But Tyler, you neglected to mention Armin's dream!

Jon

Hi Tyler and Jon!

I am happily exhausted and feeling mighty good about making connections again.

We had some phenomenal volunteers! All those art students blew away every one of my classist stereotypes by being both responsible, friendly and reliable. Many thanks to them for making things go so smoothly!

More later....

Armin just told me about his dream. Funny! :->

I'm sure you guys had a blast - if it's really in the Bay Area next year, I'll be there for sure.

hhp

perhaps for posterity's sake, we should invite armin over here to tell the world about his nocturnal mental adventures.

anyone else have fun stories?

I heartily underscore Kristin's mention of and gratitude for the student assistance (largely from MCAD). It was a privilege to meet the students, to work with them, and to see them participate in many aspects of the meeting.

We're all beginners at some point in this field; students are our past, present, and future. They were crucial to the success of this year's TypeCon; those of us who are professionals must reciprocate by assisting them however we can. In doing so, we will all have a richer future.

Jon

I'm here, I'm here. I've been putting a review of TypeCon together, and I have so much stuff to say. It's going to take more time than I thought. I'll let you all know when I'm done.

And well, I guess I have to step up to the plate and put my dream in writing and in Google's cache for generations to come. So here it is, uncensored, unbiased and with Hrant's blessing:

I dreamt that Hrant came to my house, the weird thing is that it was his typophile picture only (since that is as far as I know what Hrant looks like). So he came in, and went "Number Two" in my bathroom without flushing, after that, he headed out to the kitchen to hang out and stuff. So I go into my bathroom and see these unflushed turds in my toilet. I go up to Hrant and say "Excuse me, Hrant, you left your turds in my toilet." His response involved handing me a plunger and adding "This should fix it." And that was it.

Freud would have a field day with this one.

TypeCon rocked!

Oh, regarding the "f" word stuff, did anybody notice that I actually never said •••• during the talk?

Having never attended a TypeCon before, I didn't know quite what it would be like. But the actual experience went far beyond my expectations. It was so great to meet and talk to so many interesting and talented people. The workshops and talks were great too. Tamye, Richard, and everyone involved did an amazing job and I feel privileged and lucky to have been a part of it. I can't wait for the next one.

Yeah, it was crazy.

10 things Stephen Coles (might have) learned at TypeCon 2003:

Hermann Zapf thought of himself as, foremost, a book designer.

Chank enjoys mowing.

The answer to the following trivial question: "If you were a collector of Matthew Carter's typeface designs, which type technology would you (currently) be missing?"

To improve his faces, WA Dwiggins wanted to get "closer to the machine."

The twin cities (and typefaces thereof): more interesting than non-mid-westerner might assume.

If you want your signage to be readable, you test it.

Letterpress is addictive.

The road to typography goes through one's self.

"I'm using type as image" is not an excuse for typographic ignorance.

TypeCon 2004 will be in the bay area.

the highlights of typecon were John Downer's cabaret on the auction stage, not to mention the Armin's toil with the woman in the audience over the appropriateness of his conduct on stage.

Speaking of John Downer's antics, does anybody have a picture of his striptease? I would love to add it to my review (please email small file, 300 px wide or so, to speakup@underconsideration.com) thanks!

I find it ironic that, at the very point at which Armin was only arguing for honesty, clarity, and spontaneity in online discussion, he was sadly misunderstood!

Profanity isn't always about being profane; often it's much more about being passionate, and as a fellow panelist, that's the message I took away from the discussion...

Jon

I've got the entire 6 minutes on digital video. Stay tuned for
that one, a Typophile expos

Joe's also got a nice video clip where Matthew Carter calls him "the paparazzi."

jb

it was nice finally being able to put faces with names. i hope that my endeavors will be successful this next year so I may attend the next years conference (I severely work on getting more type faces out there).

t1mmy

Whew! It took almost all day to write a review that made any sense. Yes, I had work to do too and this is how I handle it

As mentioned on the home page (the link is fixed), the PowerPoint presentation that played in the background of our panel discussion is available for download:

http://typophile.com/downloads/

Download it now and see if you can guess which slide (we could never have timed this, it happened so perfectly) happened to appear right as Stephen Coles was making his introduction.

Stephen, thanks for being such a good sport, as always. You rock, almost as much as Jon Coltz, who managed to summarize the conference better than I could have ever imagined.

Whew! It took almost all day to write a review that made any sense.

Gee willikers Armin... I wish I actually had a day to write something, anything. However, I will be posting some picture of some of Minneapolis architectural lettering and such later this week.

It was truly a blast meeting all of you face to face.

Friends and fellow Typophiles. My heart and mind are the both of them full.

