5

Ms. Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff, Book View Cafe (Moderator)

Heather Rose Jones (Participant)

Deborah J. Ross (Participant)

2:00 PM

Open Crafting and Stash Giveaway

1 hour, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 2

3:30 PM