Doxacon Seattle's weekly digests - posting Doxacon Seattle news and neat geek facts for the current week
Jul 15
While we’re actively working on plans for Doxacon Seattle 2024, there are still plenty of conventions going on in our region! This weekend will be KuroNekoCon (July 19 to July 21), held at the Spokane Convention Center – they’ve got a neat comeback story post-pandemic and are quickly growing. Even if you can’t make it, …
Jul 08
With the National Weather Service predicting temperatures in the 90s, we hope you are keeping cool and drinking plenty of water this week! Hopefully their predictions prove true and we see things start to return to normal over the next couple of days. In the meantime, here’s some geek trivia to distract you! July 6 …
Jul 04
Happy Independence Day! We hope that you all are enjoying plenty of rest, relaxation, and time with family today. As you may have read in last week’s announcement, we have a lay keynote speak for Doxacon Seattle 2025: S.K. Ehra. Learn more about her at her website https://skehra.com/ and on Instagram (skehra_author) – we’re excited …
Jun 24
Though we have yet to see the weather reflect the season, we hope you’re having a wonderful start to your summer. We especially want to wish a happy Pentecost to our Orthodox brothers & sisters who commemorated this last Sunday the coming of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles fifty days after Passover – blessings …
Jun 20
With summer beginning, we here at the Doxacon Seattle website are a bit behind on posting! Thanks for sticking it out with us. We hope you’re enjoying a good start of summer break from school, time with loved ones, and plenty of rest & relaxation! June 16 – Today marks an uncommon joining of secular …
Jun 10
Another week, another round of geek trivia! But before diving in, a bit of an update on Doxacon Seattle 2025. While we are still preparing formal announcements, we’re hoping to begin our call for presenters soon. There are a number of ways interested folks might be part of the convention: talks, panels, workshops, and one-shot …
Jun 04
Happy June! We hope that you didn’t get too battered by the winds these last couple of days – here’s hoping our long Washington winter lets up soon 😏 We’ve had a couple of neat announcements over the last few days. The biggest one is the announcement of the theme for Doxacon Seattle 2025: “Extasis: …
May 27
Blessings to you and your loved ones as we celebrate Memorial Day today! We hope you have a wonderful time with family & friends as we remember those who gave their lives in service to our country. May they rest in peace, and may the Lord bring peace to all nations & peoples. May 26 …
May 21
To all of our western Christians, happy (belated) Pentecost! May the Holy Spirit bring you many graces and gifts as we move from Easter joy into the work of the great commission. On the geeky front, we are delighted to share some work on behalf of our friends over at Bored Dragon Woodworking. If that …
May 13
Happy Easter! In the Eastern tradition, today is the ‘Antipascha’ – which means ‘in the place of Pascha’. In the same tradition today (the first Sunday after Easter) and every subsequent Sunday of the year is dedicated to the Lord’s resurrection. Whether hailing from the West or the East, all of us here at Doxacon …