TypeCon was amazing. The event itself was well-planned and well-executed!! But it was the people that "made the pudding". Being able to talk with others whom are as obsessed and in love with letters as much as am I, well, it left me content and happy and overwhelmed. All at the same time.

The conference high points for me were Letterror's presentation of their Metro (for reason's both obvious to those whom also attended, and a few reasons better left unwritten) and Peter Bilak's "Tschaikovsky Ballet". It was Tschaikovsky, wasn't it? <>

Jon, your summation is perfect. P-E-R-F-E-C-T!!

Meeting all of you, putting names to faces (and with this mind hopefully they'll stick) ... The internet is wonderful, but you certainly cannot replace the human warmth that comes from sharing your personal space with someone that understands your passions in life.

I'm completely exhausted, but in a did too much, didn't sleep enough, didn't want to sleep, kind of way.

For those that didn't go this year, create a little piggy-bank and start saving NOW!!

Be proud of the little neighborhood that you've created here at Typophile.

I'm going to bed now, 5 hours earlier than the last few nights. Possibly I'll have more thoughts to add tomorrow. For now I go to bed with a smile of satisfaction on my face.

Oh, and one more thing. Kristin, you rock!

Ok. One more thing. And the internet cannot possibly convey what I'm feeling about this ... to every one of you whom I met, both typophile and not, thanks for making the event something that I will not soon forget. Especially all of the strange dreams people kept having.

I second that, Tiffany.

Look! I posted!

Hello everyone! I got back to Vancouver this afternoon and after 5 hours of much needed sleep, it's great to see you guys here talking about the conference already! Armin, your report is excellent! Yes, the conference was just amazing. It was way beyond my expectations! I enjoyed it so much. It was a little weird at first to meet some of you in person after having known each other online, nothing can substitute a real meeting! I think we have to thank our online community for uniting us beforehand, which is partially why this event was so successful. I now know I have real friends all over the country/world that share a common passion! Of course we have to thank Tamye and SOTA, for their tireless work putting together such a well-organized and content-rich conference! Well done! I'll be back... I'm so tired I can't really think straight right now. I'll get myself organized and write up something on my site soon.

Nice report Armin. I'm sorry a small joke about the candor
of SpeakUp became its mantra during the conference. I
wish people would just ••••-off.

Tyler - was a pleasure to meet you. You are a good man,
and funny.

Kristin is the coolest. She is both the mom you wish you
had and the distant friend you wish was living nearby,
dispensing wisdom and humor with humilty
and ease.

Praise to Mr. Coltz for gracing Typophile with his presence.
His posts from today are all indicative of the quality we can
expect from Jon. His writing is better than his dancing
(fortunately, we all have a much greater need for the former).

Dyana, I envy your job and latin moves. Glad to finally meet
you, and I look forward to your FB releases.

Mark Simonson probably didn't detect it, but I was in such
giddy awe of his presence at my table during lunch on
Saturday that I couldn't eat my quesadilla. What a friendly,
amiable fellow, full of talent, and willing to share. Mark
personifies the best aspects of TypeCon.

Keith - Please monogram my linen. Your lettering skills are striking.

Jared & Joe - I expect you to post the video coverage of our
panel discussion soon. It will prove that you two are the
driving force behind today's typographic dialogue and
community. Without dominating the panel, you directed the
discussion down the most prudent path. I was proud to
share the TypeCon experience with a couple of Utahns.

John B, Chris, and the others. It really was grand to meet
your faces. I wish I had more time to spend with you. Next
year, for sure.

Tiffany Wardle is the best roommate ever. I suggest you all
consider bunking with her at AtypI.

Err... by bunking I mean splitting a flat.

I concur with everything Stephen said. (Well, I don't really know how Tiffany is as a roommate ;-) -- but all the sentiments, you know.)

Kristin is the best. Jon Coltz is an incredibly charming and gracious man, eloquent and sincere. Dyana -- you go girl! Jared and Joe -- solid guys.

I apologize to all the Typophiles whom I met only briefly but didn't have a chance to really get to know (or didn't even get to meet). Each year I meet more and more people and sometimes I go into stimulation overload. So forgive me if I inadvertently dissed anyone.

-- K.

Hello every one, Congratulations guy's for the presentation I imagine that typecon 2003 was very nice. I hope in future to meet some of this interesting people (typophile community) in Europe. I'll wait to see the video ; )

Regards to all / Ricardo

This may be an opportune moment, Kristin, to invoke your variant of Sally Field's "I can't deny the fact that you like me! You like me!" speech.

I like you, too. And to think that I get to have lunch with you this Friday...!

Aw, shucks!