T&T buzz continues

Trials & Tribulations in Montreal a few weeks back was a fantastic two days with some awesome people doing very interesting work around digital spaces, particularly blogs and game worlds. While there wasn't quite as much emphasis on the "how" as on the "what", I think that actually reflects a big part of the trials and tribulations of digital research, and so was incredibly apt for this inaugural event. There is so much to think about, study, reflect on around digital life that the how can easily get lost.

Through some of the presentations, I've been challenged and reinvigorated and recommitted to the idea of studying digital life and digital culture. I've even come up with a few topics around game studies, so the whole thing was a smashing success. Have a few ideas now too as to maybe where to go for my PhD - England? Ohio? Oh yeah. Possibilities.

Seems the symposium caused a bit of a buzz for a whole bunch of people and was even written up in the Concordia University Journal, a campus newspaper that circulates rather widely and is also read by alumni around the world.

There was some talk on the closing day at the final dinner about continuing the amazing success and collegiality created in Montreal through to another few years. T&T 2.0 in Toronto next year maybe? Yes, maybe, but filling Kelly's and Shanly's shoes as a coordinator of such an event will definitely be a tall order!