I didn’t really enjoy Archon very much this year. I hesitate to pin blame because so many things are going on right now that my dissatisfaction could be result of factors completely unrelated. Any number of them might have coalesced into the hazy funk that seemed to follow me around all weekend.
But there did seem to be a lack of focus at the convention and I was surprised at the lack of meaningful programming. I volunteered to do two workshops, one on Saturday the other on Sunday, but except for titles and brief descriptions, there was no structure to speak of. …